Education Leaders Program / Ed Madison
Ed Madison
Eugene, Oregon
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"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself."
— John Dewy
Ed Madison is a graduate teaching fellow at the University of Oregon, where he is working to complete his PhD in Mass Communication and Society. He is a University Club of Portland Foundation Fellow (2011), an ISTE Emerging Scholar (2011), and UO Promising Scholar (2010).
He is also founder of Media Arts Institute (MAI), a nonprofit educational organization whose mission is to inspire and educate aspiring and seasoned media professionals through its productions, workshops, and publications, such as behind-the-scenes documentaries profiling accomplished individuals in media. Programs are produced by advanced students, in partnership with Emerson College and the University of Oregon's School of Journalism and Communication, and made available to high schools and colleges across the country for use in their media arts–related curriculums.
Madison has a long track record as an executive producer/director of network television, film, and commercial projects. His career in media began at the age of 16 and has covered the gamut, from talent coordinating for a local Washington, D.C., talk show while still in high school to creating, producing, and directing programs and segments worldwide for network, syndicated, and cable television. At age 22, Madison became a founding producer for CNN, aiding in the groundbreaking quality programming that has come to represent that network. His own subsequent companies have provided services for most of the major networks and studios. He has contributed to the success of many top-rated series that helped to define the lifestyle/travel television genre, including "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous," "A&E Top 10," and "Entertainment Tonight." Madison's current company, Engaging Media, creates, brands, and distributes high-caliber video programs and marketing messages for delivery via the Internet to mobile devices and desktop computers.
