BLAZON MEDIA PARTNERS - Key Persons
Jack El-Hai is the author of more than a dozen books about crime, history, and medicine. His published titles include The Lost Brothers: A Family's Decades-Long Search, The Nazi and the Psychiatrist: Hermann Göring, Douglas M. Kelley, A Fatal Meeting of Minds at the End of WW2, and The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness. In addition, Jack has published hundreds of articles in such publications as The Atlantic, Smithsonian, Wired, GQ, Scientific American, Discover, and The Washington Post Magazine. Writer of the investigative podcast Long Lost in partnership with Twin Cities PBS, he is a Past President of the American Society of Journalists and Authors and lives in Minneapolis.
Jeff Masonek has blended a career of international business and law. He spent 25 years at the helm of a San Francisco-based global trading company and then founded a corporate law firm in Southern California.
Jeff launched Blazon Media Partners after being asked to help tell the story of a man lost at sea for 438 days. With the help of acclaimed author, and now editor in chief of Blazon, Jonathan Franklin, that saga became a global best seller.
Jeff loves finding great stories and helping amazing story tellers navigate the path to literary, film and television success. He has assembled a world class team of producers and writers who have the unique ability to maximize a story's potential to inspire and amaze.
After receiving his Master's Degree in Global Entertainment and Music Business from the Berklee College of Music, Jimmy began to develop content for television pilots and helped launch a nationally distributed talk show. He is experienced in every aspect of production administration, from editing, post-production management and delivery, to producing, writing, story acquisition and development. Jimmy ensures effective cross-functional communication and resource sharing among Blazon's core practice areas. Additionally, he leverages his technical background in music and audio production in his position as Director of Podcasting.
Jonathan Franklin has written a series of narrative non fiction books over the past decade. Lauded by Outside Magazine as "the best survival story in a decade" Franklin's 2016 book about fisherman Salvador Alvarenga reached #2 Worldwide on Amazon. That book (438 Days) is being made into a major motion picture. His previous book 33 Men detailing the survival of the 33 Chilean miners became a National Bestseller in the US and Uk. 33 men was published in 18 languages worldwide (and braille). Franklin has a 22 year track record as an award-winning investigative journalist writing for the New York Times, Boston Globe, Washington Post and as South American correspondent for The Guardian. His investigative articles have been adapted for screen by Netflix ("Dirty Money" series), 60 Minutes, BBC Documentaries and Dateline.
Job Titles:
- Executive VP, Business Affairs
Patrick Murphy began his career working at CBS. He went on to develop original content and successfully lead negotiations for pilot and development deals with major production companies, including Tricon Films, and NBC's Tomorrow Productions. After honing his skills on the business operations side of development and production, Patrick founded a successful boutique media consulting firm in New York. He received his A.B. cum laude from Boston College and his M.B.A. from Yeshiva University's Sy Syms School of Business.
Job Titles:
- Executive VP, Development
Terry Murphy has created and launched multiple news and talk shows as Executive Producer and Showrunner for Harpo Productions, Sony Pictures Television, NBCUniversal, CBS, TelepicturesProductions, CNBC and Twentieth Television. Terry served as CNBC's lead producer for the international IBM-sponsored series, The Business of Innovation hosted by Maria Bartiromo, and the British Telecom sponsored series, CollaborationNow hosted by Donny Deutsch. As Terry's non-profit work includes public awareness campaigns for The International OCD Foundation, Born to Learn, and The McCormick Tribune Foundation. She's an author with Harper Collins/William Morrow and a screenwriting consultant with Middleton Media Group. Terry and her work have appeared regularly in Variety and Broadcasting & Cable.