Writer/author for Chinese English gig
Subject: Writer/author for Chinese English gig
From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>
Date: 6/1/10, 13:50
To: zakbroman@gmail.com

Howdy-

I'm very interested in this opportunity. I meet all the qualifications described in your reddit post and I'm also a freelance writer and regular contributor to Vanity Fair, Huffington Post, Skeptic, Skeptical Inquirer, and New York Press. I also have one book out and another coming out in August. I've written on China to some extent but have never been anywhere near there, although I lived in an African country with a strong Chinese presence for a while when I was younger (I'm 28). I've also given lectures and worked with children.

I've pasted my resume and attached a head shot; please get back to me if you think I'd be a good candidate.

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Regards,

Barrett Brown
Brooklyn, NY
512-560-2302

BARRETT BROWN

WRITER/ EDITOR/ WEB CONTENT PRODUCER

Brooklyn, NY

512-560-2302

barriticus@gmail.com


            Communications Industry Skills


  • Writing for all media. Web content development, strategic blogging, consumer and corporate feature writing. Creating copy for print, broadcast and interactive collateral, concept development for advertising and marketing campaigns.

  • Editing for consistency, accuracy and content – AP, Chicago, and new media styles. Editorial oversight for brand positioning and enhancement.

  • Media appearances and oral presentations. Have appeared on Fox News as debate participant and on several radio programs for interviews regarding my books and other projects; have delivered lectures on topics relating to philosophy, biology and politics at Rutgers and at various bookstores in conjunction with promotional book tour.



Published Work/ Media Experience


Sterling and Ross Publishers - Authored nonfiction book of political humor, Hot, Fat, and Clouded: The Amazing and Amusing Failures of America's Chattering Class, for release in April 2010.

True/Slant - Contributor to online outlet of news and commentary. September 2009 - present.

Huffington Post - Regular contributor to online outlet of news and commentary. August 2009 - present.

Vanity Fair – Regular contributor, specializing in political commentary and media criticism. March 2009 - present.

BushwickBK.com - Weekly columnist for outlet covering Bushwick section of Brooklyn. May 2009 - present.

Fortean Times – Book reviewer for monthly, London-based magazine. January 2009 – present.

Thomas Riggs and Company – Contributed 20,000 words of material for academic publishing company's upcoming reference book on U.S. cities. January 2009.

Studio 2a – Part-time marketing consultant for Chicago-based architectural rendering firm, handling all sales letters, marketing copy, and long-term branding strategies. 2007 – 2009.

PoliticalBase.com – Created content and served as paid blogger for online political news start-up founded by CNET. 2007 - 2008.

Fox Business Channel, Yahoo, Minyanville.com – Writer on freelance creative team for animated humor seriesMinyanville, which aired on Fox Business Channel's Happy Hour program as well as on Yahoo Finance. 2007.

The Onion – Freelance copywriting for The Onion's features department covering Austin, Texas, 2006 - 2008, covering New York 2009 - present.

Sterling and Ross Publishers – Authored nonfiction book of political humor, Flock of Dodos: Behind Modern Creationism, Intelligent Design, and the Easter Bunny, released in March 2007. Book received praise from Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, Rolling Stone, Skeptic, Air America Radio, Huffington Post, others.

Anglesey Interactive, Inc. – Produced online marketing collateral – web text, press releases, blogging – in support of firm's integrated search engine. 2007 – 2008.

Dining Out - Feature writing for national restaurant publication. 2006 – 2008.

National Lampoon – Contributor, 2004 – 2005, 2008 - 2009

Sullivan Perkins – Served as junior copywriter at Dallas-based advertising firm. 2003.

Evote.com - Weekly columnist and feature writer for political analysis site. 2004 – 2005.

AOL CityGuide - Web content writer. Researched and created coverage of event and entertainment venues. Served as regional correspondent for Dallas, Austin, New Orleans, Houston and Little Rock markets. 2000 – 2004.


Additional magazine work - Ongoing, have contributed feature articles from serious political commentary and book reviews to humor pieces and dining overviews for outlets including Vanity Fair, academic publications Skeptic andFortean Times, business-to-business publications Pizza Today, 360, Club Systems International, Destination Dallas, D.C.-based public policy journal Toward Freedom, London-based public policy journal Free Life, humor magazine Jest, regional publications The Met, Austin Monthly, Dallas Child, literary journal Swans, dozens more.


Other writing projects - Created book proposal and provided related consultation for Hollywood film producer Pat Stack, with project currently under consideration by several major literary agencies based in NYC as of January 2010. Created both print and online marketing collateral for New York tech start-up Organic Motion, Inc. Wrote online marketing collateral for New York corporate training firm Illuminata Global. Researched and wrote entertainment/dining/venue content for Dallas ad agency Avacata and clients' marketing collateral, including that of luxury resort real estate firm. Have produced website copy for design firm NPCreate.com, provided public relations pieces for Texas energy companies EBS and S.K. Oil and Gas and Dallas real estate firm Dunhill Partners.



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