DANA BARRETT
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dana@midtownreview.com
experienced on-air personality and content producer
expert interviewer │ skilled at improvisation │ develops original
ideas for digital and broadcast formats
for demo reel please visit www.danabarrett.com
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
- On-air
personality with a unique talent for creating and delivering engaging digital
and broadcast content
- Accessible
persona via a unique voice, sharp wit, strong public image and excellent
interviewing skills
- Format
experience includes talk show, news, traffic reporting, morning drive and
podcasts
- Producer
of original content, from interview shows to magazine-style formats
- Broad
content expertise includes news, health, beauty, parenting, entertainment,
relationships and sports
- Prolific
writer of web and social media content, show scripts, opinion pieces and
personal essays
- Social
media-focused, using web communities to build brand presence for content and
programming
- Engaging
presenter at fairs and industry events; background in community theater and
stand-up comedy
- Successful
previous careers as an entrepreneur and an executive in the book and technology
industries
highlights
- Created
Midtown Review, a literary website featuring reviews, book recommendations and
a weekly podcast of interviews with New
York Times-bestselling authors Brad Meltzer, Susan Vreeland, Chris
Bohjalian (Oprah pick), among many others
- Developed
social media campaigns, published a blog and conceived a podcast (interviewing
over 40 authors such as Jodi Picoult, Chris Cleave, Eric Jerome Dickey and
Garth Stein; and newsmakers such as Governor Madeleine Kunin, former White
House Advisor Van Jones, Laura Flanders and CBS senior correspondent Byron
Pitts) for an online bookseller
- Co-hosted
and produced The Breakfast Club, a
morning drive show on AM 1620 in the Atlanta metro area
- Conceived,
launched, hosted and produced The Dana
Barrett Show, a weekly 60-minute radio program focused on women’s issues
- Lead-edited
and wrote for ReadingGroupGuides.com, a comprehensive web resource for book
clubs
- Introduced
New York Times-bestselling authors and moderated panels at the Decatur Book
Festival; hosted public book club events for Roswell Reads, a citywide literary
arts program
- Represented
book brands at major trade fairs such as The Green Festivals, Lilith Fair, The
Decatur Book Festival, SOCAP and The Boston Book Festival
- Reported
Atlanta traffic for Metro Networks, one of the two largest national traffic
reporting services
- Voiced
30- and 60-second commercial spots for radio program sponsors
EMPLOYMENT
HISTORY
Midtown Review (Atlanta, GA) | Executive Editor and Podcast Host | 2010—Present
Better World Books (Atlanta, GA) | Marketing Manager and Podcast Host | 2008—2010
AM 1620 (Sandy
Springs, GA) | 2007—2009
The Breakfast Club, Morning Show
Co-host | 2007—2009
The Dana Barrett Show, Talk Show Host
| 2008—2009
Voiceover Actor | 2007—2009
Coffee
Buy the Book, Inc. (Roswell,
GA) | President and CEO | 2003—2008
DB
Consulting (Roswell, GA) | Managing Partner | 2001—2005
Vesdia
Corporation (Atlanta, GA) | Vice President of Information Technology | 2000—2001
Verso
Corporation (Atlanta, GA) | Director of Information Technology | 1998—2000
Georgia
Pacific (Atlanta, GA) | Consultant | 1996—1998
750
WSB-AM (Atlanta, GA) | On-air Traffic Reporter | 1996
EDUCATION
Cornell
University (Ithaca, NY) | BS in Hotel Administration |
1988
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Microsoft
Office; Photoshop; Dreamweaver; HTML; WordPress; Drupal; Audacity; Final Cut
Express
