Barbara L. Campbell
22341 Nowlin St. Dearborn, MI 48124
Phone (313) 673-7427
b.campbell@sasktel.net
Career Summary: Award-winning professional communicator. Write, produce, research, develop, and
market. Manage projects and teams. Interviews conducted in five countries. Extensive media experience
including generating positive media and public response to municipal government initiatives and creating
original programming for History Television, CBC Radio and CDTV (City of Dearborn Television). Problem
solve, plan, coordinate and put into practice national and international television shoots, stakeholder events,
live audience specials, publicity campaigns and community events such as the Memorial Day parade. Craft
universally appealing content and message.
Character Snapshot
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Gifted at gathering information, sources, and resources. Thorough research.
Strong writing, analysis and organization.
Curious. Passionate about learning.
Creative. Persuasive. Problem solver.
Embraces new experiences and technology.
Skills and Accomplishments
Write
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Wrote press releases, web content, proclamations, citations, briefing summaries, Mayor’s public
address remarks and Back Fence community news articles for City of Dearborn
Wrote CDTV production scripts, interview questions, council background reports, department reports
Wrote CBC Radio scripts and continuity for 13 years including host narrative, soundscapes,
talk/tapes, interview questions, and special programming.
Wrote History Television 1 hour documentary scripts: Eyewitness to War, Rescue from Sumatra and
a Time for Courage
Wrote CTV one hour documentary script, Memory Trail.
Wrote background/briefing notes, proposals, reports, study guides, press materials – both print and
digital content for multiple sources over 20 years.
Successful grant applications written include National Film Board of Canada Filmmaker Assistance
Program, Saskatchewan Heritage, Canadian Millennium Partnership Program, Canadian Studies
Program – Canadian Heritage, City of Regina Centennial Cultural Legacy Program, CTV
Saskatchewan Development Fund
Wrote Project Specifications, TREAD Team Process Manual and Litigation Support Operations
Department Training Manual for Xerox and General Motors.
Develop Content, Generate Ideas, Team Build, Lead
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Produced in conjunction with the Dearborn Allied War Veterans Council and City of Dearborn, the
2011 and 2012 Memorial Day Parades
Produced with DPI and the Dept. of Public Works successful launch of new municipal trash and
recycle program
Produced launch of Adopt-A-Watt program for City of Dearborn
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Produced CDTV programming including monthly 30 minute, 7 segment features program with City
Council. Mentor CDTV staff and University of Michigan – Dearborn interns. Rough cut edit Adobe
Premiere Pro.
Co-Produced History Television’s five one hour documentary series, Canadian Women of Courage
Produced CTV one hour documentary, Memory Trail
Produced Reclaiming Our Voice, a one hour CBC radio variety special showcasing First Nations
artists.
Produced CBC radio series, Untold Stories for the Afternoon Edition
Produced CBC radio special – The Arts Hour, From the Festival
Produced CBC radio 60th anniversary live 6 – 9 a.m. special. Audience, performers.
Produced Saskatchewan Weekend for 3 years - CBC Radio weekly 6 – 9 a.m. program
Generated, successfully pitched and developed concepts, programs, segments, and products for
network and regional private, public, educational and commercial broadcasters.
Garnered support from broadcasters, interviewees, subject partners, locations and archival
managers.
Directed broadcast production crews and program teams. Project managed in studio and field.
Planned travel and booked interviews for Canada, USA and 3 international film shoots.
Trained and mentored LSOD (Litigation Support Operations Department) 10 person Xerox team.
Managed General Motors Discovery Coordinator litigation requests. Developed customer relations
and document production solutions. Problem solved. Successfully turned around TREAD NHTSA
production. Observed, developed after action reports, created standards and new process, trained
teams, quality checked, ensured fulfillment. Planned, executed, monitored, motivated to target.
Past Board of Directors – Regina International Children’s Festival
Past Chair – SMART Single Mothers Action Reform Team
Research, Analyze, Report
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Discovery research for Detroit legal firm and auto manufacturing client. Page by page, e-discovery
and database creation.
Located, booked and researched subjects, guests, locations, archival footage, b-roll, copyrights and
music for television and radio. Extensive range of topics and facilities around the world including the
Netherlands War Documentation Center and the Benson Ford Research Center.
20 years radio and television interviewing of subjects in Canada, United States, England, France and
the Netherlands.
Secured individuals for interviews from Italy, Australia, Fiji, Cook Islands and Australia
Organize, Coordinate, Generate Publicity
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Served as City of Dearborn representative at public functions including Michigan Municipal League
2009 Conference, Film Friendly Michigan Conference and Dearborn Chamber of Commerce “Mind
Your Own Business” panel
Organized events and elicited media attention for City of Dearborn functions including: Hiring Our
Heroes, Veterans Day, Flag Day, Korean War Armistice Day, and Intermodal train station
groundbreaking.
