Interactive Media Specialist at James Madison University
Charlottesville, Virginia Area
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- Interactive Media Specialist at James Madison University
- Blogger/Founder at hburgnews.com
- Film Producer/Owner at Eastern Sky Productions
- Past
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- Associate at Downtown Wine & Gourmet
- Producer/Director at WVPT
- Staff Writer at The Daily Texan
- Education
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- The University of Texas at Austin
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Brent Finnegan’s Summary
• Creative innovator and problem-solver. Embraces change and adapts quickly.
• Over a decade of experience in the media industry. Focus on and developing new media strategies, blogging, and film production.
• Citizen journalism advocate; creator of popular local online news community hburgnews.com
• Award-winning producer of a number of studio shows and documentaries. Investigative film, Gang Signs, won the Virginia Association of Broadcasters award for Best Documentary of 2006. Fourth film, The Latino Underground, aired on PBS stations across the country.
Brent Finnegan’s Specialties:
writing, media strategy development, documentary producing, film editing, research, screenwriting, directing
Brent Finnegan’s Experience
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Interactive Media Specialist
James Madison University
(Media Production industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Develop new media marketing strategy for the university. Coordinate social networking plans of action between departments and various groups. Conduct focus groups, compile recent data, draft in-depth reports.
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Blogger/Founder
hburgnews.com
(Online Media industry)
July 2006 — Present (3 years 5 months)
• Developed, created and currently publish hburgnews.com, a popular online local news community with a daily readership of 400 +. Continually update and integrate social networks to make the site more interactive.
• Profiled in the cover story of the May, 2008 edition of eightyone monthly for my reporting on the site. http://www.eightyone.info/online/?p=556 -
Film Producer/Owner
Eastern Sky Productions
(Entertainment industry)
May 2004 — Present (5 years 7 months)
• Write and revise feature film screenplays.
• Produce full-length documentary films.
• Collaborate with Time Step Entertainment to produce fiction and nonfiction feature films. -
Associate
Downtown Wine & Gourmet
(Food & Beverages industry)
December 2007 — November 2008 (1 year )
• Wine enthusiast, educate about and assist customers with wine purchases.
• Additionally, I conducted vineyard and cellar tours at Cross Keys Vineyards April - July, 2008. -
Producer/Director
WVPT
(Broadcast Media industry)
October 2003 — July 2007 (3 years 10 months)
• Researched, wrote, produced, directed, and edited several acclaimed documentaries
• Studio production: Developed, directed and shot studio shows (live and live-to-tape)
• Field production: Wrote, created storyboards, and produced underwriter ads -
Staff Writer
The Daily Texan
(Newspapers industry)
February 2002 — August 2003 (1 year 7 months)
• Conducted interviews, wrote features, reviewed films for acclaimed University of Texas newspaper with a circulation of 30,000.
Brent Finnegan’s Education
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The University of Texas at Austin
Bachelors , Television & Film , 2001 — 2003
• Active writer; wrote for an independent on-campus 'zine and the student newspaper.
• Regularly volunteered to serve as crew member on grad student film shoots.
Additional Information
Brent Finnegan’s Websites:
Brent Finnegan’s Interests:
new media developments, citizen journalism, wine, tea, politics, snowboarding, Asian cuisine, Ireland, local farmers markets
Brent Finnegan’s Groups:
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Texas Exes/University of Texas at Austin
Brent Finnegan’s Honors:
Best Documentary - Virginia Association of Broadcasters, 2006
Brent Finnegan’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- reference requests
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