Jason is a nine-time Emmy® Award winning producer and writer. He wrote and produced the regionally syndicated television program Texas Country Reporter for twenty-seven years beginning in 1986. As senior producer for Phillips Productions, Inc, Jason traveled to the four corners of the state and around the world producing television programs, commercials and corporate films.
Jason also spent several years producing news. He was hired by KDFW-TV as the 6:00am and noon news producer in 1985 –four days after graduating from Stephen F. Austin State University. He went on to produce all of the station’s scheduled newscasts including the 10:00pm news when he was just 22 years old. He was instrumental in coordinating special projects including the “Salute Texas” newscast series where the entire newsroom went on the road for three weeks to demonstrate the latest satellite technology by broadcasting complete newscasts from remote parts of the state. He worked on the national level as a coordinating producer for all seven stations of the Times Mirror Company on the floor of the Republican National Convention in the summer 1984.
In all, it is estimated that Jason has written, produced and edited more than 5,000 hours of television in his career.
In 2013, Jason retired from his full-time job as Vice President of Phillips Productions, Inc., to purchase and operate his photography business – Pendleton Photography. Jason has produced product photography, architecture, and environmental portrait work for hundreds of clients from Fortune 500 CEOs to high school seniors.
While he is retired from full-time television production, Jason continues to produce programming on a free-lance basis including national television programming on the RFD-TV network.
Jason has a Bachelor’s degree in Communication and Master’s degree in Human Behavior and Development.He is a regular guest speaker at many schools and universities for both his television and photography expertise. He is a teacher of photographic lighting for the Professional Photographers of America.
He is currently 1ndVice Chair of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences,past president of the Board of Governors of the Lone Star Emmy®Awards and is a past National Trustee to the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Jason and his wife Nicole live in Arlington, Texas.They share their home with their two children Olivia and Drake, a dog, two cats, two guinea pigs, one turtle and a bearded dragon