Nik Brown - Director of Digital Media

Email: nbrown@tricities.com

Nikolaus "Nik" Brown joined Media General in early 2003. One of his first projects for Media General was the design and construction of TriCities.com (previously the BHC and WJHL maintained two separate websites).

Nik grew up in sunny California. Shortly before high school his family moved to Southern VA where Nik was privileged to attend and graduate from Hargrave Military Academy. Nik's undergraduate career was split between Virgina Tech (Computer Science) and ETSU (Design Graphics). In 2003 he graduated with a Masters Degree in Multimedia Design from ETSU's Digital Media Center.

Today, Nik heads up the technical oversight of TriCities.com & SWVAToday.com as well as all new product and feature launches.

Since joining Media General he has been privileged to serve as a traveling Multimedia journalist for many major events such as Hurricane Katrina & The Virgina Tech Tragedy.

Nik is married to an ETSU Department of Surgery Resident and lives and works in Johnson City, TN. He loves to travel, play tennis, cook and do woodworking as well as practice martial arts as time and house renovations permit.