Meet the team
John Kirtley
Founder/Broadcast Talent Agent
Asheville, NC
john@soundoflifemedia.com
John Kirtley founded Sound of Life Media in 2016 to spread his passion for the importance of high-quality visual storytelling in television news. He enjoys helping his clients achieve their goals in local markets all over the country and at the national level.
John told stories throughout the country, from Myrtle Beach, SC to Portland, OR, finishing his newsroom career as the Assistant Chief Photojournalist at WLOS-TV in Asheville, NC.
In his decade-long career as a storyteller, he won numerous awards, including 10 Emmys, 5 Edward R. Murrow awards and was named the NPPA’s Ernie Crisp Photojournalist of the Year - Runner-up, the industry's highest honor for photojournalism.
John has spoken at workshops throughout the country, was the co-director of the NPPA Southeast Storytelling Workshop and is the director of the annual Sound of Life Storytelling Workshop.
John lives in Asheville, NC with his wife and four children. He loves supporting independent music, coaching youth sports, Survivor and a good acai bowl.
Jaimee Nauert
Executive Assistant/Social Media Manager
Huntsville, AL
jaimeenauert@gmail.com
Jaimee Nauert is the Executive Assistant at Sound of Life Media and is proud to be part of a team committed to keeping meaningful storytelling alive in television news.
Before joining SOLM in June 2023, she spent nearly a decade in local TV news, producing newscasts across nearly every shift. Her career carried her to Missoula, MT, and Atlanta, GA, eventually leading her to Asheville, NC where she was the Executive Producer for the morning newscast at WLOS-TV.
Jaimee was the Producer who let the packages run long, cried in the booth over stories that mattered, and always said “yes” to the human interest pieces. To her, the best journalism doesn’t just tell a story—it stirs something in the soul.
Now based in Huntsville, AL, Jaimee brings that same heart and attention to detail to her work at SOLM.
Outside of work, she finds joy in life’s everyday magic with her husband and their three children—often catering to snack requests and channeling her inner dinosaur.