Brown Paper (Allison Brown) also generates arts and community related content for both print and broadcast media outlets.
Allison's growing portfolio includes regular blog and article publications both online and in print, audio documentaries, recording and performance reviews, on-location broadcasting both live and pre-taped, voice-over and narration, advertisement creation, and much more.
She regularly contributes to Metroland Media's OurWindsor.ca; her collection of features can be viewed at:
http://www.ourwindsor.ca/author/abrown/
and she has previously contributed to Roots Music Canada, and Earshot Online.
From September 2011 to July of 2012, Allison was a weekly freelance music columnist on CBC Radio Windsor's "Early Shift" program; presenting a five-minute interview based feature including a selected music track. Allison arranged, conducted and edited interview clips to include in each feature. Interview highlights included Samantha Martin, Oh Susanna, Elliott Brood, The Wooden Sky, Pat Robitaille, Michou, Manitoba Hal, David Francey, and David Essig. Allison continues to contribute to Windsor's CBC programming with occasional features and local arts highlights.
~ Audio Documentaries ~
Rounding out a decade of campus radio volunteer work, Allison has done hundreds of interviews including chats with Stephen Fearing, The Good Lovelies, Del Barber (Del's first live radio appearance was on "For The Folk"!), Ken Whiteley, Sylvia Tyson and Bruce Cockburn. Her entry in CHRW's 2008 "Stories In Sound" contest, "Jackie Washington at 88" won first prize:
