MediaWise Consulting
Whether backstage at the Emmys, fielding calls from CNN or pitching ideas to studio executives, the MediaWise team is hard at work putting our clients way ahead of the game.
LEGRANDE GREEN is a seasoned TV veteran who has supervised several teams of producers at The Oprah Winfrey Show and Sally Jessy Raphael. The recipient of four Daytime Emmy Awards, Green garnered praise and an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding News/Talk Documentary for "Unsolved Hate Crimes of the Civil Rights Movement." In his seven years at The Oprah Winfrey Show, he rose from his initial position of associate producer to Supervising Senior Producer, one rung below the top spot of Executive Producer. At Sally, he spearheaded the campaign to rejuvenate the show, bringing in a new format and higher ratings. A graduate of Princeton University, Green began his TV career producing talk shows at Seattle's KING-TV.
BARBARA WELLNER has an extensive career in creating, developing and producing a wide variety of television programming. She has worked with many of the cable and broadcast networks overseeing literally hundreds of hours of original programming.It was at FX where she discovered Tom Bergeron of Dancing with the Stars, Jeff Probst of Survivor and Phil Keoghan of The Amazing Race. She went on to become Vice President of Programming at 2Oth Television, in charge of developing talent and original programming for network, syndication and cable. During her tenure, she was part of a team which developed over 30 projects and produced and managed over 100 hours of television.
As a producer she has developed and produced shows for CBS/King World, Sci-Fi Channell, TLC, IFC, BET, Telepictures, E!, Style, VH-1 and Fox Reality Channel.
KAREN MELAMED started her career as an associate producer in public television where she wrote and produced news and talk. She then went to Baltimore to produce for for a local live morning talk show called “People Are Talking” co-hosted by an up and coming talent named Oprah Winfrey. Karen became the show's producer and then was show-runner for several other number one rated shows from Seattle to Boston. After working her way up the ladder in local television, she was asked to join Winfrey as a producer on her nationally syndicated talk show, “The Oprah Winfrey Show” where she produced many of Oprah's top rated episodes.
After moving to Los Angeles, Karen created, developed and sold shows for KingWorld/CBS, Fox, Buena Vista/Disney and Telepictures/Warner Bros., where she also found and developed hosts and on-air talent. She was Executive Producer of 2 top rated court shows “Texas Justice” and “Judge Alex” for 20th television and consulted on shows for Paramount, 20th Television and BET.
SO.... WHAT CAN MEDIAWISE DO FOR YOU?
MediaWise offers personal on-camera coaching, media makeovers and booking basics to clients in need of finding their audience. MediaWise gives you the tools, and confidence you need to become a successful media personality and "in demand" bookable guest. Authors, chefs, business professionals, inventors. teachers, medical professionals, athletes, comedians—virtually anyone with a story to tell or an area of expertise can be "good television" or good communicators with MediaWise coaching. We'll bring out your best attributes, make your personality shine through, and give you a unique edge that television producers and show bookers want.
If you have never been in front of a professional camera and want to learn the ropes, or, need to improve your performance to get your career to the next level—or simply interested in how television can help promote your product or yourself—you need MediaWise to reach your media goals.
We help smart people become MediaWise.
LEGRANDE GREEN is a seasoned TV veteran who has supervised several teams of producers at The Oprah Winfrey Show and Sally Jessy Raphael. The recipient of four Daytime Emmy Awards, Green garnered praise and an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding News/Talk Documentary for "Unsolved Hate Crimes of the Civil Rights Movement." In his seven years at The Oprah Winfrey Show, he rose from his initial position of associate producer to Supervising Senior Producer, one rung below the top spot of Executive Producer. At Sally, he spearheaded the campaign to rejuvenate the show, bringing in a new format and higher ratings. A graduate of Princeton University, Green began his TV career producing talk shows at Seattle's KING-TV.
BARBARA WELLNER has an extensive career in creating, developing and producing a wide variety of television programming. She has worked with many of the cable and broadcast networks overseeing literally hundreds of hours of original programming.It was at FX where she discovered Tom Bergeron of Dancing with the Stars, Jeff Probst of Survivor and Phil Keoghan of The Amazing Race. She went on to become Vice President of Programming at 2Oth Television, in charge of developing talent and original programming for network, syndication and cable. During her tenure, she was part of a team which developed over 30 projects and produced and managed over 100 hours of television.
As a producer she has developed and produced shows for CBS/King World, Sci-Fi Channell, TLC, IFC, BET, Telepictures, E!, Style, VH-1 and Fox Reality Channel.
KAREN MELAMED started her career as an associate producer in public television where she wrote and produced news and talk. She then went to Baltimore to produce for for a local live morning talk show called “People Are Talking” co-hosted by an up and coming talent named Oprah Winfrey. Karen became the show's producer and then was show-runner for several other number one rated shows from Seattle to Boston. After working her way up the ladder in local television, she was asked to join Winfrey as a producer on her nationally syndicated talk show, “The Oprah Winfrey Show” where she produced many of Oprah's top rated episodes.
After moving to Los Angeles, Karen created, developed and sold shows for KingWorld/CBS, Fox, Buena Vista/Disney and Telepictures/Warner Bros., where she also found and developed hosts and on-air talent. She was Executive Producer of 2 top rated court shows “Texas Justice” and “Judge Alex” for 20th television and consulted on shows for Paramount, 20th Television and BET.
SO.... WHAT CAN MEDIAWISE DO FOR YOU?
MediaWise offers personal on-camera coaching, media makeovers and booking basics to clients in need of finding their audience. MediaWise gives you the tools, and confidence you need to become a successful media personality and "in demand" bookable guest. Authors, chefs, business professionals, inventors. teachers, medical professionals, athletes, comedians—virtually anyone with a story to tell or an area of expertise can be "good television" or good communicators with MediaWise coaching. We'll bring out your best attributes, make your personality shine through, and give you a unique edge that television producers and show bookers want.
If you have never been in front of a professional camera and want to learn the ropes, or, need to improve your performance to get your career to the next level—or simply interested in how television can help promote your product or yourself—you need MediaWise to reach your media goals.
We help smart people become MediaWise.
