Resume

BARRETT BROWN

WRITER/ EDITOR/ WEB CONTENT PRODUCER

Brooklyn, NY

512-560-2302

barriticus@gmail.com

Communications Industry Skills

Writing for all media. Web content development, strategic blogging, consumer and corporate feature writing. Creating copy for print, broadcast and interactive collateral, concept development for advertising and marketing campaigns.
Editing for consistency, accuracy and content AP, Chicago, and new media styles. Editorial oversight for brand positioning and enhancement.
Media appearances and oral presentations. Have appeared on Fox News as debate participant and on several radio programs for interviews regarding my books and other projects; have delivered lectures at Rutgers and University of Texas, book readings and discussion at various bookstores in conjunction with release of first book.

Non-Media Job Experience

1997 - Worked register and food prep at Jason's Deli location in Dallas, TX.

1998 - Worked register at Ball's Hamburgers in Dallas, TX.

1998 - 1999 - Worked as concessioner and usher at Inwood Theatre in Dallas, TX.

1999 - Worked as floor salesman at Penwright, a high-end pen and stationary store in Dallas, TX.

Published Work/ Media Experience

True/Slant - Contributor to online outlet of news and commentary. September 2009 - present.

Huffington Post - Regular contributor to online outlet of news and commentary. August 2009 - present.

Vanity Fair  Regular contributor, specializing in political commentary and media criticism. March 2009 - present.

BushwickBK.com - Weekly columnist for outlet covering Bushwick section of Brooklyn. May 2009 - present.

Fortean Times  Book reviewer for monthly, London-based magazine. January 2009 present.

Thomas Riggs and Company  Contributed 20,000 words of material for academic publishing company's upcoming reference book on U.S. cities. January 2009.

Studio 2a  Part-time marketing consultant for Chicago-based architectural rendering firm, handling all sales letters, marketing copy, and long-term branding strategies. 2007 2009.

PoliticalBase.com  Created content and served as paid blogger for online political news start-up founded by CNET. 2007 - 2008.

Fox Business Channel, Yahoo, Minyanville.com  Writer on freelance creative team for animated humor seriesMinyanville, which aired on Fox Business Channel's Happy Hour program as well as on Yahoo Finance. 2007.

The Onion  Freelance copywriting for The Onion's features department covering Austin, Texas, 2006 - 2008, covering New York 2009 - present.

Sterling and Ross Publishers  Authored nonfiction book of political humor, Flock of Dodos: Behind Modern Creationism, Intelligent Design, and the Easter Bunny, released in March 2007. Book received praise from Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, Rolling Stone, Skeptic, Air America Radio, Huffington Post, others.

Anglesey Interactive, Inc.  Produced online marketing collateral web text, press releases, blogging in support of firm's integrated search engine. 2007 2008.

Dining Out - Feature writing for national restaurant publication. 2006 2008.

National Lampoon Contributor, 2004 2005, 2008 - 2009

Sullivan Perkins  Served as junior copywriter at Dallas-based advertising firm. 2003.

Evote.com - Weekly columnist and feature writer for political analysis site. 2004 2005.

AOL CityGuide - Web content writer. Researched and created coverage of event and entertainment venues. Served as regional correspondent for Dallas, Austin, New Orleans, Houston and Little Rock markets. 2000 2004.

Additional magazine work - Ongoing, have contributed feature articles from serious political commentary and book reviews to humor pieces and dining overviews for outlets including Vanity Fair, academic publications Skeptic andFortean Times, business-to-business publications Pizza Today, 360, Club Systems International, Destination Dallas, D.C.-based public policy journal Toward Freedom, London-based public policy journal Free Life, humor magazine Jest, regional publications The Met, Austin Monthly, Dallas Child, literary journal Swans, dozens more.

Other writing projects - Created book proposal and provided related consultation for Hollywood film producer Pat Stack, with project currently under consideration by several major literary agencies based in NYC as of January 2010. Created both print and online marketing collateral for New York tech start-up Organic Motion, Inc. Wrote online marketing collateral for New York corporate training firm Illuminata Global. Researched and wrote entertainment/dining/venue content for Dallas ad agency Avacata and clients' marketing collateral, including that of luxury resort real estate firm. Have produced website copy for design firm NPCreate.com, provided public relations pieces for Texas energy companies EBS and S.K. Oil and Gas and Dallas real estate firm Dunhill Partners.