Casey McKinnon

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homepage = [http://www.caseymckinnon.com/ 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"; as well as her regular contributions to "The Guardian".

Background

Born and raised in Montreal [ [http://2007.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels/?action=bio&id=129390 south by southwest festivals + conferences ] ] , McKinnon attended St. Thomas High School with boyfriend Rudy Jahchan and studied East Asian studies at McGill University [ [http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/story.html?id=27a2f092-1939-4e2a-94da-5b0d27ead403&k=78700&p=1 In a galaxy not so far, far away ] ] alongside royal friend Autumn Phillips [cite news |url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/foreign/catherineelsworth/aug07/kellyphilips.htm |title=Autumn Kelly’s school admirers had ‘never seen beauty like it’ |first=Catherine |last=Elsworth |publisher="The Daily Telegraph" |date=8 August 2007] . Before pursuing a full time career in new media, she worked for the United Nations [cite news |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9961735/the_rise_of_the_video_blog |title=The Rise of the Video Blog |first=Andrew M. |last=Goldstein |publisher="Rolling Stone" |date=21 April 2006] .

Career

Internet television

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 garnered mainstream attention from "Rolling Stone" and "The Guardian". However, due to an itching 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 [ [http://loadedpun.com/2006/04/10/kitkast-blasts-off-with-galacticast.html Loadedpun.com ] ] . The show's popularity garnered five Vloggie awards [ [http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/story.html?id=27a2f092-1939-4e2a-94da-5b0d27ead403&k=78700&p=2 In a galaxy not so far, far away ] ] and three Parsec nominations [ [http://parsecawards.com/2007Finalists Parsec Awards 2007 Finalists | The Parsec Awards ] ] , and the production duo were later named the third sexiest geeks of 2006 by blogger Violet Blue [ [http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2006/12/top_ten_sexiest_geeks_of_2006_1.html tiny nibbles - violet blue ] ] . 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" [ [http://www.tilzy.tv/news/2007/4/pulp_secrets_confessions.htm News - Tilzy.TV ] ] and later launched the comic book and graphic novel review show "A Comicbook Orange" on June 6, 2006, where McKinnon worked as host [ [http://newteevee.com/2007/06/04/five-new-networks-to-watch-online/ Five New Networks To Watch Online « NewTeeVee ] ] . 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 [ [http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/07/29/teh-awesome-in-fact/ Fagstein » Teh awesome, in fact ] ] , interviewing famous comic book creators, such as Brian Wood.

On November 22, 2007, McKinnon announced that she was seeking new opportunities [ [http://www.caseymckinnon.com/blog/2007/11/22/its-time-to-get-things-started/ Blog] ] and it was later revealed that she left "Galacticast" [ [http://newteevee.com/2007/11/28/galacticast-duo-breaks-up-show-to-go-on/ Galacticast Duo Breaks Up; Show to Go On? « NewTeeVee ] ] . Following the incident, a small band of passionate fans rallied on social bookmarking site Digg to get her a new series on internet television network Revision3. [ [http://www.tilzy.tv/news/2007/11/Wanted-Kewl-Super-Co-Star.htm News - Tilzy.TV ] ]

Journalism

In July 2007, she started writing a monthly column for "The Guardian" following her experiences working in web video [ [http://www.publicbroadcasting.ca/2007/08/fixing-internet-video.html publicbroadcasting.ca: Fixing Internet Video ] ] . 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.

Guest appearances

On November 14, 2007, she was a contestant on a game show at NewTeeVee Live [ [http://live.newteevee.com/gameshow Web Video Celebrity Game Show — NewTeeVee Live ] ] featuring other Internet celebrities such as Veronica Belmont, Cali Lewis, Kevin Rose, Justin Kan, Robert Scoble, and others. [ [http://www.forbes.com/businesswire/feeds/businesswire/2007/10/31/businesswire20071031005523r1.html Forbes] dead link|date=April 2008]

She has made numerous guest appearances on web shows, including:

:*"Nontourage" - [http://www.nontourage.com/home/vlog/?permalink=Galactourage.html Galactourage] :*"BSG Cast" - [http://www.bsgcast.com/?p=16 Season 3 Parody Review: A Special ‘Clip Episode’ of BSGcast] :*"Goodnight Burbank" - [http://goodnightburbank.blogspot.com/2006/12/gnb-20-no-pets-left-behind-sprouts-kill.html GNB 20 - No Pets Left Behind. Sprouts kill cancer. Walnuts fights transfats.] :*"Rocketboom" - [http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/rb_06_oct_03 Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006] :*"Lo-Fi Saint Louis" - [http://lofistl.com/?p=87 Episode #87 Tomorrow’s Caveman Rerun]

Notable television guest appearances include:

:*"This Morning Live" (Global Quebec) - [http://www.galacticast.com/2007/03/01/global-tv-interview-now-online/ February 15, 2007] :*"Torrent" (G4techTV Canada) - [http://www.g4techtv.ca/torrent/episode/0028/index.shtml?0028 Episode 28 - November 4, 2006]

References

External links

*Official|http://caseymckinnon.com/
*imdb name|id=2976533|name=Casey McKinnon
* [http://www.galacticast.com/ "Galacticast"]
* [http://acomicbookorange.com/ "A Comicbook Orange"]
* [http://www.kitkast.com/ "Kitkast"]
* [http://browse.guardian.co.uk/search?search_target=%2Fsearch&fr=cb-guardian&search=Casey+McKinnon&N= Casey McKinnon's "Guardian" articles]