http://www.davidwmadison.com/events daily 0.75 2013-04-01 http://www.davidwmadison.com/events/134fb95rkmlfdt2bm8xep20930tj4e monthly 0.5 2013-04-01 http://www.davidwmadison.com/action daily 0.75 2023-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1527053970358-R496L7AN1JXEG9N61CS0/LPL_Logo.jpeg campaigns Here’s a suspenseful spot news piece about the most bizarre car chase in Big Sky history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1527053970358-R496L7AN1JXEG9N61CS0/LPL_Logo.jpeg campaigns Here’s a suspenseful spot news piece about the most bizarre car chase in Big Sky history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1527053546506-07HOMGO84QTT6T2WO5MA/LPL_Logo.jpeg campaigns - A ski community campaign for local journalism Here’s a suspenseful spot news piece about the most bizarre car chase in Big Sky history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1435424164437-04WOWXQZA73F3ITVL91E/Cougar+Print.jpg campaigns Executive producer Cougar Vs. Wolf, a one-hour wildlife documentary shot in Eastern Idaho and Montana’s Bitterroot Mountains for Nat Geo Wild. It premiered on Thanksgiving weekend 2013 and scored high ratings in the US and UK. The show remains part of the network's annual Big Cat Week and still drives consistent online traffic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1434127141080-G6DWKEYFPEK6NJYIQ6JJ/Montana+Statehouse.jpg campaigns Web video producer, Montana Budget and Policy Center and Montana AARP. Created campaign videos for sharing on social media backing the successful push to expand Medicaid in Montana. This issue dominated news coverage and these videos helped defeat a well funded campaign by out-of-state interest groups. 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1435423494356-8GV4XGEMFPGX6VJL7WJZ/How-stuff-works.Still001.jpg campaigns Lead writer and producer for season one of Discovery Channel's “HowStuffWorks.” Discovery Networks purchased the domain howstuffworks.com, then hired Jupiter Entertainment to leverage the popularity of the site into a cable TV series. 2008. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1435423659792-GGHKRL7MNRHK74T2QWC3/Shooting+on+the+Rocky+Mtn.+Front+narrow.jpg campaigns - Land Conservation Worked as a one-man band creating web videos and writing web copy in support of two successful conservation campaigns: The push to save Wyoming's Upper Hoback Basin and passage of the Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act by Congress. 2010-2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1514055059703-W3CF3Y5FNDFPGBVGUCW6/Trans+Visible.jpg campaigns In 2017, I produced a series of web videos for this high profile human rights campaign: https://www.facebook.com/TransVisibleMontana/ https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/51eb38c8e4b0f2aefa8592a0/5a3ea5939140b75e1963bc7a/1514055059654/ campaigns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1535929814069-5SEA5UHMJ6UEFZPQHOH0/OPERATION+ADVENTURE.jpg campaigns Supervising producer, “Operation Adventure,” a web series and online content campaign for Jeep, aired on Discovery Networks sites and generated half a million views. 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1435424131087-XHYEGR1WMGXJHL2S9ZQ6/OPERATION+ADVENTURE.jpg campaigns - Web Branding Supervising producer, Operation Adventure, a web series and online content campaign for Jeep, aired on Discovery Networks sites and generated half a million views. 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1535929905357-EHE4KIJK87W977OCRHPN/Gardiner+solar.jpeg campaigns I climbed on rooftops, including this one in Gardiner, Mont., while producing content in support of alternative energy development. http://www.davidwmadison.com/home2 daily 1.0 2025-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1511719646128-2K93IVTGR018J2GG3JIW/P1440112.JPG @davidinbigsky writer/shooter/producer/editor http://www.davidwmadison.com/frontier daily 0.75 2023-05-25 http://www.davidwmadison.com/wsp daily 0.75 2023-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1593491684046-U7NNMZ7W0JPLT3P3X12T/BTS+with+Mack+and+Trey.jpg WSP - Television pitch writing is aggressive content prospecting, written to appeal to the short attention spans of TV execs. http://www.davidwmadison.com/nat-geo daily 0.75 2023-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1562011457652-FUPIBPJPPPKQEIKBQGFB/Western+Tanager+1.JPG Nat Geo Western tanager, a sign of summer in Yellowstone Country. http://www.davidwmadison.com/ips daily 0.75 2019-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1562012688792-EVT7QFD3AQMBEUZON7BT/IPS.png IPS http://www.davidwmadison.com/new-page daily 0.75 2019-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1562012432176-M7HM6J7VOG52RIG69HIC/Brain+Farm.png Hugo Boss http://www.davidwmadison.com/tws daily 0.75 2021-05-05 http://www.davidwmadison.com/tws-eoy-press-release daily 0.75 2023-05-25 http://www.davidwmadison.com/showtime daily 0.75 2019-07-07 http://www.davidwmadison.com/writing daily 0.75 2025-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1541265182748-NFGD7Z3GJ6QU1PRLKHWN/Hugo+Boss.jpg Editorial Swiss Army knife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1436559965315-SWSW6G91ZZUZYD8X0IZN/WSP+logo.jpg Editorial Swiss Army knife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1436559825290-QGNEUQXUZB0C4D80M5LD/Nat+Geo.png Editorial Swiss Army knife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1436624220072-Z8973Y1OB9OCXUGSSK9K/Frontier+Airplane.jpeg Editorial Swiss Army knife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1436560322757-WW4TWIL1UQOYKHWGEBQW/TWS.jpg Editorial Swiss Army