STORYTELLING HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE JOB
FROM RADIO TO NEWS TO ENTERTAINMENT AND HUNDREDS OF STORIES IN BETWEEN
I’ve spent nearly 30 years telling stories, although the way I tell them has changed quite a bit along the way.
I started my career in radio in on-air promotions. That role gave me my first taste of what it was like to write copy, to be efficient in my storytelling to reach the widest audience possible. From radio I transitioned to television news, where I learned very quickly how to find the story, ask the right questions, think on my feet, and somehow get everything shot, written, edited, and on the air by deadline. That experience shaped the way I still work today.
From there, my career took me into entertainment, where I’ve had the opportunity to create content for companies including The Walt Disney Company, Universal Studios, and Warner Bros. Discovery. Along the way, I’ve produced and directed, stood in front of and behind the camera, interviewed everyone from executives to actors and filmmakers, built podcasts and lead digital series, covered live events, and spent more hours than I can count in edit bays finding the story buried somewhere inside all that footage.
And I still love doing all of it.
CREATE. LEAD. MAKE.
I’ve never fit particularly neatly into one creative box.
Sometimes I’m leading a production and helping shape the big idea. Sometimes I’m directing a crew. Sometimes I’m behind the camera trying to find the shot. And sometimes I’m sitting in an edit bay staring at 180 hours of footage wondering where the story is hiding.
Usually, it’s some combination of all of those.
That versatility has become one of the things I value most about my career. I understand what it takes to move an idea from the first conversation through production, post, and ultimately to an audience. I can see the big picture while still caring deeply about the frame, the cut, the music cue, the interview answer, or the tiny detail that makes the whole thing work.
I STILL GET EXCITED ABOUT MAKING THINGS.
After almost three decades, I still love walking onto a set.
I still get excited the moment before an interview when you have no idea exactly where the conversation is going to take you. I love looking through a viewfinder and realizing I've found the shot. I love solving production problems when the plan inevitably changes (and it does). And I still love sitting in the edit bay and watching a pile of footage slowly become a story.
I've been fortunate to work with some extraordinary people throughout my career and to create everything from executive communications and branded content to podcasts, live events, social campaigns, documentaries, and independent films.
Some projects have involved large teams while others have just been me, a camera, a computer, and a problem that needed solving.
Both fuel me in different ways and help keep my creative spark alive.
A FEW THINGS ALONG THE WAY
My work has been recognized with more than a dozen Telly Awards and an Ohio Valley Regional Emmy nomination. I've helped create hundreds of productions a year for major entertainment brands, show-ran two web series for Disney (and co-hosted one of the shows!), a podcast for WB that doubled its engagement after relaunch, and worked on documentary films that have earned festival recognition and been released to the world.
But I'm proudest of something that's harder to put on my résumé:
People trust me with their stories.
Whether it's an artist talking about a career, an executive trying to communicate an idea, a small business owner building something they believe in, or a family fighting to preserve a piece of their history, I take that responsibility seriously.
Because ultimately, the cameras, lights, edit systems, schedules, budgets, and production plans are all there to do the same thing:
Tell a story worth watching.
BRINGING YOUR VISION TO LIFE
Have a story to tell, a project to build, or a creative challenge that needs solving?
I'd love to hear about it.
