Casey McKinnon
| Casey McKinnon | |
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 October 2007 |
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| Born | Casey Erin McKinnon March 13, 1978 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
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| caseymckinnon.com | |
Casey McKinnon (born March 13, 1978) is an actress, writer, video editor and producer from Montreal, Canada. She is known for her work on web series Galacticast, A Comicbook Orange and Kitkast.
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[edit] Background
Born and raised in Montreal,[1] McKinnon attended St. Thomas High School with partner Rudy Jahchan and studied East Asian studies at McGill University[2] alongside royal friend Autumn Phillips.[3] Before pursuing a full time career in new media, she worked for the United Nations.[4]
[edit] Career
[edit] Web series
McKinnon first became known under the pseudonym Ms. Kitka, the host of sex news and entertainment show Kitkast, launched on October 15, 2005. Inspired by podcasting and British television show Sin Cities, the show gained mainstream attention from Rolling Stone and The Guardian. However, due to a desire to make a science fiction show, she decided to move onto other projects and launched Galacticast with her boyfriend Rudy Jahchan on May 8, 2006.[5] The show's popularity garnered five Vloggie awards[6] and three Parsec nominations,[7] and the production duo were later named the third sexiest geeks of 2006 by blogger Violet Blue.[8] Under the corporation name 8Bit Brownies Inc., the two went on to co-produce a short miniseries for Next New Networks filmed at South by Southwest called Pulp Secret Confessions[9] and later launched the comic book and graphic novel review show A Comicbook Orange on June 6, 2006, where McKinnon worked as host.[10] In July 2007, McKinnon was hired to host Pulp Secret Live At Comic-Con, where she made a daily update show live from the San Diego Comic-Con,[11] interviewing famous comic book creators, such as Brian Wood.
[edit] Journalism
From July to October 2007, she wrote a monthly column for The Guardian following her experiences working in web video.[12] The articles connect new media to their Hollywood predecessors and reflect a desire for Internet television to be taken seriously by the old media community.
[edit] Guest appearances
On November 14, 2007, she was a contestant on a game show at NewTeeVee Live[13] featuring other Internet celebrities such as Veronica Belmont, Cali Lewis, Kevin Rose, Justin Kan, Robert Scoble, and others.[14]
She has made numerous guest appearances on web shows, including:
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- BSG Cast - Season 3 Parody Review: A Special ‘Clip Episode’ of BSGcast
- Goodnight Burbank - GNB 20 - No Pets Left Behind. Sprouts kill cancer. Walnuts fights transfats.
- Lo-Fi Saint Louis - Episode #87 Tomorrow’s Caveman Rerun
- Pro at Cooking - Episode 2
- Nontourage - Galactourage
- Rocketboom - Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
Notable television guest appearances include:
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- This Morning Live (Global Quebec) - February 15, 2007
- Torrent (G4techTV Canada) - Episode 28 - November 4, 2006
[edit] References
- ^ south by southwest festivals + conferences
- ^ In a galaxy not so far, far away
- ^ Elsworth, Catherine (8 August 2007). "Autumn Kelly’s school admirers had ‘never seen beauty like it’". The Daily Telegraph. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/foreign/catherineelsworth/aug07/kellyphilips.htm.
- ^ Goldstein, Andrew M. (21 April 2006). "The Rise of the Video Blog". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9961735/the_rise_of_the_video_blog.
- ^ Loadedpun.com
- ^ In a galaxy not so far, far away
- ^ Parsec Awards 2007 Finalists | The Parsec Awards
- ^ tiny nibbles - violet blue
- ^ News - Tilzy.TV
- ^ Five New Networks To Watch Online « NewTeeVee
- ^ Fagstein » Teh awesome, in fact
- ^ publicbroadcasting.ca: Fixing Internet Video
- ^ Web Video Celebrity Game Show — NewTeeVee Live
- ^ Forbes[dead link]
