Austin, TX, USA
$500 - $800 / Day
Shannon McGarvey is a dynamic writer, producer, and storyteller with a passion for curating human-centered narratives across rich media formats for prominent networks, publications, and brands. She is the host of the successful true-crime podcast "Yuba County Five" (Mopac Audio, 2022) and a regular commentator on the long-running series "LISK: Long Island Serial Killer" (Mopac Audio, 2020-2023). Her next project is "The Edge of Reason" (Atlantic Re:think, 2023), a forthcoming podcast series about contemporary art through the prism of the Enlightenment. Shannon has been featured on the "Stuff You Should Know" podcast, WABC New York, and Pix 11 News NYC. Her podcast work has been written about in The New York Times, British GQ, PopSugar, Vogue, British Vogue, HuffPost, The New Yorker, and Men's Health, among others. Shannon is also a successful television producer and has produced work for HBO Max, Travel Channel, TLC, Discovery, Bio, National Geographic, and Crime and Investigation. On the branded side, Shannon has produced rich media for the open-source data science company Posit, Dell Blue, Whole Foods, CLR, Western Union, PING Golf, Glaxo Smith Kline, Roche, Intel, Ace Cash Express, Flash Parking, and many more. As a journalist, Shannon has been published in the Austin American-Statesman, Magnet Magazine, Whisky Advocate, San Antonio Current, Culture Map, and Digital Spy. She holds an MLitt in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow (2010) and a BA in English from Texas State University (2006). Follow @shannonmcgarvey across all major social platforms.
Produced for Megalomedia
On February 24, 1978, five men from the Yuba County, California-area vanished in the wilderness of Northern California. They had set out on what should’ve been a quick road trip to watch their favorite basketball team in a neighboring town. But all five friends wound up missing or dead. Hosted by Shannon McGarvey
Produced for Posit
The innovators at PING use Posit solutions such as Posit Connect to impact how golf data is analyzed and shared with golfers worldwide. High-level data, once only available to professional players, is now in the hands of everyday golfers thanks to public-facing apps like Ballnamic, which allows golfers to choose the golf ball that best suits their game. Through the use of Shiny apps, Posit Workbench APIs, and Posit Connect, the team at PING can now innovate faster, accelerate product development, and advance the democratization of golf data.
The Penobscot River is the lifeblood of the Penobscot people. The river is an ancestral food source, an ancient waterway, a spiritual home—they call her their relative. But not everyone treated the river with such reverence. Over the centuries, as the Penobscot people became increasingly marginalized, the river became increasingly polluted. The fish were dying. The animals left. Tribal life was in peril. Something had to change. This is a story about the Penobscot River and a small group of tribal conservationists who are working to save her.
Produced for Megalomedia
The LISK (Long Island Serial Killer) investigation began in May 2010 with the disappearance of sex worker Shannan Gilbert. In the following months, Suffolk County Police uncovered human remains from nine more murders, including those of the "Gilgo 4", all sex workers whose bodies were disposed of similarly. After years of virtually no new developments, Suffolk County Police arrested Rex Heuermann in connection with the murder of at least 3 victims. DNA evidence, cellphone records, and witness accounts of a Chevrolet Avalanche truck all led to police zeroing in on Heuermann. As prosecutors prepare for the upcoming trial, details and accounts of Heuermann's life and behavior continue to be uncovered. Inspired by the New York Times best-selling book "Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery", follow the series as it’s told through previously unheard interviews with family members, friends, police officers, government officials, and others whose lives were touched by the gruesome murders. Hosted by Chris Mass.
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