Brian Masck is a co-owner of Media Café Online, LLC., located in Linden, outside Flint, Michigan. Media Café Online, LLC is a multimedia communications company that produces high-definition video, delivered on Blu-Ray disc or the internet, corporate identity programs, multimedia and print advertising for a wide range of clients — meeting a wide-range of needs. Media Café helps customers understand and leverage all media.

Brian Masck served the Western Kentucky University photojournalism program as the Photojournalist-In-Residence for the 2008-2009 academic year. He served as the photo advisor for the Talisman, WKU’s yearbook and led the 2009 Appalachian Cultural Project workshop. Masck had an extremely rewarding and enjoyable experience as temporary faculty at WKU.

Masck was Director of Photography & Editorial Systems at The Flint (Mich.) Journal, a 100,000 circulation daily newspaper, from 1999-2006. During his leadership, The Journal was a forerunner in the use of multimedia and recognized with national awards in newspaper editing and photojournalism. He was named Michigan Photo Editor of the Year in 2005, and recently The Journal was named “MPA Newspaper of the Year.” Prior to The Journal, Brian worked at the Muskegon Chronicle and was recognized as Michigan Photographer of the Year. Masck served on the Michigan Press Photographers Association board for more than a decade, and is a 12- year volunteer for the Mountain Workshops.