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Jake Hallman builds useful media.

I teach students to ship real work, I direct broadcast production that has to hold up on air, and I build AI tools when the existing workflow breaks down. The value is the overlap: educator discipline, production instincts, and systems thinking in one operating style.

15+ years in video production, from corporate to national broadcast.
RFD-TV creative direction for nationally and internationally broadcast work.
5 Courses chorus, journalism, A/V, drama, and broadcast video — taught simultaneously.
6 Apps custom tools built with AI and deployed in classrooms and live events.
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Jake Hallman
Current Mix Teacher. Producer. Builder. Broadcast storytelling, student media programs, and practical AI systems.
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Would Jake fit a hybrid role that combines education, production leadership, and AI-enabled workflow design?

How strong is the broadcast side, from field production through edit and final delivery?

How does he translate professional media standards into a classroom that actually produces work?

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Operating Modes

Two worlds on paper. One operating style in practice.

The through-line is not a list of jobs. It is a way of working: teach clearly, produce under real constraints, and keep building until the process gets sharper.

Classroom

Design learning that leads to real output.

Five subjects, all built around the same idea: students progress from fundamentals to professional-level production using the same tools and standards I use on broadcast work. I wrote the scope and sequence, the assessments, the whole pathway.

Control Room

Lead production where quality actually matters.

My broadcast work is built around planning, directing, editing, and delivering media that has to hold up for an audience, a client, and a schedule.

Systems

Use AI when it improves the work, not just because it is available.

I build and adapt tools when the normal workflow is too generic, too slow, or too disconnected from the people using it.

How That Shows Up

What people usually hire me for.

Creative direction that connects strategy, field production, edit, and delivery.
Teaching and training that turns professional practice into something people can actually use.
AI-assisted workflow design for educators, content teams, and hybrid media roles.
Calm execution when the role spans several disciplines and no clean category fits.

Short Version

The combination matters more than any single title.

Useful is the standard: useful teaching, useful production, useful systems.

That is what ties the site together, and it is the lens the landing page should make obvious in the first minute.

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Resume

The practical record.

Experience, tools, responsibilities, and the through-line from journalism and production to teaching, direction, and AI experimentation.

Broadcast production, editing, creative direction, and leadership. Classroom teaching across media, journalism, drama, and music. Technical range with DaVinci Resolve, Adobe tools, and custom AI workflows.
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About

The longer story.

Context on how the site ended up at the intersection of education, storytelling, and systems.

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Portfolio

The work itself.

Client samples and project examples from Stouthouse Media — commercials, corporate video, broadcast, and institutional work.

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Blog

Field notes, classroom notes, and working ideas.

Articles on teaching, media production, AI for educators, and the kind of practical problem-solving that does not fit neatly into one category.

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Availability

Open to roles that need range, not a narrow lane.

Consulting, speaking, teaching-adjacent work, creative direction, media leadership, and hybrid positions that need someone comfortable with both people and systems.

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