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Dan
Wong EDUCATION
UC Davis. Major: English. Minor: Asian American Studies. Sept. 1995
to 1998. EXPERIENCE MONKEY
KING MEDIA March 1998 to Present: Freelance graphic designer and producer at Monkey King Media, a startup Web design company. Developed the Web site for the Robert C. Maynard Institute of Journalism Education. CHANNEL
A August 1996 to March 1998:
Producer Associate at Channel A, a Web site devoted to Asia-related
interests. Created
Studio Anime, a section in the site's entertainment area with news,
features and reviews on animation and comics.
Establishing the editorial direction for Studio Anime, I recruited
and managed a team of freelance writers, editing their copy for
publication, and created all graphics and HTML, and JavaScript for
the section. I also created editorial graphics for Channel A, conducted
research and wrote stories on community events and animation. January 1997 to Present:
Creator, Co-editor and Producer of BLAST @ explode.com, an online
magazine devoted to bringing irreverent musings in a Gen X world
featuring internationally unknown writers. Assigned and edited stories.
Designed and digitized entire web site, creating all graphics, HTML
and JavaScript. Site recently awarded the USA Today "Hot Site" distinction
and "site of the week" from the Web site for the syndicated TV show
"Wild
Wild Web."
The webzine is partnered with the San Francisco Examiner, whose
Web site publishes Blast stories once a week. June 1995 to September 1995:
Editorial Intern at Wired magazine. Wrote articles on the Internet,
animation, computer games and video games; conducted research for
new products; helped localize articles for Wired UK; represented
Wired in the magazine's forum on America Online; requested products
for review; and sent out rejection letters.
Sept. 1993 to June 1994: Editor-in-Chief at The Lowell, an award-winning high school newspaper with a 3,000 circulation published every three weeks. Supervised 23 editors on content and layout of the paper. Sept. 1992 to Sept. 1993: News Editor and Feature Editor at The Lowell. Responsible for story management for biggest section in the paper. Assigned and edited stories. Managed typesetting, headline writing, paste-up, and color placement operation. Covered San Francisco school board meetings and general assignment as a reporter. Also wrote campus news, features and reviews. THE WEST OF TWIN PEAKS OBSERVER June 1993: Freelance Writer for the West of Twin Peaks Observer, a monthly neighborhood newspaper with a 7,000 circulation. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Will teach the two-day "Build Your Own Web Page" track at this year's Asian American Journalists Association national convention in Chicago in August. SKILLS Proficient in HTML and in creating Web graphics. Familiar with JavaScript and CGI scripting with Perl, as well as with DeBabelizer, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Pagemaker, Barebone's BBEdit, Macromedia Dreamweaver and Freehand. Able to work in Mac OS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95/98, and Unix environments. AWARDS
Asian American Journalists Association 1997 Bay Area Scholarship
Award. ORGANIZATIONS Asian American Journalists Association. REFERENCES Available upon request.
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