Jay Bushman is an Emmy-award-winning

transmedia Transmedia storytelling (also known as transmedia narrative or multiplatform storytelling) is the technique of telling a single story or story experience across multiple platforms and formats using current digital technologies. From a producti ...

writer and book author.

Transmedia writing

Bushman was a writer and producer on

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries ''The Lizzie Bennet Diaries'' is an American web series adapted from Jane Austen's 1813 novel ''Pride and Prejudice.'' The story is conveyed in the form of vlogs. It was created by Hank Green and Bernie Su, produced by Jenni Powell and stars Ash ...

, a digital adaptation of

Pride & Prejudice ''Pride and Prejudice'' is an 1813 novel of manners by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreci ...

, for which he won an Emmy in 2013 for "Outstanding Creative Achievement In Interactive Media – Original Interactive Program". The transmedia elements of the piece included 35 Twitter feeds for individual characters. The series ran from April 2012 to March 2013 and won YouTube

Streamy Awards The YouTube Streamy Awards, also known as the Streamy Awards or Streamys, are presented annually by Dick Clark Productions and Tubefilter to recognize excellence in online video, including directing, acting, producing, and writing. The formal ...

and the IAWTV Award for Best Interactive/Social Media experience. The team followed the series' success with the release of ''Welcome to Sandition'' and ''

Emma Approved ''Emma Approved'' was an American multi-platform web series starring Joanna Sotomura and Brent Bailey based on Jane Austen’s 1815 novel '' Emma''. The show is a follow-up to ''The Lizzie Bennet Diaries'' and is the third production out of web ...

'', vlog series that also included Twitter accounts for individual characters. In 2014, Bushman released ''#hamlet'', a multiplatform web series. He was named one of "10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2014" by Independent Magazine. Bushman worked at

Fourth Wall Studios Fourth Wall Studios is an entertainment studio founded in 2007 by Jim Stewartson, Elan Lee and Sean Stewart. Fourth Wall develops a wide range of entertainment properties, delivered via Internet browsers, smartphones, game consoles, TVs, movie sc ...

as a writer and producer, where he helped create the Emmy-nominated series ''Dirty Work'' and wrote and created the show ''Airship Dracula''. Bushman serves on the

Peabody Awards The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and ...

Board of Jurors for Digital and Interactive Storytelling.

Books

In 2021, Bushman released ''Novel Advice: Practical Wisdom for Your Favorite Literary Characters'' with

Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster () is an American publishing company and a subsidiary of Paramount Global. It was founded in New York City on January 2, 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. As of 2016, Simon & Schuster was the third largest pub ...

, a book of advice for classic literature characters including

Victor Frankenstein Victor Frankenstein is a fictional character and the main protagonist and title character in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, '' Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus''.. He is an Italian-Swiss scientist (born in Naples, Italy) who, after studying ...

and

Lady MacBeth Lady Macbeth is a leading character in William Shakespeare's tragedy ''Macbeth'' (). As the wife of the play's tragic hero, Macbeth (a Scottish nobleman), Lady Macbeth goads her husband into committing regicide, after which she becomes que ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bushman, Jay Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Alternate reality games Emmy Award winners Streamy Award winners Writers from New York City George Washington University alumni University of North Carolina at Greensboro alumni