I’m Keith Brown. 
I’m a writer, as you can likely tell by those big glasses, the expansive forehead, and over-serious look right there.
I started as a reporter on a municipal beat at a daily newspaper. Planning board meetings, zoning regulations, stormwater management rules, and property tax rates. Real thick and un-sexy stuff.
But it all had to be interesting, quick to read, and easy to understand.
I learned to find the essential kernel, the relatable human element, and use it to explain the larger, more complicated issue. I also learned to write those stories in 15 minutes, before the night desk had an aneurysm.
I’ve honed both skills over a coupla decades.
Please take a look at My Previous Work, or read some of My Current Musings. Some of it might actually interest you. If so, Write Some Words To Me.
Some Patently Untrue Things People Have Said
Keith is a dyed-in-the-wool news guy who has the skills to flourish as your go-to reporter. He brings with his experience in both the print and digital world an edge that is oh-so-important in the field day after day after day. He’ll work hard for you; he’ll work smart for you. You’ll look back one day and say “Keith was a really good hire.” — Tom Troncone, former editor.
Yeah. He’s kind of a jerk, though.
— Most people.
Keith offers everything you could ask for in a reporter and editor: toughness, tenaciousness, discipline and independent thinking. Keith launched a Patch site in Wall, N.J., and quickly turned it into one of the best, most creative, most readable and most thorough sites in the company’s online network. He did this with basically no money, but managed to exponentially increase the site’s traffic using all his willpower and dedication. — Tom Davis, former editor.
Keith was a top notch reporter with a dead on “BS” meter when officials tried to spin him and an imaginative reporter, who could find a new, interesting take on a mundane assignment. His day in the life of a downtown Red Bank parking meter stands out as one of those.
Any news organization would be improved by having Keith on staff.
— Larry Higgs, former colleague.
He’s stingy with the snacks. — Nox, my cat.