Professional ​
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I'm an experienced audio producer, writer, and multimedia artist who dives first into any project he finds interesting. I'm passionate about truth-based storytelling and creative approaches to audience engagement.
Skills
Work​
experience​
LEHIGH VALLEY PUBLIC MEDIA (PBS 39)
2021 - 2024
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Copy writing and professional writing for marketing and promotion.
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Digital Audio Production - editing, writing for audio formats, voice over work, and voice over direction. Expert in Cubase, Adobe Audition, ProTools, Audacity, etc.)
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Video production, writing, and editing
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Photoshop
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Public speaking
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Creative thinking and problem solving
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Cultural analysis, blogging, and video blogging
PRODUCER
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Co-producer and main field producer, Lehigh Valley Rising, a monthly magazine TV program about business stories in the Lehigh Valley, from September 2021 to October of 2023.​​
- Wrote and performed interviews with high-level subjects from a diverse field of backgrounds and professions, and worked with the editors to craft visually-compelling, story-focused narratives.
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Producer and station liaison, Lafayette Alumni Who Shaped Our World (with Lafayette College)
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Co-producer, A Community Conversation (Feb. 2022 - Oct. 2024)
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Co-ordinated shoots, recording sessions, and media rights usage with local and national talent and organizations.
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I also produced, edited, and animated a series of digital shorts based on those interviews for LehighValleyNews.com, as well as a series of radio segments for our radio station, WLVR.
WGBH
PRODUCER
2010 - 2021
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Wrote and produced thousands of promotional and fundraising spots, campaigns, and pledge specials for WGBH television, 89.7 WGBH (news), 99.5, WCRB (classical) and WGBH.org, raising tens of millions of dollars for public broadcasting and for one of the most trusted brands in the industry.
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Co-ordinated shoots, recording sessions, and media rights usage with local, national, and international talent for on-air fundraising projects.
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Worked with local and national NPR/PRI journalists to write and produce fundraising spots for both local (Boston) and national broadcast.
GEEKS WHO DRINK
QUIZMASTER
2019-2020
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Hosted weekly pub trivia at Mighty Squirrel Brewing Company in Waltham, MA.
OTHER JOBS OF INTEREST
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National Park Service - Park Ranger, Adams National Historic Park, Quincy, MA 2009-2010
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WBCN, 104.1 (CBS Radio) - Part-time DJ/On-Air Host 2003-2009
AWARDS
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Emmy Awards (Mid-Atlantic Region)
2022 - DIVERSITY/EQUITY/INCLUSION – SHORT FORM CONTENT (SINGLE REPORT) as Producer - “Designing Cars – Ed Welburn”
2023 - VISUAL ARTS - SHORT FORM CONTENT (SINGLE REPORT) as Producer and GoPro Operator - “Lehigh Valley Rising: Warner Art Glass”
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NETA Public Media Awards
2023 -Visual Arts category as producer - “Lehigh Valley Rising: The Business of Creativity” (awarded to whole team - listed as Producer/Writer)
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Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters
2023 - Outstanding Television Feature Story/Report/Series for Lehigh Valley Rising: Ed Welburn”
2024 - Outstanding Television Public Affairs Program for Community Conversations: Mideast Crisis Hits Home
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Keystone Media Awards
2023 - TV DIV II - Best Series, Lehigh Valley Rising
2024 - Radio DIV II - Best Use of Sound, “Doing My Job” (WLVR)
2024 - Radio DIV II - Best Series, “Doing My Job” (WLVR)