Cynopsis Media Editors

Cynthia Turner has been with Cynopsis Media since, well ... from the beginning ... the company does have her name in it after all.  Prior to starting Cynopsis Media in 1997, Cynthia was a stunt-woman, a trapeze artist, a professional bull rider, and an international spy.  However, when life became mundane and too easy she decided to take on a harder challenge of making sense of the television industry and so was born Cynopsis, the "flagship" edition of Cynopsis Media. To say hey to Cyn - cynthia@cynopsis.com 

Lisa Ball, Contributing Editor to Cynopsis and Cynopsis Media Special Editions since March 2006, has been involved with media/advertising for more than 22 years.  Lisa was an Account and a Media Director for various Mid-West advertising agencies including one of the largest independently-owned agencies in the US, Bernstein-Rein of Kansas City, where she negotiated multi-million dollar national television and radio deals for Wal-Mart Stores and Thrifty among others. Lisa’s leisure time is spent with her husband Mark in collecting antiques, traveling, gardening and watching their 4 yr old daughter Charlotte grow into a great kid!  Keep in touch with Lisa at lisa@cynopsis.com

Gwen Billings, Contributing Editor of Cynopsis: Kids! for 8 years, has had a diverse career in television production, children's programming and covering the entertainment industry.  She had spent 14 years at Nickelodeon ultimately as Executive in Charge of Production, overseeing the creative direction, content and production of the acclaimed series Nick News with Linda Ellerbee, as well as many specials including KABLAM, Weinerville and Big-Help-a-Thon. Prior to her lengthy stay at Nick, Gwen was an assignment editor at CNN's Showbiz Today. Gwen lives in New York City with her husband, two sons, Scout the wonder-dog, four laptops and five TV screens. To drop a little hello to Gwen, you can get her at gwen@cynopsis.com

John Cox, Editor and writer of the newest e-publication Cynopsis: Classified Advantage comes to Cynopsis Media after retiring from a 15 year career in teaching.  Prior to teaching, John was with Apple Inc. as one of their top salesmen.  John also produces the Cynopsis Daily Video, including editorial opinion and commentary on the television industry each Friday.  To give John your own commentary, john@cynopsis.com

Wayne Karrfalt, Cynopsis: Digital Contributing Editor, is a veteran entertainment journalist and features writer who has written about television and technology for numerous trade and consumer magazines including: B&C, Multichannel News, Television Week, Advertising Age, Adweek and The New York Times.  During the 90s Wayne lived in Tokyo, Japan and served as Tokyo Correspondent for The Hollywood Reporter and Variety Deal Memo.  He was also with The Japan Times, The Yomiuri Shimbun, The Asahi Evening News and Kinema Jumpo, the oldest film magazine in the world.  He is an active member of the Television Critics Association and lives in Seattle with his wife.  Send him a digital hello! wayne@cynopsis.com