Frank Dirceu Braun
Born
Niterói, Brazil
EducationUCLA
Occupation(s)Journalist author and entrepreneur
Years active1976–present

Frank Dirceu Braun (Niterói) is a Brazilian and American journalist, author and entrepreneur. He is a writer and producer, with over 25 years of experience in both print and broadcast journalism. Braun has worked as an Associate Producer for 60 Minutes, and as an Investigative Producer for the CBS affiliated stations.[1] He has covered the space programs of Brazil, the United States, and China for over a decade. Braun has also written for United Press International, CBS. News, Space News, and Business Week magazine.[2]

Braun is currently working on a memoir, written as a novel, “In the New World”.[3] And he is also producing a theatrical play based on the life of Polio Vaccine Pioneer, Dr. Jonas Salk, including sections from “In the New World”.

Early life

Born in Brazil, and raised in the U.S., Braun is a graduate of UCLA with a degree in English literature. After graduation, he returned to Brazil to help launch The Latin America Daily Post, an English-language daily newspaper patterned after Europe's International Herald Tribune. He also worked for McKinsey & Company Inc, an international management consulting firm.[4]

Mid-life

The Apollo Mission Anniversary events

In 1994, Braun was the executive producer for the 25th Anniversary of Apollo 11, mankind's first landing on the Moon. Vice-President Al Gore was the keynote speaker; Braun also produced the 25th and 30th Anniversary Galas of the Apollo 13 mission.[1][4][5] In December 2002, Braun and James Cameron's Earthship.TV co-produced the 30th Anniversary of Apollo 17, America's last mission to the Moon.[4]

Fusion technology research

Braun serves a member of the business advisory board of a fusion technology company. He is also the co-founder of Tri-Alpha Energy Inc., a Research and Development company focused on developing fusion energy for the generation of electricity.[4]

Collaboration with James Cameron and astronauts from the Apollo Missions

On November 15, 2001, Braun's production company collaborated with James Cameron's Earthship.TV to produce The Arthur C. Clarke 2001 Gala. The Clarke Gala honored Science Fiction Writer Arthur C. Clarke, and was attended by over 400 guests in Los Angeles. Keynote speakers included Film Director James Cameron, Actors Patrick Stewart and Morgan Freeman, and Astronauts Buzz Aldrin, James Lovell, and Robert Crippen. In December 2002, Braun and James Cameron's Earthship.TV co-produced the 30th Anniversary of Apollo 17, America's last mission to the moon.[4]

Buzz Aldrin's official visit to Brazilian Launch Center Alcantara

In 2002, Braun coordinated the meeting for Buzz Aldrin and previous governor Roseana Sarney, followed by an official visit to the Brazilian rocket launch center of Alcantara.[6]

The Third Global Summit on Peace through Tourism in Pattaya, Thailand, 2005

Braun was one of the speakers on the session of "Role of Media in a 21st Century"[7]

Nominations and awards

In 1992, Braun was nominated for an Emmy and captured all of the significant awards presented by the San Diego Press Club for Best Investigative journalism for television. Those awards were presented for "Bad Doctors, Blind Trust", an investigative series Braun wrote and produced, which led to reform of the California Medical Board.[1][4]

Works cited by others

  • Article Alcantara – Ready and Waiting[8] was cited in Steven Lambakis's book, On the Edge of Earth: The Future of American Space Power.[9]
  • Article Brazilian Congress Criticizes Bilateral Agreement with US[10] was cited in Victor Zaborsky's report, The Brazilian Export Control System.[11]
  • Article Romancing the Skies[12] was cited in LT Col Robert D. Newberry's (USAF) journal Latin American Countries with Space Programs, Colleagues or Competitors?.[13]

Publications

  • A Strange Confluence of Flights[14]
  • Brazil Exercises the Option to Say No[15]
  • Brazil Gears Up For Commercial Spaceport[16]
  • Brazil's Space Race on Throttle Up[17]
  • Brazil in Space Pushing To Be A Player[18]
  • Brazil: The Survival of the Poorest [19]
  • The Martian Metro[20]
  • Zheng He Revisited: Space Exploration and Sino-Brazilian Relations[21]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Frank Braun". National Space Society. November 12, 2008. Retrieved September 23, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Frank Braun". The Huffington Post. Retrieved September 23, 2014.
  3. ↑ Braun, Frank (March 15, 2021). "In the New World". Memoir as a Novel. Frank Braun. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Business Advisory Board". Magneto-Inertial Fusion Technologies, Inc. (MIFTI). 2010. Archived from the original on 1 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  5. ↑ Bold, Kathyrn (April 18, 1995). "RSVP/ ORANGE COUNTY Hollywood Stars Meet the Real Starmen : At a tribute to the NASA personnel who averted disaster in the Apollo 13 mission, director Ron Howard discusses the reel-life drama of his upcoming movie version". LA Times. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
  6. ↑ Sá, Décio (July 24, 2009). "Minha entrevista com o homem que foi à Lua". Archived from the original on September 24, 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Third Global Summit on Peace through Tourism Pattaya, Thailand 2005 Speaker Bios". International Institute for Peace through Tourism. 2005. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Alcantara – Ready and Waiting". 4 (2). Launchspace. June 1999: 35–36. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. ↑ Lambakis, Steven (August 3, 2001). On the Edge of Earth: The Future of American Space Power (1 ed.). The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0813121987.
  10. ↑ Braun, Frank (May 14, 2001). "Brazilian Congress Criticizes Bilateral Agreement with US". Space News. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. ↑ Zaborsky, Victor (2003). "The Brazilian Export Control System" (PDF). The Nonproliferation Review. 10 (2): 123–135. doi:10.1080/10736700308436937. S2CID 143972686.
  12. ↑ "Romancing the Skies". Brazzil. October 2002.
  13. ↑ Latin American Countries with Space Programs, Colleagues or Competitors?. Vol. 17. Air & Space Power Journal. 2003. pp. 39–45. ISBN 9781428994201. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
  14. ↑ Braun, Frank (November 22, 2013). "A Strange Confluence of Flights". The Huffington Post. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
  15. ↑ Braun, Frank (2008), "Brazil Exercises the Option to Say No", The Brown Journal of World Affairs, vol. 14, no. 2, retrieved September 24, 2014
  16. ↑ Braun, Frank (January 12, 2005). "Brazil Gears Up For Commercial Spaceport". Space Daily. Retrieved September 24, 2014. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  17. ↑ Braun, Frank (September 2003). "Brazil's Space Race on Throttle Up". Brazzil. Retrieved September 24, 2014. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  18. ↑ Braun, Frank (September 21, 2004). "Brazil In Space Pushing To Be A Player". Space Daily. Retrieved September 24, 2014. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  19. ↑ Braun, Frank (June 2004). "Brazil: The Survival of the Poorest". Brazzil. Retrieved September 24, 2014. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  20. ↑ Braun, F.; Davies, O. (November 1987). "The Martian Metro". Omni. The Omni Magazine. 10 (2): 52. Bibcode:1987Omni...10...52B. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
  21. ↑ Braun, Frank (2006), "Zheng He Revisited: Space Exploration and Sino-Brazilian Relations", The Brown Journal of World Affairs, vol. 12, no. 2, retrieved September 24, 2014


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