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Staff Bios


Curtis Henderson, Jr., General Manager
Curtis has served as General Manager of Boston Neighborhood Network Television for the past eight years. Prior to becoming General Manager, he was Director of Community Access Programming for ten years and Studio Manager for two years. His commitment to the goals of the organization is evident in his accomplishments. Curtis has worked to bring BNN into the digital age, specifically working to close the gap in the digital divide by creating a multimedia center, updating equipment to a digital format and creating new training opportunities. Recently he has concentrated his efforts to sustain the organization by purchasing the building that is BNN's new permanent home.

Curtis has also worked tirelessly to bring the residents of the City of Boston the programming they need to become an informed and educated citizenry. Under his supervision, BNN’s news and information programming line-up has blossomed from a daily local news program to collaborations with nonprofit organizations and government agencies and public institutions, to political coverage of local races. His technology background and management expertise have led to successful co-productions about health, education, politics, and more.

In 1995, the Alliance for Community Media honored Curtis with the Jewel Ryan White Award for developing cultural diversity in access television. Under Curtis' leadership, BNN has received national recognition including honors from The National Alliance for Community Media for “Overall Excellence” in 2001 and 2005 and Honorable Mention for "Overall Excellence" in 2002.

Curtis currently serves as president of the Board of Directors of the Timothy Smith Network, an organization dedicated to improving the technology competencies of residents of the Greater Roxbury area.

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Jim Atwood, Development Officer
Jim grew up in West Roxbury, and was educated at Roxbury Latin, Antioch College and UMass Boston College of Public and Community Service. In 1985, Jim began as a BNN member and community producer, taking every available class, producing documentaries and working with a team of community activists on the "We Are the City" series, which highlighted important political and social issues, profiled Boston’s life and times and won three national awards.

While working at BNN, Jim helped other producers with their efforts and volunteered to assist with operations and workshops. Before joining BNN's full-time staff in 1989, Jim worked as an independent video producer and consultant, creating a series of documentaries for the Huntington Disease Society and designing a video production curriculum for incarcerated youth. Prior to concentrating on the development and cultivation of BNN’s grant writing, fundraising, and underwriting programs, Jim coordinated BNN's access services, operations and training programs.

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Barbara Barrow-Murray, Community TV Studio Manager
Barbara has seven Emmys and nominations for 27 others in her public television career.  She began her career as a production trainee at WGBH-TV in 1972; she then graduated to series producer at the public television station. While working full time at WGBH she studied full time for a bachelor’s degree in Communications at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Her work on the innovative program "Say Brother" influenced other TV programs about people of color nationwide. She also worked on many other nationally recognized programs, which emphasized the creative arts, especially about people of color. She has served on prestigious boards in Boston and designed multidisciplinary arts programs for children in the Boston public schools.

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Lane Bourn, IT Systems Coordinator
As the IT person for BNN since 2004, Lane is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the dozens of computers, networks, and servers that power BNN. With a BS in Biology from Bates College and over 15 years experience in systems and networking, he especially enjoys the challenges that come from making BNN's Macs and PC's work together. Prior to working with computers, Lane was a park ranger for the National Park Service. Lane and his husband live in Rowley, Massachusetts with their cats, sheep, chickens, and peacocks on their small Christmas tree farm.

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Charlotte Cowan, BNNLive Studio Manager
Charlotte, a native of Roxbury, received her Associates of Arts from Roxbury Community College where she majored in Broadcast Media Technology. During her schooling Charlotte directed and produced a weekly interview format show entitled "In the Spotlight", which aired across the Roxbury Campus.

After the completion of Roxbury Community College, Charlotte continued her education at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and Connecticut School of Broadcasting. She later became a Video Editor for Sound and Vision Media for two years and a Videographer for Cook Productions. Now Charlotte joins our team as the BNNLive Studio Manager.

