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1998 – present - self employed - Chapel Hill, NC
Independent freelance writer
- DVD, games and film critic, Raleigh News & Observer, Raleigh, NC
- Editor, Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me Daily News Quiz and contributing writer to NPR.org
- Freelance writer for consumer technology, new business, and pop culture publications, including MIT Technology Review, PC World, Paste magazine, Electronic Gaming Monthly, CNN.com, CNET.com, Family PC, GameSpot, Business 2.0, Family Circle and Hard Learner magazine. I’ve written three cover stories for PC World, and a special report that was reprinted in Newsweek.
- Editor and writer at PopMatters.com, where I write features and reviews for the TV/Film, Books and Multimedia sections, along with a monthly humor column.
- Writer and game designer for Wizards of the Coast, publishers of the Dungeons & Dragons and Star Wars role-playing games.
- Author of the book “Deal Me In: Online Cardrooms, TV Tournaments and The New Poker” (Wiley, Nov. 2004), and co-author of the D&D sourcebook “Secrets of Sarlona” (Wizards of the Coast, 2007)
2002 – 2009 UNC-CH Chapel Hill, NC
Writer/Designer
- I worked seven years with the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill as a writer and graphic designer in the Music Department.
1998-2000 Topica.com San Francisco, CA
Contributing Writer
- I previously authored several newsletters for TipWorld.com, an Internet publishing company (now folded into Topica.com). I’ve written TipWorld newsletters on science and technology trivia, Internet auction tips, science fiction trivia, and Hollywood gossip.
1996-1998 PC World Magazine San Francisco, CA
Staff Editor
- I was hired at PC World through their Flugelman fellowship program, which aims to bring writers from other fields into consumer technology. I came on full time after the fellowship as a reporter and writer for PC World Online. For two years, I wrote daily consumer technology news stories for the Web site as well as features and columns for the print magazine.
1994-1996 ‘U’ The National College Magazine Los Angeles, CA
Associate Editor/Columnist
- I was one of four graduating college seniors awarded the ‘U’ Magazine fellowship, a national scholarship program for college journalists. (Now defunct, ‘U’ Magazine was an entertainment/lifestyle publication distributed to U.S. colleges and universities with a circulation of 1.2 million.) I was hired as an associate editor after the fellowship and wrote monthly music reviews and a humor column.
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1989 – 1994 Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
B.A. English (writing) with cognates in film, theater and religious studies
- Editor and columnist, student newspaper
- Winner of ASMSU student screenwriting grant
- Undergraduate TA in Mythology/Religious Studies
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Deal Me In: Online Cardrooms, TV Tournaments and The New Poker
Wiley/Sybex, Nov. 2004, ISBN: 0-7821-4364-4
http://www.sybex.com/sybexbooks.nsf/booklist/4364
Da Vinci Turns Two: The Fiction of Historical Accuracy
PopMatters.com
http://www.popmatters.com/books/features/050412-davincicode.shtml
Sold! How to Win at Web Auctions
PC World/Newsweek
http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,11503,00.asp
Interactive Gaming Grows Up
MIT Technology Review
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/mcdonald031601.asp
New Web Survival Guide
PC World
http://www.pcworld.com/features/article/0,aid,68775,00.asp
Novel Idea
Business 2.0
http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,1640,13298,FF.html
History of Video Game Music
Gamespot.com
http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/vg_music/
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, You?
MIT Technology Review
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/mcdonald090701.asp
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