With a broad range of experience in live and taped video production, Jon guides projects from conception and writing through production and editing to completion and distribution. He also coordinates video and media for live events.

Following graduation from Iowa State University with a B.S. in broadcast communications, Jon worked in television in Des Moines, where he became production manager at a top network affiliate. Before joining ISU Extension, he worked for a Fortune 100 financial services company where he produced electronic media for internal and external communications, training and marketing. 

Awards

Agricultural Communicators in Education (ACE)

  2007 Gold – National Swine Registry video

  2007 Bronze – Strengthening Families video

Entomological Society of America

  2007 Project Award – Bugcast Project podcast
American Society of Agricultural Engineers

  2005 Blue Ribbon – Plot Harvester Clean-Out Procedures video