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I produce a webzine, an online magazine with original content published on the World Wide Web, called Blast @ explode.com at <http://www.explode.com>. Driven by a lack of voice in mainstream media, I created Blast in 1997 to offer information and a voice that the dominant culture has deemed fringe. With a youthful target audience, Blast offers "irreverent musings" with five sections - Passport (travel), Ink (poetry and short stories), Rants and Riffs (humor, columns), Media (arts and entertainment), and Nigiri Nirvana (food). The webzine is partnered with the San Francisco Examiner, whose Web site publishes Blast stories once a week. The site has been recognized by the online edition of USA Today and the Web site for the syndicated TV show "Wild Wild Web."
I create all graphics and HTML for the Web site. To view my online portfolio, follow this link. In December 1996, I created and launched Studio Anime as a subsection of the Entertainment area of Channel A , a commercial Web site devoted to Asian-related interests. Studio Anime immediately became one of the most popular sections of Channel A, garnering more visitors than three out of the site's five main areas. In an effort to jump-start Channel A's fledging online shop, I identified potential businesses partners that distribute anime and manga-related merchandise, and I helped negotiate a contract with Nikaku Animart, a San Jose, California-based importer of Japanese goods, in which Nikaku would stock and ship products that Channel A sells in its online store.
Establishing the editorial direction for Studio Anime, I recruited and managed a team of freelance writers, editing their copy for publication. I also created all graphics and HTML for the section. Later, as a freelance graphic designer, I created editorial graphics for Channel A. To view my online portfolio, follow this link. Robert C. Maynard Institute of Journalism Education I designed and produced the Robert C. Maynard Institute of Journalism Education Web site at <http://www.maynardije.org>. College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of California, Davis As a Web designer at the Dean's Office of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of California, Davis, I helped build a framework for a new World Wide Web presence for the College. The site currently resides on an internal server. Asian American Journalists Association I developed the Web site for the Asian American Journalists Association San Francisco Chapter. I also taught the two-day "Build Your Own Web Page" track at this year's Asian American Journalists Association national convention in Chicago in August. The class description read:
Wired magazine
The Lowell As editor-in-chief at The Lowell, an award-winning high school newspaper with a 3,000 circulation published every three weeks, I supervised 23 editors on content and layout of the paper. As news editor and feature editor, I was responsible for story management for biggest section in the paper, and I assigned and edited stories, managed typesetting, headline writing, paste-up, and color placement operation. Covering San Francisco school board meetings and general assignment as a reporter, I also wrote campus news, features and reviews.
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We
usually have a theme for each issue. In a previous issue, our theme
was a 1990s retrospective. Since every media outlet seemed to have
latched onto the '70s and '80s and given us sappy retrospectives
on those decades, we decided to beat them with a look back at the
'90s. Previous themes included covering the Tamagotchi (virtual
pet) craze and "Life Sucks!" which showed how our lives collectively
. . . well, suck. In general, publishers of zines are selling an
experience and provide a bit of openess and accessibility. Readers
can write to our authors, and they'll write back, which is integral
in creating a community online.
Recently,
Channel A has changed its focus from being a resource for Asian-related
interests to a food-centric online catalog of food and entertaining
products.
As
an editorial intern at Wired magazine, I wrote articles on
the Internet, computer games, videogames and animation; 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. Follow this
