Harvey Ovshinsky Net Worth

Harvey Ovshinsky Net Worth is
$6 Million

Harvey Ovshinsky Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Harvey Ovshinsky (born April 9, 1948) is a writer, story consultant, media producer, and teacher. The Detroit News described him as "one of this country's finest storytellers." The Metro Times called Ovshinsky's career chronicling life in Detroit during the 1960s, 70s, 80s, and 90s as “a colorful and fantastic voyage, at times brave and visionary", spanning the universe of print, broadcast television and radio, and digital storytelling.Ovshinsky was raised in Detroit, Michigan and attended Mumford High School. In 1965, at age 17, he founded and edited Fifth Estate, one of the earliest and longest running underground newspapers. Fifth Estate has been continuously published to this day with help of staffers like Peter Werbe who have worked the paper since soon after its establishment. Ovshinsky served as editor until 1968 when he was drafted and became a conscientious objector to the war in Vietnam. In 1970 (age 21), was hired as news director of WABX, Detroit's alternative FM radio station.Ovshinsky was president of HKO Media, an award-winning consulting and production firm. He received a 1992 Peabody Award and a 1993 a national Emmy for the documentary Close to Home: The Tammy Boccomino Story, a film about the experiences of mother and son with HIV. In 2004 he received a "Career Achievement" award for his films from the Detroit Docs International Film Festival. In 1994 Ovshinsky received an Alfred I. duPont - Columbia University Award Silver Baton and a Cine Golden Eagle Film and Video Competition award for "The Last Hit" a documentary film concerning youth violence. Ovshinsky is the recipient of 15 Regional Emmys from the Michigan Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.While director of production at Detroit Public Television, Ovshinsky was one of the supervisors of the Oscar-nominated, Peabody- and duPont-winning documentary "Who Killed Vincent Chin?". Working with WDIV-TV, WXYZ-TV, and Detroit Public Television he produced a variety of award-winning, prime-time television programs about Detroit and its citizens, among them: "A Gift for Serena," "City Nights," "The Deerhunters," "Santa Claus is Alive & Living in Detroit," and "The Voodoo Man of Heidelberg Street" about famed Detroit artist Tyree Guyton. Ovshinsky's Harvey’s landmark documentary, "Land Grab: The Taking of Poletown" was featured in Jeanie Wylie’s book, Poletown: A Community Betrayed. Excerpts of the doc were seen on the CBS Sunday Morning program. Ovshinsky executive produced "Miracle on Fort Street" a documentary about an inner city choir's inspiring efforts to perform Handel's "Messiah." The New York Times described "Miracle" as “a lovely piece of work that manages to be warming without being the slightest sentimental.”Ovshinsky has always been equally at home in radio. In addition to his work at WABX he also hosted the popular weekend talk shows on WRIF-FM, "Spare Change" and "Night Call". His talk show, "Harvey O 

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