Objective: A full-time broadcasting position in Los Angeles
PROFESSIONAL & VOLUNTEER HISTORY
Media Mentor, The American Pavilion at Cannes (May 2009)
I mentored a group of ten communications students enrolled in the American Pavilion Student Program at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. This involved advising them on career possibilities, presenting on my own career path and skills, and providing general support while in France. In addition, I provided assistance with the Speakers Series, which included a talk by Martin Scorsese.
Reference: Walter Harris, Program Director, wharris@ampav.com
Marketing & Media Manager, Big Bear Lake International Film Festival (2007 – )
~ I conduct video and audio interviews with honorees that comprise Oscar winning actors, directors and cinematographers.
~ I place advertising with appropriate magazines, radio and TV stations and websites, then survey festival attendees on how they heard about us.
~ I write and distribute press releases and PSAs to the media, service clubs and schools, as well as organize press and donor contacts.
~ I tweet through Twitter.
~ As Secretary, I take notes at all Board meetings, maintain electronic and print records, and handle correspondence.
~ I provide scheduling support to the festival president.
~ I act as liaison between the festival and other community groups.
Reference: Ty Warren, Festival President/Senior V.P. of Production, Raleigh Films, ty.warren@yahoo.com
Freelance Voiceover Artist
I narrate audio books, flash presentations, videos, educational software, etc. Demos on the Voiceovers and Radio Productions pages of this website.
Freelance Writer
My published essays, profiles, book reviews and features are credited on the Magazine Articles page of this website. Highlights include a first-person narrative for Scuba Diving magazine and a profile of Grammy winner Kurt Elling.
News Anchor, Inland Empire News Radio (February 2007 – September 2009)
I anchored and engineered from my home studio daily newscasts for the award-winning IENR for broadcast on:
KUCR 83.3FM (University of California, Riverside),
KCAA 1050 AM (an NBC station in San Bernardino)
KVCR-FM 91.9 (a PBS/NPR station in San Bernardino).
This position required me to coordinate with several reporters on a variety of print and audio material. Duties included copy editing, digital audio editing, writing and reporting on deadline -- three daily reports, five days a week.
Reference: Jim Ness, General Manager, newsradio@sbcglobal.net
Publicist/Board Member, Arts Council of Big Bear Valley (June 2006 – June 2008)
~ I partnered with other local cultural institutions to present programming involving theater, dance, opera, literature, film, visual and fine art, music and photography.
~ Personally created (and continue to maintain) the multimedia website www.bigbearartscouncil.org
~ Wrote and distributed press releases/PSAs to the media, service clubs and schools
Publicity Assistant, City of Big Bear Lake (June 2007 – December 2008)
~ Wrote and distributed press releases and PSAs to the media, clubs and schools; copy-edited drafts submitted by management
~ Designed event programs for the Performing Arts Center using Microsoft Publisher
~ Maintained the website www.citybigbearlake.com
~ Created and maintained scrapbooks of press clippings
News Director/Announcer, KBHR 93.3 FM, Big Bear Lake, CA (2003 – 2009)
For four years, I served as News Director & Anchor, which required clarity under pressure and the ability to synthesize and condense large amounts of information for broadcast. I wrote/edited and announced all stories, then posted them on our website. In 2007, I produced a weekly profile series, Arts on the Air, recording sound bytes from my interviewees, narrating the report and mixing over a music bed. ?I then became the Weekend Station Manager. Duties included:
- Announcing hourly news reports
- Performing regular air shifts as DJ
- Producing call-ins and remote broadcasts
- Writing and delivering weather reports and live traffic bulletins
- Operating the broadcast board and all studio equipment
- Researching for news and interviews; writing scripts
- Interviewing guests
- Trouble-shooting technical and on-air issues
- Loading songs into music library
- Making programming decisions in stressful situations
- Promoting the station with public appearances, etc.
- Taking and posting photographs onto our website; posting and categorizing stories
Reference: Jay Tunnell, Manager, jay@kbhr933.com
Singer 6/04-9/06. The Mandoline Bistro, Big Bear Lake, CA
I sang jazz standards with a pianist and a trio.
Interviewer for The Lighthouse Project, Big Bear Lake, CA (May 2008)
I conducted post-event interviews for a DVD documentary of "Vision Summit 2008".
Reference: Beth Gardner, Director, beth@bigbearlighthouse.com
Field Producer, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), (July 2007)
I recorded an interview segment of "Hot August Nights", a special on Neil Diamond.
Reference: Marya Burgess, Producer, marya.burgess@bbc.co.uk
On Camera Interviewer of the Author of The Artist’s Tao (April 2007)
Reference: Sean Starr, sean@seanstarr.com
Editorial Intern, KCRW's ”Which Way, LA?” Santa Monica, CA (Summer 1997)
I edited producer Warren Olney’s copy and assisted in research.
Copy Editor, Universal Music Group, Universal City, CA (Jan. 1991 – June 1996)
I gathered, edited and trafficked the packaging copy for albums and cassettes.
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, Creative Nonfiction. Antioch University, Los Angeles (Commencement Speaker at Graduation)
Bachelor of Arts, Comparative Literature. University of California, Los Angeles
Music coursework at Santa Monica College and UCLA
COMPUTER SKILLS
Digital audio editing, web editing, all Microsoft and Macintosh applications.
AFFILIATIONS
Board of Directors, Big Bear Lake International Film Festival
Radio-TV News Directors Association
TRAVEL
China, Portugal, England, Spain, France, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean 