Sheba R Wheeler

Multi-Media Communications Specialist

Denver, CO

Sheba Wheeler is a long-time Colorado journalist and Pulitzer prize winner who packs a potent double-punch. Her 15 years as a staff writer at the Denver Post and a decade spent as a freelance writer and photographer makes her the ultimate go-to person for any reporting or marketing need. Whether it's traditional print coverage, digital marketing or social media management, she has the ability to investigate, interview, report, photograph and disseminate information on multiple platforms.

Sheba R Wheeler

Multi-Media Communications Specialist

Denver, CO

The fearLESS: Our Stories Inspire Mental Health Email Campaign
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Sheba R. Wheeler
Nurse sought to make victims feel human again Nurse sought to make victims feel human again Clinical depression doesn’t go away when the holiday season ends June 22, 2016 at 2:22 p.m. Clinical depression doesn't go away when the holiday season ends Facebo
The Denver Post
In Conversation With Krystal Nicholson and Sheba Wheeler
Members of the Mosaic Group, an identity group within the Multicultural Business Resource, discuss their goals and achievements while honoring Black History Month Black is an experience that extends beyond a month, a year or even one person’s lifetime. It
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Merkle Denver Office Newsletter
I produced a monthly company newsletter for the Merkle Denver Office the served as a powerful tool for engagement, communication, and fostering a positive work environment. The newsletter included birthdays and work anniversaries to celebrate team members and make them feel valued. It recognized milestones like one-year, five-year, and ten-year anniversaries fosters a sense of belonging and camaraderie. It provided updates about process changes and workplace developments. It introduced new hires to existing employees and reinforced company culture by sharing success stories, employee spotlights and team achievements to foster a sense of pride. And finally, the newsletter educated employees about benefits, policies, and initiatives.
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PICTURE YOUR WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY
Nominated for a 2015 Aurora Business "Best of the Best" Recognition Award. Thumbtack.com named Picture Your World Photography as "Best of 2015 - Wedding Photographers in Denver" Picture Your World Photography is a Wedding.com Preferred Vendor.
At home in Goat Hill – The Denver Post
People also ask What happened to Goat Hill? Denver boasts historic, established neighborhoods and active resident associations. But some formerly agricultural, unincorporated suburbs like Goat Hill share the same tale of a land that development forgot. Gr
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An advocate for animals: Officer finds education, not punishment, works best
A teenage boy grimaces when he realizes who’s knocking at the front door of his house in Bennett, about 25 miles east of Denver. Keith Davis, the Dumb Friends League’s top animal cop, is back. The stench of overflowing litter boxes overwhelms Davis as he asks if the teen’s mother is home. Numerous cats slink through nearby bushes and gaze at Davis with diseased, red-rimmed eyes.
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Fairplay couple round out a dream with dome home
Keith Wortman had a potential deal-breaker when he was dating his future wife, Sylvia. "I told her if she was going to get serious about me," says the retired herpetologist, "then someday she was going to be living in a dome." Turns out Sylvia Wortman was on board — as long as that dome included a walk-in pantry and a sewing room, which it does.
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Best friends forever? In a world of social networking, maybe not
Ruth Furman admired her close friend's candor and excellent communication skills. That's why it seemed like a slap in the face when that same friend unexpectedly ended their relationship in an e-mail instead of face-to-face. "It was devastating," says Furman, who runs a marketing and public relations firm in Las Vegas.
The Denver Post
Columbine shooting victim: Rachel Scott
Every time she hears a knock at the door, Lauren Beachem expects to see her friend Rachel Scott appear and tell her that she escaped the terror that stole so many lives at Columbine High School. But when she opens the door, truth stares Beachem in the face. It’s always someone else.
'Dark Knight Rises' Shooting Suspect James Holmes Enters No Plea at First Hearing
Holmes was emotionless, mostly looking down or away during the procedure, his face morphing from a blank stare to bulging and wide-eyed, prompting reporters to ask attorneys if he had been drugged. Prosecutors have a week to bring charges against Holmes, a 24-year-old former graduate student, who was being held without bond at Arapahoe County jail on suspicion of first-degree murder in the shooting spree that killed 12 people and injured 58 in the early hours of Friday morning.
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Colorado Shooting Victims Wear Batman T-Shirts to James Holmes Court Hearing
Victims, friends and family were led into the courtroom before the hearing while members of the media were placed in a holding area. No cameras were allowed in the courtroom for Holmes' second appearance in front of District Chief Judge William Sylvester but witnesses said Holmes appeared more subdued, uttering only one word during his appearance when he answered "yes" to agree to waive his right to a preliminary hearing.
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Diversity: One shopper at a time
The neighborhood grocery store is one of the most accessible gateways to diversity if a shopper is willing to make that connection. The items and products sold within its aisles can expose individuals to other cultures in a non-threatening environment.
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Make pillow talk a new language
On this most romantic of days, relationship coach Mary Jo Fay has plenty to say. "Humans are one of the few species on this planet that has recreational sex," says Fay, a registered nurse and author of "Please Dear, Not Tonight: The Truth About Women and Sex." "We don't just come together during breeding time to have offspring.
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East meets Colfax
There is a love-hate relationship between merchants eking out a living on dicey East Colfax and East High School students. While teens pump millions of dollars into the strip each school year, they often wear out their welcome by snarling traffic, littering and loitering. Some business owners even complain that they steal.
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A shelter from harsh times
During its heyday in the late 1920s, the Lincoln Hills mountain resort, located just southwest of Pinecliff, was a gathering place for affluent African-Americans and a refuge from the humiliation of segregation. Some 90 years later, only the lodge, a handful of cabins and ramshackle buildings remain as evidence of the once-bustling vacation spot for the black bourgeoise. Aware of the area’s significance in history, the James P. Beckwourth Mountain Club hopes to reclaim the lodge as a center of African-American heritage.
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About

Sheba R Wheeler

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Sheba R. Wheeler became a Pulitzer Prize-nominated reporter before the age of 30, and she did so by demonstrating solid "shoe-leather" journalism, tenacity, and tremendous grace under pressure. Practically straight out of the University of Iowa's School of Journalism and Mass Communications, this Temple, Texas, native landed a staff reporter position at The Denver Post, a paper with a circulation of nearly half a million.

Wheeler earned this distinction by telling people's stories-including her own-with detail and integrity. She covered multiple beats during her 15-year tenure, including both hard news and lifestyle feature assignments. However, one of her most important assignments was covering the April 1999 Columbine High School shootings, for which the Denver Post's staff collectively won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for spot news reporting.

In 2011, Wheeler left The Denver Post to pursue a freelance career. She established her studio, Picture Your World Photography, LLC which recently celebrated its 14th year anniversary. Her body of work -- both photography and written articles -- has appeared in several publications across the globe, including The Wall Street Journal, The Hollywood Reporter, and 5280 Magazine.

Leveraging years of storytelling in the journalism world has allowed Wheeler to pivot her career to corporate communications in the agency/consulting space at Dentsu, one of the largest advertising agency networks in the world. She served as communication leads for multiple Diversity, Equity and Inclusion pillars within the company. She has owned office social media presence by managing Facebook pages and produced newsletters to boost office culture and highlight team members' personal and professional achievements.

But as a champion of mental health and well-being, the project she's most proud of today is a company-wide initiative she conceived, lead and orchestrated called "fearLESS: Our Stories Inspire." The weekly series, which ran during Mental Health Awareness Month, featured interviews with key company leaders who shared their struggles with overcoming a mental health condition.