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Dennis Dutra, Chief Engineer
Dennis is the former owner of Dutra Video System; a video integration and service company that provides video engineering services to access, government, corporate and educational Studios throughout the New England region. Dennis is a SBE certified Broadcast Television Engineer with over 20 years of experience in the broadcast engineering and digital media industry. Dennis is responsible for overseeing the operation and upkeep of all BNN equipment

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Christine Kelly, Ph.D., Director of Digital Media and Education
Christine has worked as a college professor, freelance producer, director, and writer working under the name of Christie Productions. She has been working in the communications industry for 19 years.  Christine is an expert in message design with a particular focus on entertainment-education methodology for video production.

Christine achieved her doctorate in Mass Media and Communication from Temple University.  She has also been teaching and developing curriculum in video production and broadcasting for 9 years with Temple University, York College of Pennsylvania, Loyola College of Maryland and the Baltimore County Public Schools.

Christine has also had the honor to work with organizations such as the Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs, Temple University, York International, Pennsylvania Energy Office, Population Communication International, and QVC Network.

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Chris Lovett, News Director, BNN News
Getting his start at Boston Neighborhood Network in March of 1984 as a freelance reporter, Chris now serves as the News Director and anchor of Boston Neighborhood Network News. Chris' duties also include organizing guest interview segments, overseeing and organizing field reporting assignments, and acting as the main writer for the show. In addition, Chris designs and updates the website for BNN News.

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Robyn Markcum, Graphics Specialist
A graduate of The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Robyn holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design, with a minor in illustration/animation. In addition, Robyn has her own clothing company, does freelance design work, and is actively pursuing interests in acting and music production. Robyn uses these creative talents to help design and produce graphics, marketing, and promotional materials for BNN.

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Daniel P. Moore, Operations Manager
Dan comes to us with over a decade of experience in various facilities and office managerial capacities. Dan oversees all of BNN's operational areas, including the Playback, Administrative, Marketing, and Engineering Departments. Dan was raised in Brighton, and was educated at Boston Latin Academy and Suffolk University. As a native of Boston, Dan is excited to be a part of the revitalization of the Egleston Square area, specifically in such a historically important and impressive building as the Charles J. Beard II Media Center.

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William Murrell, MultiMedia Lab Coordinator
William provides support and training for the MultiMedia Lab. He received an FCC license shortly after graduating high school and assists BNN members with broadcast content for television.  His first digital download distribution deal was granted by eMusic.com in 2007. William is an associate liason to the Timothy Smith Network group. He is former IBM customer engineer and has worked with Final Cut and related non-linear editing solutions for broadcast and web distribution since 2004. Murrell received his FCC license in Radio, Broadcast and Television engineering shortly after graduating high school.

He has written Boston's Big Dig Tunnel survival guide and is a public relations consultant specializingin music release projects, studio motion picture premiers, and helping emerging producers at BNN grow at their own speed. Some of his accomplishments include managing the development of a multimedia CD ROM titled "Museum without Walls" for American Visions magazine (1994) that was distributed to two million CompuServe/AOL subscribers and launching the first laptop computer boutique store in Massachusetts which won a "Best of Boston" magazine award (1994) in a retail marketing category.

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Jason Salzarulo, Distribution Manager
Graduate of the Massachusetts College of Art's Studio for Interrelated Media, Jason has been a video artist/producer since 2000. With a focus on low/no budget production he has worked on "Studio in a Bag Manifesto", a project dedicated to finding effective ways to make media with little to no money or time. With a focus on making things better by making things easier, he hopes to help producers realize what is creatively possible using the available technology. As he is fond of saying: "It's a good time to be a producer."

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Eric Venezia, Membership and Promotions Coordinator
As Membership and Promotions Coordinator, Eric is most people's first point of contact at BNN. Eric has an educational background in Video and Television Production and an interest in all forms of media and technology. Eric’s favorite part of his role at BNN is helping spread enthusiasm to the Boston community and seeing the excitement in people’s faces when they learn about all of the opportunities and resources at BNN.

In addition to his membership duties, Eric is also responsible for overseeing all of BNN's marketing and communications, designing promotional pieces, updating the website and collectively working with other departments to keep the public informed about all the latest news and happenings at BNN.

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