| Kathie
Farnell
is an independent radio and television producer. She is president
of Artemis Media Project, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, which develops
and produces quality media projects in cooperation with state-of-the-art
technical facilities. She served as project director and co-producer
on the landmark 1998 Public Radio International-distributed radio
documentary series “Remembering Slavery” which was the
recipient of a Gabriel Award and Gold and Bronze WorldMedals from
the New York Festivals.
Kathie Farnell served as Associate Producer and Creative Consultant on “Sweethearts of Rhythm on the Road: America’s #1 All Girls Jazz Band,” a 2004 episode of the weekly public radio series Riverwalk, Live from the Landing. The Sweethearts were organized to raise money for their Mississippi orphanage in the late 1930s. They became an international sensation in the 1940s. This program tells the story of the Sweethearts through their recordings, interviews with surviving band members, and the music of the Jim Cullum Jazz Band. Riverwalk is produced by Pacific Vista Productions and Jim Cullum for Texas Public Radio and broadcast nationally by Public Radio International. Kathie Farnell also worked as an independent producer with Alabama Public Television and the Alabama Department of Tourism on “Garden Variety: Alabama,” a one-hour pledge special airing in summer, 2004, which offered an intimate look at the state’s stunning botanical gardens. She co-produced the mini-series “Season to Taste” with Alabama Public Television and the Alabama Department of Tourism. This five-part series spotlights Alabama’s many food festivals, from peaches to barbecue. Designed as an eating tour of the state, the series aired in spring and summer, 2005. The husband and wife team of Kathie Farnell and Jack M. Purser Jr. have been active freelance travel writers and photographers since 1993. Publications in which their work appears include Art & Antiques, Portico, Executive Traveler, Southern Breeze, Condo Owner, the Montgomery Advertiser (daily), Huntsville Times (daily), DeKalb Times Journal (weekly), Voice of South Marion (Florida; weekly), Alabama Living, and Georgia Magazine, as well as the websites www.lovetripper.com and www.gallagherstravels.com Their
favorite topics include nature travel, upscale resorts, offbeat
destinations and weekend getaways. In the past year they have written
about Santa Fe, New Mexico; Mystic, Connecticut; Freeport, Maine;
Fredericksburg, Texas; Amelia Island Plantation, Florida; New Orleans,
Louisiana; and Nashville, Tennessee, among other destinations. |