Jason is a cum laude graduate from San Francisco State University (SFSU) where he received his B.A. from the Broadcast Electronic Communication Arts (BECA) department with an emphasis on Instructional & Educational Media.  His studies however not only encompassed production, but also critical theory and business aspects specific to the broadcast industry.  While serving as a Teaching Assistant he developed and presented a full class lecture on Global Media Economics.  Additionally, Jason completed a Minor in World Development Studies—a cross-disciplinary subspecialty often found in International Relations, Economics, Sociology, and Anthropology that focuses on issues and problems facing developing countries and communities.  Immediately after his B.A., he earned a new Certificate in Video Production & Editing through City College of San Francisco (CCSF) concentrating on post-production, and was very pleased to work with Adobe After Effects and learn a few “tricks of the trade” while augmenting his editing skills.   Later that same year, Jason returned to the University of East Anglia in the U.K. to pursue a Masters degree in Media & International Development—the very same school he spent a year as an exchange student studying TV studio production back in 2005/2006!  Currently, he has become interested in the field of Court Reporting and is participating in West Valley College Court Reporting program back here in California.

 

As part of a series of Media in Community Service projects through SFSU, Jason was the producer, writer, and primary editor for a promotional video commissioned by the San Francisco Conservation Corps (SFCC) to celebrate their 25th anniversary.  It not only showcases both the SFCC’s environmental service work and their educational and training programs for young adults, but is also intended as fundraising tool.  As post-production supervisor and editor, he worked on Trama Textiles:  Weaving the Life of Guatemala telling the story and dreams of a women’s association/collective that represents over 400 Mayan traditional backstrap loom weavers spread throughout the Guatemalan highlands.  The 25-minute documentary style video—shot on location over the course of a month during the summer of 2008—was assembled from over 30 hours of footage and subtitled into English from Spanish and Mayan dialects.  Fifty DVD’s were produced for Trama Textiles and are intended for use to promote their cause and products—specifically to send to fair trade organizations throughout North America and Europe.  More info on the project can be found at http://www.sfsu.edu/~news/2008/fall/6.html.

 

In January 2009, Jason completed an Creative Services internship with KNTV-NBC Bay Area, where since June 2007, he worked closely with the on-air Promotions Producers as well as performing special projects for the Commercial and Sales departments.  While there, he also was a researcher and production assistant for The Tech Awards—a half-hour special broadcast that was produced for San Jose’s The Tech Museum and their presenting sponsor/partner Applied Materials.  He received both a Bay Area STAR outstanding intern award and scholarship from the Bay Area Society for Television, Advertising & Radio for his work at KNTV.  At the same time, Jason had also been volunteering at PBS station KTEH as part of the technical crew during pledge breaks, until that program ended with their merger with KQED.

 

During the summer of 2009, he worked at the community driven public access CreaTV Cable Channel 15 as a contract editor and post-producer.  He’d already been a member of the station and had been helping out the producer of the Silicon Valley Technology, Art, Green & Sustainability show for a number of months.

 

Media Courses Undertaken:

 

San Francisco State University (SFSU)

 

BECA 300     Broadcast & Electronic Communication Arts Research

BECA 340     Media Aesthetics

BECA 422     Social Aspects of Electronic Media

BECA 425     TV/Video Program Design

BECA 428     Electronic Media Management

BECA 460     News on Broadcast & Electronic Media

BECA 462     The Television Documentary in the United States

BECA 500     International Broadcasting

BECA 502     Environmental Communication on the Electronic Media

BECA 546     Electronic Field Production I

BECA 547     Digital Video Editing I (FCP)

BECA 576     Internship in Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts (repeated 4 times)

BECA 580     Media in Community Service

BECA 593     Interactive Electronic Media Workshop

BECA 677     Mobile Medium from A-Z

BECA 685     Projects in the Teaching of Broadcast and Communication Arts

BECA 699     Special Study: International & Development Communication

BECA 699     Special Study:  Entertainment Education

 

University of East Anglia (UEA)

 

FTVF2P33    Television Studio Production

FTVF3P02    Television Project

SOCEB09     Economics of Film & Television

FTVF2F04    World Cinemas

LITDM003    Theatre for Development

LAWM08Y    Media in Society

DEVM082     Media and International Development

 

City College of San Francisco (CCSF)

 

BCST 100     Introduction to Electronic Media

BCST 101     Media Literacy

BCST 109     Broadcast Production Lab

BCST 110     Writing for Broadcast Electronic Media

BCST 115     Announcing and Performance

BCST 119     Digital Media Skills

BCST 120     Audio Production

BCST 125     Sound Recording Studio

BCST 130     Radio News & Public Affairs

BCST 131     Radio Station Production and Performance

BCST 132     Radio Station Management

BCST 135     Podcasting

BCST 143     Digital Video Editing (Avid)

BCST 146     Digital Video Effects (includes After Effects)

BCST 165     Industry Internship

MUS 29        Electronic Music

 

San Francisco State University – College of Extended Learning

 

MRI 310     Beginning Music Recording Workshop

MRI 315     Intermediate Music Recording

MRI 330     Music Business Publicity

MRI 342     History & Aesthetics of the Music Recording Industry

MRI 360     Legal Aspects of the Music/Recording Industry

MRI 370     Music Video & the Future

MRI 370     Songwriting & the Music Industry