knife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1436560334358-FBKC1B32Z8U8V76LQLO7/IPS.png Editorial Swiss Army knife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1436560403901-ETBPUHYNBDYPN4M4WS3V/Showtime.jpg Editorial Swiss Army knife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1541266029384-AXBHN2LYHO1TICHLA2O7/LPL.jpeg Editorial Swiss Army knife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1562000149430-SL557UW4LMZHO3D1IPX2/SOVRN%2Bprofile_David%2BMadison_On%2Blocation%2Bin%2BWyoming.jpg Editorial Swiss Army knife - Writing and project management for all kinds of people, campaigns and causes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1687236202610-LULTBRB5BU73WM6SX7U5/Gunsight+Lake.jpg Editorial Swiss Army knife http://www.davidwmadison.com/lpl daily 0.75 2023-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1595359274375-SN4JGC2859M4N7V5H1T2/FP_Lightning_CAP1_Electric+Peak_080918.jpg Lone Peak Lookout PHOTO BY NEAL HERBERT COURTESY OF NPS A lightning strike hits Electric Peak squarely on top and inside YNP. Scientists studying lightning offer this reminder: Don’t say “bolt.” Instead, the preferred terms are lightning “flash” or “stroke.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1562009725932-OME6K8BBS6CRELSX07BW/Early+evening%2C+Big+Sky%2C+Montana.jpg Lone Peak Lookout June 2019, Big Sky, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1541265939684-KV2XGR32CWTF7NBJIR7Y/LPL.jpeg Lone Peak Lookout http://www.davidwmadison.com/intro daily 0.75 2015-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54061d7fe4b0ee7f1c8414eb/1446741792173-PXTJN0J255AWA4WWF8VK/IMG_3992-1.jpg Intro http://www.davidwmadison.com/documentaries daily 0.75 2025-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/a380b7b6-386e-483c-acb9-67191d1f8ef3/Screenshot+2023-12-03+at+3.35.35+PM.jpg Documentaries - Make it stand out On set for “Kill Your Lawn” in Washington D.C., 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/6ecd3bb4-c50f-4f4e-9897-113f6c4e4488/Screenshot+2023-12-03+at+3.37.37+PM.jpg Documentaries - Make it stand out Led production of “Return” in Somaliland, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/883eb62d-871a-458c-ae95-87ab143f372d/Screenshot+2023-12-03+at+3.38.04+PM.png Documentaries - Make it stand out Supervising field producer for History’s “No Man’s Land,” in Utah, Arizona and New Mexico, 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/98244de8-c195-4dd1-91a2-18129c700b56/Directing+Ronnie+Renner%2C+2008.jpeg Documentaries - Make it stand out Directing Ronnie Renner at his ranch near Fallbrook, California, 2008. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1634613536922-1XTWVWI0H416TXU6Z00P/MAKERS_CS+Crew+_L-R+Andrew+Tirado%2C+Wade+Yamaguchi+and+David+Madison_092921.jpg Documentaries Sunrise shoot for “Makers Dozen,” Colorado Springs, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/49324191-e13a-4ebe-83c1-337baee3a501/David+directing+Wild+Foods.jpg Documentaries - Experienced director and showrunner In September, 2024, I directed episodes of “Wild Foods,” a new culinary adventure series exploring the frontier of sustainable food systems. The series is commissioned by WNET in New York City and produced by Polar Productions in Burlington, Vermont. I’m currently supervising post production and writing scripts. At the end of the day, I’m exceptionally hungry. SEASON 1 TRAILER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1585866849434-8RFHVXWA2ZHV0FEMHFP6/Powder+Day...+April+Fools%21.jpg Documentaries http://www.davidwmadison.com/big-sky-chamber daily 0.75 2025-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1562000844904-Y7UGA1YH16DQVGRUNAXC/Lone+Peak+Sunset.JPG Big Sky Chamber Lone Mountain, Big Sky, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1562002178027-12R3QKTY2FRG6DNPDWVN/Logo-png-tpt-head-1.png Big Sky Chamber http://www.davidwmadison.com/sovrn daily 0.75 2019-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1562014726056-KC9PG1D51FKRBYBJFE9X/Montana+State+Capitol+1.jpg SOVRN - Helena, Bozeman, Boise and Big Sky. SOVRN Creative now thriving in Montana and Idaho. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1562002178027-12R3QKTY2FRG6DNPDWVN/Logo-png-tpt-head-1.png SOVRN http://www.davidwmadison.com/journalism daily 0.75 2025-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1434075592839-R35S7GN2A6GFJ99QIHKG/Nealy+in+hot+tub.jpg Journalism - Long-form storytelling William Nealy, the gonzo illustrator and godfather of the adrenaline obsessed, at home in Chapel Hill, N.C. I wrote about Nealy and learned the origin story for extreme sports begins in his cartoon bunker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/a2a8c9b2-e34d-4d18-9dbd-2a5f1e11de10/David+on+set.jpg Journalism - David Madison Writing professionally since 1993. Feature: Rudy Butch Stanko’s Wild Ride Feature: How “Get Lost” Got Lost Feature: The “Yellowstone” Effect Feature: The Legend of Johnny France News: “Nuclear Verdicts” and the Future of Skiing Crime: The Man Who Dreamed of Rockets Social media: What Surfaces When A Horse Drowns Demographics: Montana Newcomers Seal Tester’s Fate LONG-FORM STORIES Killer on the open range Cracking the adoption code The man who found the American Taliban COMMUNITY NEWS Decoding the resort tax Weasel nearly zaps Christmas Stroll 35 tram laps in one day Money and Main Street politics in Whitefish More political coverage Here’s an issue of Lone Peak Lookout with a mix of my writing and photography. Landing page photo, “Cor” by Andrew Tirado. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51eb38c5e4b0f2aefa85928f/1634613832197-3EQ6T82FCVLJFKD841LK/_DSC4653.jpg Journalism