Strategic Communications · Research Translation · Grant Deliverables

Where research
becomes story.

Wright Narrative Strategies delivers subcontract communications and research translation services for federal and state grant awardees in community violence intervention, public health, and social services.

What WNS delivers

Research made readable.
Strategy made actionable.

Three core service lines built to meet the specific deliverable demands of federally-funded grantees in CVI, public health, and social services.

Research Translation & Report Writing

Converting evaluation data, program findings, and technical content into readable reports, executive summaries, and stakeholder briefs for funder and partner audiences.

Grant Deliverable Communications

Producing the communications deliverables required by award terms — progress narratives, SF-PPR narrative sections, communications plans, and grantee reporting content.

Stakeholder Engagement Collateral

Building the materials organizations use with their communities — toolkits, one-pagers, training content, and social materials for grantee outreach and engagement.

12+Years in strategic communications and research translation
20+Chicago community organizations supported through evaluation and communications work
10+Academic articles and research reports contributed to and translated for non-expert audiences
About WNS

The narrative layer
your grant work needs.

Wright Narrative Strategies was founded by Dallas Wright, a strategic communicator with over twelve years of experience at the intersection of research, community, and communications. Dallas brings journalism and integrated marketing communications credentials from Northwestern University, clinical counseling training from DePaul University, and a decade of applied work at CORNERS at Northwestern University and the Inner-City Muslim Action Network.

WNS specializes in the work that happens between raw data and readable deliverables — the prose layer that grant-funded organizations consistently need but rarely have the in-house capacity to produce well.

Northwestern UniversityDePaul UniversityCVI ResearchPublic HealthSocial Services
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Whether you have a specific deliverable in mind or need to talk through what your communications needs look like, I'm here. I respond within 48 hours.

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