Carolyn Brown is a media professional with nearly three decades of experience as a Journalism Professor, award-winning independent filmmaker, and Journalist.
She’s been a Senior Lecturer at the Mayborn School of Journalism at University of North Texas and an Assistant Professor of Journalism at American University in Washington D.C. Her area of expertise is Latino immigrant communities, the border and Latino representations in the media. Her documentaries have been distributed by American Public Television, NBC, and the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA).
Brown is the Director/Producer of four successful, nationally distributed documentaries. Rubi: A DACA Dreamer in Trump’s America was distributed by NETA in 2020. Her previous documentary The Salinas Project, distributed by American Public Television, has aired in 92% of the top 25 markets in the United States and 84% of all U.S. markets. From the Fields: An American Journey was distributed to NBC stations nationwide in 2012 and 2013. It’s a biography of a Chicano journalist whose family came to the U.S. through the Bracero program. In 2011 she produced a documentary, On the Line, that follows the Minutemen and the anti-immigrant movement in Arizona after the September 11th terrorist attacks. Brown is currently working on a docu-series titled Las Mujeres: Latina Lives, American Dreams.
Brown has appeared as an expert on several national broadcast news shows including The CBS Evening News, CNN in Español, and NPR.
Brown’s journalism career spans more than a decade. She worked as a journalist and news producer at MSNBC News and Fox News Channel in New York City. She was a producer and senior producer in local news in San Francisco, Washington DC and Phoenix. Brown has written commentary as a contributor for MSNBC.com. She began her news career at CBS News and has also worked on The Late Show with David Letterman, The Cosby Show and The Chris Rock Show.
Brown covered the 1996, 2000, and 2004 presidential elections at CBS News, KRON-TV, and Fox News Channel. One of her first and most memorable media jobs was at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta for NBC Sports.
She earned her M.A. in liberal studies from Northern Arizona University and her B.A. with a dual major in political science and art history from Colgate University. She also studied at the Swedish Film Institute in Stockholm.
Brown has extensive experience working in the Latino community and speaks conversational Spanish. The daughter of a Latin American immigrant, who grew up in a bicultural and bilingual family, she feels especially connected to the Latino community. Brown understands the struggles and dreams of immigrants and is committed to telling their stories. Brown enjoys visiting her large family in California, Arizona, and Peru.
Carolyn Brown lives in the Denver area with her husband, Brent, and two children Alexandra and August.