Robert Wesley Branch:
CLASS OF 1984
Central High SchoolClass of 1984
Capitol heights, MD
University of MarylandClass of 1988
Catonsville, MD
Surrattsville Middle SchoolClass of 1981
Clinton, MD
Ritchie Park Elementary SchoolClass of 1978
Forestville, MD
John H. Bayne Elementary SchoolClass of 1972
Capitol heights, MD
Robert Wesley's Story
After all these years, I am still living single and I do not have any children of my own. Professionally, I am an executive producer of television, a writer and a life coach. And I have called Bethesda home since 1996, when I moved there to be closer to my work at Discovery Channel.
These days, I work as an executive producer for TV One, where I was the executive in charge of production for TV One Live: The DNC After Party, In Conversation: The Michelle Obama Interview (which won a 2009 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding News/Information Special or Series), Living It Up With Patti LaBelle: Holiday Special, Believe: The Barack Obama Story, and TV One Live: The Presidential Galas.
After graduating from Central High School in 1984, I pursued an undergraduate degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Maryland (first at UMBC, then later at the College Park campus). In the latter part of my college years, I worked part-time in the evenings as a medical claims examiner for Blue Cross Blue-Shield of the National Capital Area.
I began covering local government for the Prince George's County paper in my early twenties. As a print reporter, I got my first real taste of politics, writing about elected officials from the state capital in Annapolis. It wasn't too long before I was also selling commentary and opinion pieces to The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Washington Afro-American, and The Washington Informer newspapers.
At age 21, I began working as a production intern at WETA TV 26 - a Washington PBS affiliat...Expand for more
e. It was there I met Sheila Banks, then host of Metro Week in Review, and co-host of This Week in Black Entertainment with Donnie Simpson on BET. When my internship at PBS ended, Sheila brought me to BET, to continue working on her show there. I concluded my TV apprenticeship in the newsroom of WRC TV 4 - the Washington NBC affiliate.
In November of 1988, I came to work for Jamie Foster Brown as an editorial assistant at SiSTER2SiSTER magazine. In February of 1989, I accepted a position as host and producer of a radio talk show - ON TRACK - produced by the Washington Urban League (where I served as director of communications) and broadcast on Washington's WPGC 95.5 FM radio station. In 1991, I began serving as a public relations specialist for the Bar Association of Montgomery County, Maryland. In 1992, I signed on as a media relations specialist for Catholic Charities USA.
In 1994, I began freelancing in the Discovery Productions Unit at Discovery Communications, Inc. Eight months later, I became a full-time production assistant in the Special Programming Unit. Two years to the day later, I was upped to associate producer. The following year, I became a producer for daytime programming at Discovery Channel, TLC, and Animal Planet. In 1999, I was promoted to executive producer of daytime programming for Discovery Networks. In 2002, I became an executive producer in Discovery's primetime production unit - a position I held until January of 2005.
For more about my life and times, please visit RobertWesleyBranchDotCom.
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