Brian Mansfield (born September 24, 1963) is an American writer and journalist.
Early life and education
Mansfield grew up in
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, locat ...
. He graduated from
David Lipscomb High School.
In 1984, Mansfield received a bachelor's degree
cum laude from
Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music () is a Private university, private music college in Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern Music of the United ...
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From 1984 to 1987 he attended
Belmont University in Nashville, taking classes in journalism and the music industry.
Career
From 1988 to 1991, Mansfield was entertainment editor at ''
Nashville Scene.''
He then began working as a freelance reporter covering music for ''
The Tennessean'' in 1993. From 1993 to 1997, Mansfield was the Nashville editor of ''New Country'' magazine.
He was Nashville editor of CountryNow.com from 1997 to 1999, then a senior editor at
CD Now from 1999-2003.
From 1997 to 2015, Mansfield was the Nashville correspondent for ''
USA Today
''USA Today'' (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth in 1980 and launched on September 14, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headq ...
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American Idol'' at the Idol Chatter blog for ''USA Today.''
In addition to his 18 years as a music writer and critic for ''USA Today,'' from 2004 to 2014, Mansfield was the writer/producer of a syndicated weekly radio program about the
Grand Ole Opry
The ''Grand Ole Opry'' is a regular live country music, country-music Radio broadcasting, radio broadcast originating from Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee, on WSM (AM), WSM, held between two and five nights per week, depending on the ...
called ''America's Opry Weekend'' for American radio network Dial Global Radio Networks, which was syndicated by
Westwood One. Starting in 2009, Mansfield has produced a weekly live concert series for the Grand Ole Opry called ''Opry Country Classics.''
In 2015, Mansfield joined the public relations firm,
Shore Fire Media, as content director.
Mansfield is the editor and writer of six books.
Personal life
In 1989, Mansfield married Nancy Mansfield (née McDoniel).
[ They have four children.]
Membership
* 2002-2006: Country Music Association, Board Member
Works and publications
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References
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Brian Mansfield
at Shore Fire Media
Brian Mansfield
at ''USA Today
''USA Today'' (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth in 1980 and launched on September 14, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headq ...
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American music critics
American music journalists
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1963 births
Living people