Developed materials and implemented press campaign for Women of Courage series resulting in
international and national media exposure - CBC Radio, BBC and Briarpatch Magazine. Assist with
public launch/film screening for TV documentary, Eyewitness to War. Guest list, invitations, press
release and coverage, booking of facility and food. Arranged appearance and speech from office of
Heritage Minister.
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Created successful publicity campaign for documentary, Ebola War: The Nurses of Gulu. Achieved
national media coverage including Maclean’s Magazine, CTV’s Canada AM, Globe and Mail,
National Post and web presence. Extensive use of online resources and EPK
Organized successful stakeholder screening for CBC Television - Opening Night/Youkali Hotel.
Coordinated theatre and reception facilities, performers, food, travel, guest list, invitations, and
publicity.
Created successful publicity campaign for Waiting for the Star, a CBC and Radio Canada multicultural radio Christmas benefit concert for the Children’s Wish Foundation. Wrote and distributed
press materials. Organized press launch. Liaison with charity.
Served as CBC interim Promotions Marketing Coordinator with responsibilities for re-branding and
launch of supper hour news program – organized invited leaders breakfast, VP public panel
discussion. Negotiated public service commitments with sales staff. Established CBC community
presence.
Multiple staging and green room responsibilities including: performer schedules, food, guest
services
Awards/Commendations
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2010 Dearborn Free Press Top 10 News Stories of the Year, “Dearborn Firefighter Set to Return to
Afghanistan”
2006 Peer to Peer Award – Xerox
2002 Eyewitness to War, 17th Annual Gemini Awards, Best History Documentary Nominee.
2002 Eyewitness to War, 55th Annual Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival, Golden Sheaf Award,
Best Documentary History.
1999 CTV Banff Television Festival Fellow.
1998 The Earth's Garden, Saskatchewan Showcase Awards, Best TV Series-Non Dramatic.
1998 The Boys Who Loved Hockey, Gemini and Hot Docs! Awards nominee.
Education
Bachelor of Arts
Major, English Minor, Sociology
Spring Arbor University, Spring Arbor, MI
Professional Development
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University of Michigan – Center for the Ethnography of Everyday Life (CEEL): Doing Documentary
Work: Life, Letters and the Field conference
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Time Management, Radio Skills, Writing for Radio, Promo
Writing, Radio Program Concept Development, Legal Aspects of Broadcasting, Studio Direction,
Microphones – Selection and Technique, Dalet, Prolog
National Film Board of Canada: Story Structure for Documentary
Allan Magee: TV Program Development – The Earth’s Garden
Banff Master Classes: Writing Based on a True Story, Producing – The Challenge of History on
Television, Producing – I was the Man Who Suffered
Western Michigan University: Master’s Level 18 credit hours including Management by Objectives
Fontanie Associates: Priority Management, Project Management
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Employment History
Program Coordinator/Veterans Liaison
Senior Producer
Department of Public Information
City of Dearborn
04/2008 – Present
Site Coordinator
Kelly Law Registry/Xerox/General Motors
11/2005 – 11/2007
Legal Researcher
The KPM Group/Rose Law/Ford Motor
04/2004 – 08/2005
Writer, Producer, Publicist, Researcher, Director
05/1997 – 01/2004
See production credits for complete details. Creative services provided on more than a dozen television
programs, including:
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Publicist: Ebola War, The Nurses of Gulu, 1 hr. documentary broadcast on W – Women’s
Television Network, The Documentary Channel
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Producer, Writer, Director, Researcher, Publicist: Canadian Women of Courage 5 part series
broadcast on History Television, Historia, SCN, Knowledge Network, CBC Halifax, ACCESS,
Country Canada, Canal Plus Poland, Televisio Catalunya Spain, CLT – Canadian Learning
Television. Purchased by educational institutions including Rutgers University, Canadian Forces
College, National Library and Archives Canada
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Producer, Writer, Director, Interviewer, Researcher: Memory Trail 1 hour documentary
broadcast on CTV, SCN
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Researcher: The Earth’s Garden 13 x 1 hour TV documentary series broadcast on W Network,
SCN, Discovery-Civilization, ABC Australia, TV Malaysia, Peru TV2 Network, Knowledge Network,
ACCESS, The Education Station
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Researcher: The Boys Who Loved Hockey, 1 hour TV documentary broadcast on CBC Television,
Fox Sports Network, The Documentary Channel, SCN, CFCF-12, CFRN, Knowledge Network
Associate Producer/Producer
CBC Radio 540 Saskatchewan
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
12/1983 – 04/1997
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