Todd Hollingshead

Media Relations Manager/Information Manager

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801-422-8373
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Todd's primary roles for BYU include writing feature stories and pitching them to national and local media, serving as a spokesperson and managing one of BYU’s social media accounts. He's also the point of contact for journalists looking for data & information requests or expert sources from our faculty.   

Todd graduated from BYU with a bachelor's degree in communications in 2004 and added a master's degree in communications in 2012. Before coming to BYU, he worked as a news reporter for The Daily Herald and The Salt Lake Tribune. Todd has worked in University Communications since 2007. He teaches an undergraduate public relations class in the Communications Department and loves the chance to be part of the students' lives.   

He loves working with the people in his department and across BYU and counts himself lucky to have witnessed the Jimmer years in person. 

Child in superhero costume in grocery store
Intellect

Good vs. Evil: How heroes and villains affect the food you buy
Research led by professor Tamara Masters finds people are willing to pay more for vice foods — think ice cream, cookies, and other unhealthy snacks — when a hero is used in the packaging.
Leading cause of death chart
Intellect

BYU study: Cancer passing heart disease as leading cause of death in more and more states
Heart disease has been the leading cause of death in the United States for more than a century, ever since the early 1900s when it displaced acute diseases for the distinction. Now a growing number of states are crowning a new leading cause of death: cancer.
SubT Village Drill made by BYU students
Intellect

Students build smaller, equally powerful version of Village Drill
The nonprofit behind the Village Drill, WHOlives.org, and BYU engineering students have teamed up again to make a smaller but equally powerful version of the tool that can still reach depths over 100 feet and costs less than $2,500 per well to a local community.
BYU professor Eva Witesman
Intellect

BYU prof breaks down Uncle Sam’s loans to automakers
A new study in public administration's top journal breaks down how governments have gotten into the business of investing taxpayer money directly into private companies. It's not all bad news, but there are some issues, according to researchers.
Cosmo's Cottage playhouse built for the Festival of Trees.
Character

BYU builds, donates two custom-made playhouses for Festival of Trees
Cosmo and head football coach Kalani Sitake are the inspiration for two BYU-themed playhouses built by BYU Physical Facilities for the 2018 Festival of Trees.