Christopher Gildemeister Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Ghost-wrote and edited several books for best-selling, award-winning author• Transcribed video, wrote, and edited personal biographies for Catholic non-profit• Created, researched, wrote text, narrated, recorded and edited video podcast• Consulted with Marketing Director of non-profit on study release strategies & best practices

Greater Los Angeles Area

RESEARCH AND WRITING EXPERIENCE• Major studies:"Not For Kids Anymore:" Comic Book-Themed Prime-Time Broadcast Programming Unsafe for Children" (2019)"We're Not in Kansas Anymore:" Fantasy-Themed Prime-Time Broadcast Programming Unsafe for Children (2017)"Trash-Talking Teens:" Underage Characters' Use of Sex Talk and Profanity on Broadcast Network TV (2017)"Protecting Children or Protecting Hollywood?" A Twenty-Year Examination of the Effectiveness of the TV Content Ratings System (2016)"Habitat for Profanity:" Broadcast TV’s Sharp Increase in Foul Language (2010)"Faith in a Box:" Entertainment Television and Religion (2005-2006) • Newspaper op-eds• Annual reports• Monthly paper and weekly e-mail newsletter• Annual summary/reviews of new fall television programming• Website columns: Culture Watch, TV Trends, Best, Worst, Worst Cable, and Misrated TV Show of the Week • 300+ blog posts on a wide variety of entertainment and media issues, including media decency, government communications policy, and others• 100+ movie & DVD reviews • Fundraising letters and grant proposalsPROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES• Single-handedly designed and implemented PTC Seal of Approval program, recognizing uplifting/family-friendly media producers and products• Established PTC Watchdog blog, and wrote vast majority of blog posts• Interviewed actors and Hollywood insiders (Mark Burnett, Roma Downey, Rob Reiner, Martha Williamson, Tim Conway, and others) • Liaison with Hollywood studios and media firms• Represented organization at Christians in Communications Conference, Family and Faith-Based Entertainment Conference, and others • Edited all PTC studies, weekly columns, and publications • Monitored Hollywood trade press and religious organization news• Familiarity with social media (Facebook, Twitter)• Maintained/managed databases

Greater Los Angeles Area

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), American History (United States)

Dissertation title: "An Analysis of the Portrayal of Catholicism on Prime-Time Network Entertainment Television, 1950-1980"

B.A., M.A., American History (United States)

Thesis title: "Isolationism, Wartime Patriotism, and American Popular Culture, 1935-1950"