David C. Barnett
Senior Reporter/ProducerDavid C. Barnett was a senior arts & culture reporter for Ideastream Public Media.
He is a Chicago native who moved to the Cleveland area at the age of 11. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in communication from Cleveland State University and dual master's degrees in education and telecommunication from Kent State University.
After joining Ideastream Public Media in 1995, he won dozens of local and national awards and produced many features for NPR and PBS NewsHour, plus several nationally syndicated radio and television documentaries.
David retired in October 2022.
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The vision of Northeast Ohio as a destination for moviemakers has long been the dream of some local leaders. Demand for streaming film and TV shows has sparked a renewed interest in making that happen. A potential key to that quest – building local production facilities. -
Owners express frustration, but determination to move forward. -
Exploring the dream of a film production economy in Northeast Ohio. -
CAC distributes cigarette tax revenue to area non-profits for arts and cultural activities. In some cases, those funds are regranted to individual artists as well as community arts projects. -
Cigarette tax revenue will also fund area arts projects. -
A major motion picture recently wrapped shooting in various locations around Northeast Ohio. “White Noise,” starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig was one of the first projects shepherded by Bill Garvey, the new president of the Greater Cleveland Film Commission. -
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Bill Garvey brings 26 years of film production experience to the job. -
From restaurants to home kitchens, new book offers non-meat and dairy versions of classic dishes. -
Deliberations continue in Cleveland City Hall over proposals for spending federal stimulus money. Monday night, Jeremy Johnson, president and CEO of Assembly for the Arts will make a pitch to City Council. -
The money would come from Cleveland's ARPA funds.
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