can-do-voice-video

 

Production of videos for DVD distribution, websites, distribution to televison news operations; conference presentations, etc.

 

Brian Jenkins

 

      PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Can Do Voice & Video, Inc.

   President, video production company, Fox River Grove, IL

        Founder and owner of production company; clients have included  

    Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Barrington School District 220,

    Home Front Communications, Worldwide Distribution Computers,   

    District 220 Educational Foundation

 

Home Front Communications

   Video production company, Washington, D.C.

        Served as the on-camera correspondent in 2003 for the video 

    presentation shown at a national conference of Allstate Insurance    

    executives and top sellers in Northbrook, Illinois

         Since 2003, have supervised dozens of video shoots in more than 

    20 states across the U.S. on a wide variety of topics for government  

    agencies, corporations, business groups and charitable foundations.

    Clients have included the U.S. Dept. of Health, the EPA, the National     

    Institutes of Health, Allstate Insurance, the Robert Wood Johnson  

    Foundation, the American Medical Association, Sprint, TiVo,

    United Auto Workers, Orbitz Travel, The Ad Council, the American

    Hospital Association, the Louisiana Recovery Authority

 

Quintessential Barrington magazine

 

          Wrote essays in 2006 and 2007 for this glossy local publication 

        

CNN

    New York Bureau (1989 - 1998) 

                major assignments as a News Correspondent included:

         U.N. crisis over Iraq weapons inspections  (1997-98)

        Au pair murder trial  (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1997-98)

        Versace shooting/Cunanan manhunt  (Miami Beach, 1997)

        John DuPont murder trial (Media, Pennsylvania, 1997)

        Vincent "Chin" Gigante mafia trial  (Brooklyn, 1997)

        TWA Flight 800 crash and investigation  (Long Island, 1996)

        Freemen stand-off with the F.B.I.  (Montana, 1996)

        Ramzi Yousef/Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman terrorism trials

               (1995-1997, Manhattan)

        World Trade Center bombing  (Manhattan, 1993)

        Branch Davidian stand-off and fire  (Waco, Texas, 1993)

        Hurricane Andrew  (South Florida, 1992)

        Persian Gulf War  (Saudi Arabia/Kuwait, 1991)

              first CNN correspondent to report live from the front line in Kuwait

               and from Kuwait City, five hours before the arrival of Allied forces

        San Francisco earthquake aftermath (1989) 

 

   Tokyo Bureau (1986-1989)

                major assignments as a News Correspondent included:

        Tiananmen Square protests, massacre aftermath

              (Beijing and Shanghai, China, 1989)

        Olympic Games  (Seoul, South Korea, 1988)

        Tokyo stock market crash  (1987)

        Pro-democracy demonstrations, labor strikes, presidential 

              elections, North/South peace talks  (South Korea, 1987-88)

        Coup attempts against Corazon Aquino, protests, economic 

              problems and reforms  (The Philippines, 1986-89)

 

    Los Angeles Bureau (1982-1986)

        West Coast anchor (1983-84)

                major assignments as a News Correspondent included:

        Ferdinand Marcos exile in Hawaii  (1986)

        Mexico City earthquake recovery  (1985)

        Gary Hart presidential campaign  (California, 1984)

        Olympic Games  (Los Angeles, 1984)

        McMartin pre-school molestation case  (Los Angeles, 1984-86) 

        John DeLorean drug trafficking case  (Los Angeles, 1982-84)

 

KTUL-TV   Tulsa, Oklahoma (1980-1982)

    Weekend co-anchor, principal substitute for weekday co-anchor,

    reporter, newscast producer, weekend assignments editor, videotape

    and film editor, news film photographer

 

KOMU-TV  Columbia, Missouri  (1978-1980)

   Anchor, reporter, producer, photographer, tape and film editor

 

KASI-AM/KCCQ-FM  Ames, Iowa  (1977, 1978)

   Drive-time news anchor, reporter, public affairs program host

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     COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER WORK

 

District 220 Educational Foundation

   Trustee (2005-2008)

        One of 13 community leaders on the Board of Trustees, overseeing   

   an annual budget of more than $300,000, funding a wide variety of  

   projects for Barrington schools    

        Served on the Publicity Committee, writing articles and taking

   photographs for periodic newsletters

        Headed up the Speakers Bureau, arranging and giving

   presentations to various groups in the community

        Emceed the 2005 Golf Outing dinner and live auction, which

   netted more than $40,000 for Foundation projects

                                 

BHS Boys Basketball Booster Club

      Board of Directors (2004-present)

           Supervised sales of more than $20,000 in advertising in the 

      varsity basketball program; assisted in the design of ads and the      

      layout of the program

            Arranged team sponsorships by local businesses; helped                    

      organize preseason banquets

 

Keep 220 Great referendum campaign

     Media spokesperson (2005-2006)

          Worked with Barrington school district officials and leaders of 

     the citizens' to shape messages in support of a referendum to fund

     construction of two new middle schools and renovate the district's

     two existing middle schools; gave interviews to local newspapers

          Spoke to more than 30 groups during the campaign (PTO's,       

     business organizations, civic groups and local boards)      

 

Boulder Ridge Homeowners Association Board of Directors

           Scarsdale, New York

    President of the Board (2000-2001)

           Supervised a nine-member board in charge of a multi-million

           dollar annual budget for an upscale, gated community of 161  

           townhouses and condominiums

     Board member (1999-2001)

           Assisted president of the board as a liaison to residents

     Editor and publisher of The Rolling Boulder (1999-2000)

           Revived dormant newsletter for the community, redesigned it, 

           wrote most of the articles and sold ads to local businesses

 

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     AWARDS

 

Emmy Award 

          Network Breaking News Coverage, CNN's 

          Tiananmen Square demonstration coverage, 1989

George Foster Peabody Award

          CNN's Persian Gulf War coverage, 1991

George Foster Peabody Award 

          Tiananmen Square coverage

DuPont Silver Baton 

          Tiananmen Square coverage

Headliner Award

          Tiananmen Square coverage

Cable Ace Award

          CNN's Waco coverage, 1993

Edward R. Murrow Scholarship

          Top student in Broadcast Journalism, University of Missouri, 1979

Sigma Delta Chi

          Honorary Journalism Fraternity (1979)

National Conference of Christians and Jews 

           Distinguished Merit Citation  (1982)

U.S. Presidential Scholar (1976)

          Male high school senior selected from the state of Iowa

National Council of Teachers of English (1975)

          Fiction Writing National Contest Award

SAT National Merit Letter of Commendation (1975)

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     EDUCATION

University of Missouri, School of Journalism

    Bachelor of Journalism, 1980

       Magna cum laude

       Honors College certificate

 

 VIDEO EXAMPLES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

 

     REFERENCES: 

 

Loren Goldfarb, Executive Vice President, MediVista Media

          Co-founder of Home Front Communications

     321-890-7999 (mobile)     321-821-5356 (office)

 

Jon Stickney, President, Barrington Bank

          Chair, District 220 Educational Foundation

          Treasurer, Barrington Broncos baseball team (2003-2004)

     847-842-4773 (office)

    

David Hirsch, Director, Private Banking USA, Credit Suisse Securities

          Founder of the Illinois Fatherhood Initiative

          Board member, Barrington Area Community Foundation

     312-345-6060 (office)

     847-421-3402 (mobile)

 

Carol McGregor, Barrington Realty Group

          Past chair, District 220 Educational Foundation

    847-533-1213 (mobile)

 

Kent Collins, Broadcast Department Chair, University of Missouri

        School of Journalism

    573-882-1957

        collinsks@missouri.edu

                                               

Richard Roth, Senior U.N. Correspondent, CNN

     212-275-7820 (NY Bureau)     212-595-0279 (home)

 

Patty Dowd Schmitz, Senior Editor, Quintessential Barrington magazine

          Founder and president of Communication Services

     847-277-9623       pdschmitz@earthlink.net

 

Rick Derr, owner, Learning Express stores in Barrington and Lake Zurich

          Former board vice president, BHS Boys Basketball Booster Club

     847-710-4084