Former TV news reporter and producer Brian Bellmont is a public relations consultant and writer in the Twin Cities, where he lives with his wife Jen and daughters Rory and Maddy. His work has appeared in publications across the country, including MSNBC.com and Writer's Market, and his first book, co-authored with Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, is "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes & Trends of the '70s & '80s" (Perigee, $12.95).
As the president of Bellmont Partners Public Relations for the past 15 years, Brian has developed and led successful local and national PR campaigns for dozens of companies and organizations. He has produced award-winning videos, and written everything from news releases and brochures to magazine articles and books.
His background includes experience as a television reporter in Wisconsin and as a national news producer, where he helped coordinate coverage for programs such as the “MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour,” “Inside Edition,” “American Journal” and The Weather Channel.
Brian is also an award-winning food writer and aspiring novelist, and is a fan of all things pop-culturey, from horror flicks to comic books, Broadway musicals to beach reads, terrible sitcoms to The Backyardigans. Over the years, he’s interviewed pop-culture staples like Adam West, Barry Williams, Loni Anderson, and Davy Jones; contributed to msnbc.com and dozens of other media outlets; and written the copy on the back of a bag of yogurt-covered raisins.
