Brian Patrick Higgins Portfolio Sampler (click on any image)
National Public Radio Article
As the national media encamped in Santa Rosa during the 2017 wildfires that ravaged the town, nearby Napa and its $6 billion wine industry was poised on the verge of something apocalyptic -- again. BONUS: Hear the audio report.
Mad Magazine
This recounting of one of most bizarre Sunday Masses in the history of Catholicism was a finalist for a James Thurber Humor Fellowship. It dultimately finished second, but found a much larger audience in Mad Magazine.
TV Pilot (Trailer)
I wrote, directed, narrated and was featured in this 3-minute trailer from a 2015 TV pilot about California hiking ... and beer!
The Speech
In 2015, the C.O.O. of a major sports apparel company -- a former military officer and self-described "hardass" -- enlisted me to write his retirement speech, with one catch: to unveil a side of him he had never revealed to anyone.
Oakland Magazine
When the State of California took over the troubled Oakland Public Schools, the man charged with cleaning up the mess came to be known as "The Superintendent of No."
TV Pilot Trailer
I wrote, directed, narrated and was featured in this 3-minute trailer from a 2015 TV pilot about California hiking ... and beer!
Oprah Magazine
Armed with years of research that marriage was a bad bet, a heartbroken journalist finds newfound respect for matrimony’s wily ambassador, love, and the way it swaggers with brazen conviction into a game fraught with loaded dice.
TV Commercial
In 2010, I united the longtime rival factions of Bay Area county food banks to fund a mutual holiday campaign, with a mandate to highlight "the new faces of hunger" created by the economic downturn. I scoured nine counties for the ideal, non-traditional food bank clients -- then wrote and directed this Telly Award-winning TV commercial pairing Food Bank Executive Directors with these new faces of hunger.
Mad Magazine
This recounting of onIn a 2017 article titled "Why the Media Don't Pick Up Your Press Releases," the Society of Professional Journalists estimated that 98% of press releases were roundly ignored, proclaiming them "a relic of the past." The other 2%? Targeting the right journalist at the right time ... with a story (s)he can't refuse.e of most bizarre Sunday Masses in the history of Catholicism was a finalist for a James Thurber Humor Fellowship, losing out to a story of a woman who communed with dead rats. But it wound up in Mad Magazine.
The Speech
In 2015, the C.O.O. of a major sports apparel company -- a former military officer and self-described "hardass" -- enlisted me to write his retirement speech, with one catch: to unveil a side of him he had never revealed to anyone.