Nicole Beck

Jeff is an exceedingly skilled writer and communicator. He's able to distill complex ideas into palatable segments for any audience. He finds the unique among the ordinary. Jeff's editorial skills are par to none: many a time I stopped by his desk to get a gut check, find the right word, or double check a grammar rule. Jeff is a delight to work with - reliable, cool under pressure, and always willing to help his teammates. Bonus: he's darn good at trivia, too.

David Forbes

Jeff has worked on my team for the last four years, reporting directly to me. Over the course of that time, I have gotten to know Jeff both professionally and personally. He excels at his work, and he excels as a good team member.

Jeff's role is to lead all of our communications efforts to an organization of 2000+ people, spanning weekly email newsletters, monthly updates, all-employee town halls, and external speaking engagements. His unique ability to capture the voice of the person for whom he was ghost writing is phenomenal. His style is classic in form, but modern in nature.

As a member of our team supporting an officer of the company, he has always performed in an exemplary manner, delivering on expectations, doing whatever needed to be done, and supporting his team mates as needed. I should also add that he is a self-starter, as he did this role working 100% remotely.

Jeff adds value to any team of which he is part. He efforts over the last 4 years have supported my team, and me personally, in exceeding in all of our measurements.

Hillarie Morris

Over the past year, Jeff and I worked closely together to support an officer at AT&T. Jeff was in charge of all of the communications for an organization of more than 2,000 people, and his responsibilities included weekly news updates with a “Must List” to the org, as well as communications that personally came from the officer.

His writing skills are excellent, and he clearly gets points across succinctly. In addition to regular day-to-day communications, he helped organize Town Hall presentations and worked on ENPS (Employee Net Promoter Scores) improvements and org changes announcements.

Jeff was always eager to step in when needed and help with any initiative, and he was a valuable asset to the team. He has a wonderful demeanor about him, which makes everyone enjoy working with him, and he’s always a calm presence in stressful, time-sensitive situations. Jeff is proactive, a quick learner and will be an asset to any communications team.

Brian Sweany

I always enjoyed assigning stories to Jeff. He was smart, stylish in his writing, and always ahead of deadline. Beyond that, his professionalism is top-notch—you never had to worry about any project he was working on. When outside editors needed help, he was always at the top of my list to recommend and always came through.

Chuck Squatriglia

Jeff is everything you want in a writer: inquisitive, thorough, and duly skeptical but never cynical. In our time together at Wired, Jeff consistently delivered smart, insightful stories that were thoroughly reported and sharply written. He never missed a deadline, and I found him to be a breeze to edit — receptive to suggestions, eager to improve, and truly collaborative. He was a real joy to work with.

Rebecca Feferman

Jeff served as an Advisory Board member and a regular panelist for SXsports, and was an incredible resource and advocate for our programming. He was always full of great, specific ideas and had his finger on the rapidly beating pulse of sports tech advancements. Every time he pitched us an idea it was well thought through, unique and ultimately resulted in terrific and compelling content on-site. We were fortunate to have him on the team!

Kevin Robbins

Jeff Beckham is a pro’s pro. I use one of his stories for Texas Monthly in an upper-division journalism class at the University of Texas at Austin. It’s a short story, which is one of the reasons I hold it up as model storytelling. Another is that it’s about an underdog — a struggling high school football team in southeast Texas that keeps fighting. It’s a story about the human spirit.

At my invitation, Jeff has spoken to my classes about that story, and his presentation is inspiring, engaging and clarifying. Memorable journalism — journalism that lasts — doesn’t have to be loud, long, fanciful or even controversial. It lasts because it tells us something about ourselves. Jeff gets that. He understands the bigger picture.