Doug McConnell

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Doug McConnell is a television journalist who has focused on environmental issues, with programs on the air continuously since 1982. He has created, produced and hosted many series, special programs, and news projects for local, national and international distribution. His broadcast awards include multiple Emmys, an Iris, and a Gabriel.

Since 1993, McConnell has been the host and senior editor of the Bay Area Backroads television program in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has also authored a book by the same name.

In addition to "Bay Area Backroads," McConnell's TV programs include:

• Mac and Mutley, Producer and Host, KPIX-TV, Discovery Channel USA, Discovery International, and Westinghouse International
• The Adventurers, Host, Discovery USA and Discovery International
• Wild Things, Host, Discovery USA
• Wild Guide, Narrator, Westinghouse International and Discovery’s Animal Planet Channel
• Petline, Co-Host, Discovery’s Animal Planet Channel
• Preview Vacation Bargains, Co-Host, NBC stations in eight cities
• Pacific Currents, Producer and Host, KPIX-TV
• KING 5 Magazine, Producer and Reporter, KING-TV in Seattle

McConnell’s national specials and mini-series include:

• Discoveries of a Lost Voyage, Co-Host, Discovery USA
• Secrets of Alcatraz, Producer and Host, Discovery USA
• Secrets of Alcatraz: Return to the Rock, Producer and Host, PBS
• Secrets of the Gold Rush, Producer and Host, PBS
• Secrets of the Wine Country, Producer and Host, PBS
• Big Cat Tales, Host, Discovery USA
• Prime Time Primates, Host, Discovery USA
• The Crusaders, Pilot, Producer and Reporter, Buena Vista Television

McConnell received an Master's degree in Political Science from the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University (1968), and a Bachelor's degree in Government from Pomona College (1967).