About

March 3rd, 2008  |  Published in Big Ideas

I’m a print and web designer, online and media campaign strategist, researcher, photographer and freelance writer from the U.S., living and starting a family in the UK with work experience in both places as well as the Middle East. This site is more aimed at professional pursuits and constitutes more of an electronic hybrid resumé/portfolio/business card. I keep a blog at drew3ooo.

I started designing websites when, while working as a copy editor for a daily Gannett newspaper in the Northwest U.S. While working a shift in the middle of the night, I decided that other newspaper workers might enjoy an online forum where could swap stories, commiserate, rant rave about their jobs and discuss how to make journalism a little better. This was called The Poison Kitchen for somewhat obscure reasons and represented the launch of my interest in making websites geared around using the potential of the internet to create change.

through creation of the Posion Kitchen I was immediately introduced to a wide variety of individuals, some of which I’d just as well have done without, learned that the shortcomings of mainstream media come not only from its corporate nature, but also from people who would want to work for such a thing, and promptly gave the doman name away to someone I don’t think ever did much with it. I left it all the wiser about the more dubious qualities of our emerging “Global Village,” though still remain keen on working with various organizations in taking their message and their work online.

I’ve has since then gone on create websites and do design work for for a wide variety of productive, intelligent, happy people working on various sundry projects. See the resumé listing on this site for a full vetting of these endeavors.

My other pursuits include coffee, photography and writing. My first novel, Italian Greyhound, is ostensibly forthcoming.

Selection of articles

Bringing the discussion home: The Olympia-Rafah Sister City Project

Dangerous Ideas, Sinister Forces

Digitally Erasing a Massacre

The creation of “Hezbollywood”

Some past web projects

Olympia+Rafah Sister City Project

Rachel Corrie Foundation

International Solidarity Movement

International Trauma Treatment Program

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Resumé

March 3rd, 2008  |  Published in Big Ideas

Currently

Teacher Support Network: Currently the Digital Media Manager for this organization. Duties include:

  • Remaking online presence in collaboration with Nigel Parry.
  • Developing micro-sites for organization campaigns and initiatives
  • Creating social networking strategies using current networks.

Movement Studio: This is the business name I and another online media colleague, Dave Reed, operate under for our various freelance endeavors. To learn more about Movement Studio, click here. I offer consulting and services in the following areas:

  • Web design
  • Print design
  • Logos and branding
  • Media strategy
  • Research projects
  • Campaign strategies
  • Issue framing
  • Using open source alternatives and utilizing new media tools
  • Freelance writing projects
  • Freelance editing projects
  • Freelance photography

Previously

Projects have included:

Other Careers

  • Copy editor for The Olympian, a daily newspaer in Olympia, WA.
  • Reporter/section editor for Sound Publishing, a weekly and twice-weekly newspaper chain in Northwest Washington state
  • Reporter for The Hermiston Herald, a weekly newspaper in Eastern Oregon
  • English as a second language teacher at Elite Foreign Language Institute, Andong South Korea and Amideast language center in Rabat, Morocco.
  • Web developer for Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice

Studies

  • BA in journalism and mass media at The Evergreen State College
  • ESL teaching accreditation through International House

Volunteer Efforts

For many of these organizations and efforts, I’ve been a board member, contract worker or coordinator and have remained involved since as a volunteer. You live in the world, that can’t be helped. Participating makes it more interesting. I continue to do these things as I find the time for free:

Contact

To get a full version of the CV with dates and references and more specific information, contact me via the form on this website.

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