BF 024 – Doug McConnell – Open Road
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Doug McConnell
Open Road
ConvergenceMedia Productions
Doug McConnell is a television journalist who has focused on environmental issues, with programs on the air continuously since 1982. He has created, produced and hosted many series, special programs, and news projects for local, national and international distribution. His broadcast awards include multiple Emmys, an Iris, and a Gabriel.
McConnell is co-founder and managing partner of ConvergenceMedia Productions (CMP) in Sausalito, California. One of CMP’s principal products is Open Road with Doug McConnell, Exploring the West for Public Television nationally. Open Road on Public Television is closely linked to www.OpenRoad.TV, The Traveler’s Video Guide to the West. McConnell is co-executive producer and managing editor for both ventures. McConnell also develops and oversees other media projects undertaken by CMP.
From 1993-2009 McConnell was the host and senior editor of the Bay Area Backroads television series on KRON Television in the San Francisco Bay Area. Backroads was one of the longest-running regional television series in American broadcast history, and was consistently the highest-rated locally produced, non-news program in the nation’s sixth-largest market.
In this episode you’ll discover:
- How and why McConnell started a career in television.
- McConnell’s shared secrets from mentors in his life who taught him to live life happily, successfully, and with purpose.
- How McConnell used television as a way to advocate for the things he cared about.
- How the Open Road originated, and how it was launched.
- McConnell’s formula for a successful life.
- What struggles he faced, and how he overcame them.
- Why McConnell believes it is important to cultivate meaningful relationships with people that are fully engaged in life.
- Why it is important to have discipline, control and gratitude in your life.
For more information about Doug and the Open Road, please visit:
Open Road
ConvergenceMedia Productions
