Pappyland
A moment on the Pappyland set.
A production still from the children’s series Jon co-created, produced, wrote, and directed.
Nappamedia
Story craft across formats.
Nappamedia is Jon Nappa’s professional creative and communications practice, available for selected organizations, production teams, publishers, and cultural projects that need a story shaped with clarity.
A creative practice
Experienced story craft for the right project.
From writing and screen work to creative direction and communications, Nappamedia brings seasoned narrative thinking to promising ideas, complex subjects, and developing projects.
Discuss an opportunityWhat Nappamedia can do
Built for work that needs both imagination and discipline.
Jon welcomes appropriate conversations about story-led work that calls for experienced writing, development, creative thinking, or communication.
- 01Writing & Screenwriting
Clear, audience-aware writing for projects that need a strong narrative voice on the page or screen.
- 02Story Development & Producing
Thoughtful development for story-led projects, with an experienced perspective on shaping ideas for an audience.
- 03Creative Direction
A unifying creative point of view for work that needs its ideas, visual expression, and purpose to hold together.
- 04Communications & Narrative Strategy
Helping complex subjects become clear, memorable, and meaningful for the people they need to reach.
Why Jon
Experience across story, screen, and public-facing work.
Pappyland Co-creator, producer, writer, and director of the children’s series, which aired on PBS member stations and TLC.
When Calls the Heart Writing credit for Hallmark’s series, including the episode “Perils of the Soloists,” later aired as “Second Chances.”
County Line Co-writer of the INSP Films production.
Hollywood Motion Picture Museum Head writer for the Debbie Reynolds and Todd Fisher museum project.
Work in view
Selected creative work, seen in context.
Media production
A planning-room view of collaborative production work.
The Oinkey-Boinkey Show
Original children’s-series development.
The Arts ’N Doodles Place
Original children’s project development.
Nights at the Round Table
Interview and digital-series work.
Selected projects
Work across page, screen, and imaginative worlds.
Hawkridge
Action-adventure western written for INSP.
County Line / All In
Includes a co-writing credit on the INSP Films production County Line.
Perils of Soloists / Second Chances
Writing credit for Hallmark’s When Calls the Heart.
Debbie Reynolds and Todd Fisher Hollywood Motion Picture Museum
Head writer for the museum project.
Storm Warriors
Historical novel that later inspired the Storm Warriors Media Foundation.
Arts & Doodles Place
Oinkey-Boinkey Show
Nights at Round Table
Selected client endorsements
Words from collaborators and clients.
"I've never seen anyone like him in terms of his ability to communicate, close big-ticket projects and deliver the goods. He's a true marketing and communications talent."
Charlie WhiteBayview Financial Advisors
“A balanced Producer. A Creative Entrepreneur who equally embraces a Fiduciary, Marketer and visionary.”
Anne Marie GillenExecutive Producer, Fried Green Tomatoes
“A brilliant writer and producer.”
John RoosEVP INSP Corporate Communications
“I was particularly impressed with the insight he gained about our business.”
Harry KowalchykPresident, NTTS
Appropriate inquiries
For projects where experience can be useful.
Nappamedia remains available for selected writing, story development, producing, creative direction, communications, and narrative strategy opportunities.
Contact Jon