PRINT JOURNALISM

    FULL TIME FREELANCE WRITER/REPORTER, 1995-PRESENT

        In-depth coverage of digital media, entertainment, pop culture and politics.

        Contributor to:

            New York Times Magazine
            Wired
            Salon
            L.A. Weekly
            New York Press
            Yahoo! Internet Life
            eBay Magazine
            Fate
            Mondo 2000
            Ziff-Davis' Internet Underground, Etc.
 

   DAILY YOMIURI, Tokyo, Japan )

      Associate Sports Editor
        Japan's leading English newspaper, published by The Yomiuri Shimbun, the world's largest circ daily(10 million).
        Edited World News section, sports section.
        Sportswriter covering Japanese baseball, boxing, sumo.

    METRO, San Jose, CA )

      News Editor
      Created, supervised and edited news section at Silicon Valley's top alternative weekly.
        Wrote numerous cover stories, features.

    WORCESTER MAGAZINE, Worcester, MA )

       Staff Writer
       Wrote dozens of cover stories on politics, sports, human interest, investigative news.
         Won three New England Press Association Awards,including
         News Story award for piece on a murder at alocal high school.

    THE ADVOCATE, Williamstown, MA )

       First Managing Editor of start-up regional weekly.
         Oversaw all editorial content, wrote several stories per week.
 
 

ONLINE MEDIA

        iFUSE.COM, 1999-2000

          Columnist
            Wrote bi-weekly column, "Thwack!" covering the comic-book publishing industry.
            Also, features on other pop-culture topics.

        LYCOS.COM, 1995-1998

          Web Site Critic
            Wrote and researched numerous "Web guide" features for top-five-ranked Web site, including
            "X-Files Guide," "VH1 Music Guide," "Celebrity Guide."
            Also wrote over 1,000 Web site reviews.

        BOULEVARDS.COM, 1995

           Wrote tongue-in-cheek guide to Tokyo culture and nightlife, as well as numerous web site reviews.

        CONSPIRE.COM, 1995-PRESENT

          Co-creator/writer/producer of the edgy and award-winning Web zine of satirical features and exposés.
           On line since February 1995. Recently partnered with Tromaville.com.
           Named one of Top 100 Web Sites by .net Magazine and P.O.V. Magazine.

PUBLISHED BOOKS

        70 GREATEST CONSPIRACIES OF ALL TIME
            Humorous compilation of America's most popular conspiracy theories.
            Citadel Press, 1995 (2nd edition, 1997; 3rd edition, 1999).
            Amazon.com political bestseller. In its ninth printing.
            Translated into six languages.

        CONSPIRACIES, COVER-UPS AND CRIMES
            First major journalistic study of America's conspiracy-theory subculture.
            Highly influential, this book spawned numerous imitators and was cited as
            inspiration for the film "Conspiracy Theory."
            Hardcover: Paragon House, 1991.
            Mass-market paper: Dell, 1992.
            Trade paper: IllumiNet, 1996.

        THE "BIG BOOK " SERIES

            Time Warner/DC Comics.
            Scripted five nonfiction graphic novels including: Big Book of the '70s.Also, Big Book of Scandal
            and the Eisner Award-nominated Big Book of Bad.

        Anthologized Works

            Writing has appeared in several volumes, including The Gemstone File, Apocalypse Culture II,
             You Are Being Lied To, Popular Alienation.
 

TELEVISION

    THE CROW: STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
     Top-rated syndicated action series, 1998-99.
       Wrote episode "Lazarus Rising." Air Date 4/17/99.

MEDIA APPEARANCES

    Guest on over 300 TV and radio shows, including:

        CNBC "Rivera Live!"
        CNN "Crossfire"
        "Roseanne Show"
        Fox News "The Full Nelson"
        MSNBC "Equal Time"
        "Strange Universe"
        Fox News "Trends"
        HBO "First Look"
        CBC "Undercurrents"
        VH1 "Confidential"
        Tom Snyder Radio Program
        Bloomberg Business News Forum
        G.Gordon Liddy Show
        Upcoming BBC documentary

AWARDS

        New England Press Association:
            Best sports story, 1987
            Best sports story, 1988
            Best news story: second place, 1989

        Media Alliance:
            Bay Area Project Censored Award, 1990

    Comics Industry
            Eisner Award Nominee, 1999
 

PERSONAL

  Education: Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
    BA, Philosophy, cum laude 1984
   17 years award-winning journalist/editor
    Strong on-line presence
    Currently working on 6th book
 
 

CLIPS

        "Hacking the Road Rules" (Salon)

         "Downloading the Future" (L.A. Weekly)

         "A Little Off the Top" (Wired)

         "Votescam 2000" (New York Press)

         "Top Secrets" (New York Times Magazine)
 

REFERENCES

        Upon request
 
 
 
 
 
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