Keith M. Brown is currently Executive Vice President of Content for Firelight Films, the premiere non-fiction content company for stories about the contemporary experience, culture and history of diverse communities of color.  Prior to Firelight, Brown was Senior Vice President of Programming for HLN (CNN Headline News) responsible for live primetime programming, original series, planning and scheduling, talent, news gathering and editorial oversight for the 24-hour news and information channel.  A senior media executive and broadcast journalist, Brown has more than 20 years of experience developing and executing innovative programming concepts, formats and strategies at leading cable and broadcast networks. Brown was a senior executive at Viacom Media Networks, serving as Senior Vice President of News and Public Affairs at BET Networks and Vice President of News and Documentaries for Spike TV respectively.  He led and managed all editorial programming content, creative teams, production and operations for both networks across all distribution platforms, launching brand-defining series that attracted significant sponsorship and talent to the networks.  His leadership garnered both BET and Spike TV critical acclaim and more than 50 awards, including a national Emmy Award, two NAACP Image Awards, numerous NABJ Awards for Excellence in Journalism and a Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism.