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California, United States

Regular contributor to branded content that showcases the many ways that technologies such as artificial intelligence, security, cloud, and big data impact the US military.

Envision and write stories on the impact of how advanced technology — such as 5G, the cloud, quantum computing — affect areas as diverse as urban planning, national competitiveness, and the future of work.

Produce branded content and bylines on a variety of high-tech innovations for IBM, a keystone client for the firm.

Conceive and deliver stories and packages on a wide range of topics, including AI, cybersecurity, healthcare, transportation, education, and the future of business. Wired's Brand Lab is a full-service agency model for cross-platform storytelling. Editorial packages are underwritten by local, national and international brands using a collaborative process that produces content which is engaging, dynamic and focused.

Collaborating with Conde Nast’s Wired publishing group, I led the editorial strategy and content creation for a 25-story, interactive tablet magazine. The Connective 2.0 was a multimedia project for Cisco focused on the future of the Internet of Things. It consisted of a digital magazine and a follow-on website. The tablet magazine was distributed to the entire Wired subscriber base of 3 million readers and was the top-performing hub launched on Wired.com — the time spent with the content was nearly double the average of other premium interactive ads and 4.6 times that of static ads in Wired’s tablet edition. The Connective 2.0 was named a 2015 Honoree for “Best User Interface” in the Mobile Sites and Apps category at The Webby Awards.For more info: http://www.wired.com/campaigns/theconnectivehub/

San Francisco Bay Area

I own a corporate content boutique that provides narrative strategy, explanatory writing, business features, and broader thought leadership initiatives. The editorial lives in a matrix media environment, ranging from websites to social media campaigns and bylined material in leading publications. Clients include Conde Nast, Wired, The New Yorker, TED, The Washington Post, Cisco, Google, IBM, ServiceNow, National Geographic, Facebook, Politico, Reinvent, George Lucas Educational Foundation, Amazon Web Services, Sequoia Capital, Sonoma magazine, Billboard, Craftsmanship magazine, Weber-Shandwick, Byliner, Public Radio International, University of California’s Haas School of Business, Whole Earth Review, Lavin Agency, business icons Don Tapscott and Gary Hamel, McKinsey & Company, Edelman, Metropolis Books, and Lulan Artisans. Co-author of children's book "2030; A Day in the Life of Tomorrow's Kids", designed for grade schoolers interested in building the future. Also worked with Forbes publisher Rich Karlgaard to shape and create his first book, LIFE 2.0, which became a Wall Street Journal bestseller.

Menlo Park, Ca

Worked full-time for six-month gig creating bylined articles, speeches, and online posts for Facebook’s top executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer and Director of AI Research Yann LeCun.

Mill Valley Ca

Screened documentaries submitted by filmmakers from around the world, in order to determine which were best to include in the 10-day festival.

San Francisco

Coordinated production, content, and direction of six-episode online video series about the reinvention of the film industry. The series, which was hosted by veteran film producer Ted Hope (now head of Production for Amazon Original Movies), examined how the motion picture industry could be reimagined and restructured, from the way that films are conceived, financed, created and distributed to the radically new and important role of the audience. Among the nearly 40 guests on the series were:- Cameron Bailey (artistic director of the Toronto International Film Festival), - Bob-Garfield (co-host of NPR's On The Media & Columnist for MediaPost)- Paul Schrader (screenwriter for 'Raging Bull'​ and 'Taxi Driver'​) - John Powers (film critic for Vogue and Critic-At-Large on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross)- Melissa Silverstein (founder and editor of Women and Hollywood)- Ira Deutchman (chairman of the film program at Columbia University)- Keri Putnam (executive director of the Sundance Institute)- Sharon Waxman, (CEO and editor-in-chief of TheWrap)- Corynne McSherry (intellectual property director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation)- Ivan Askwith (associate producer for 'Veronica Mars'​)- Marc Hofstatter (head of film at Indiegogo)- Franklin Leonard (Founder and CEO of The Black List)- Scott Foundas (chief film critic at Variety)- Tiffany Shlain (filmmaker and founder of The Webby Awards)- Ritesh Batra (writer and director of 'The Lunchbox'​)- Austin Kleon (artist and bestselling author of 'Newspaper Blackout'​ and 'Steal Like An Artist')- Michel Reilhac (story architect, experience designer)reinventors.net/series/reinvent-hollywood

San Francisco Bay Area

Teamed up with Public Radio International and WNYC to create a series of enhanced ebooks on icons of American culture. Created a series of enhanced ebooks on Public Radio International's 'American Icons' radio documentary series. Based on the Peabody Award-winning radio show Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, each book combined pictures, video, radio excerpts, and exclusive interview material to tell the story of its subject in an engaging, informative and new way Titles included books about Moby Dick, Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, The Wizard of Oz, Disneyland, I Love Lucy, and Monticello.

TED Books are short original electronic books produced every two weeks. Like the best TED Talks, they're personal and provocative, and designed to spread great ideas. TED Books are typically under 20,000 words — long enough to unleash a powerful narrative, but short enough to be read in a single sitting. They are available for Kindle, Nook and on the iBookstore, but are best represented through the TED Books App, which allows us to embed audio, video and social features into every book, broadening the depth and detail of each work. These additional multimedia features suit the wide-ranging creative palette of our authors to fully express their ideas.My role:Launched and supervised new ebooks platform extending the aims, objectives, and inspirations of the TED conference. Assigned and edited stories, developed new TED Books iOS app, integrated multimedia and art into books, hired and managed a geographically dispersed creative team that produced a new 15,000-word ebook every two weeks. Also created social media strategy and worked on business development to put TED Books on Kindle, iBookstore and Nook platforms. Produced more than 30 ebooks — including the current Top Rated Kindle Single — and created a subscription-based distribution platform.Now serve as Contributing Editor to TED Books. ted.com/tedbooksSome of my TED posts:http://blog.ted.com/author/jdaly817/

Created, launched, and ran a lifestyle magazine for the hydroponics industry — meaning growers of medical marijuana (although we couldn't use those words). We covered everything from from effective growing techniques to the lifestyle and freedom that surrounds being a grower. An interesting publication, but about 18 months too early for the market to really understand it.

Managed editorial for web site designed to increase parental involvement in K-12 public education (2.5 million uniques/month). Also, shepherding the editorial end of College Bound, a new site designed to help parents prepare their children for college (release: Sept. 2009).greatschools.org

Created Edutopia magazine (circ: 100K), which covers innovation in K-12 public education. Also supervise web site (160,000+ uniques per month), electronic newsletter and oversee production of 12-14 web documentaries (8- to 12-minutes each) per year.edutopia.org

Relaunched online presence of biz/tech web site.

Work with key editors at international business publication to improve and evolve story packaging, as well as overall look and feel. Also teamed up with Forbes Publisher Rich Karlgaard on Life 2.0, a book about how the emergence of broadband technologies has enabled the development of hundreds of "hidden-tech" communities throughout the country, and what that does for personal lifestyles.

Business 2.0 was a monthly magazine designed to chronicle the rise of the "New Economy". Launched in July 1998, the magazine was sold to Time Inc., the publishing division of Time Warner, in July 2001 for $68 million.Business 2.0 enjoyed extraordinary early growth in readers and advertising, selling more than 2,000 advertising pages in just its second full year of publishing, believed to be a record for an American monthly newsstand magazine. Had an all-paid circulation of 350,000, an annual revenue of more than $70 million and profit of $20 million by its second year. Business 2.0 was created to show the many ways the Internet impacts business, from the process by which companies are conceived and created to how they develop markets, retain customers and acquire competitors. My major accomplishments:- Hired and supervised international editorial staff.- Simultaneously served as features editor, assigning and editing articles that set the tone for the magazine. - Grew magazine to an all-paid circulation of 350,000, with an annual revenue of more than $70 million and profit of $20 million.- Launched six international editions. - In second year, I also also moved Business 2.0 from a monthly to a fortnightly schedule.

Launched 100-page book for TED conference, an annual gathering of more than 1,000 top creators in the worlds of Technology, Entertainment and Design. Interviewed 14 featured participants, ranging from television producer Norman Lear to filmmaker Albert Maysles, photographer Spencer Tunick and futurist Raymond Kurzweil for articles published in the publication.

Wrote monthly column on electronic books for Sunday book review section.

Created feature stories for monthly magazine positioned at the confluence of high-tech and culture. Specialized in business pieces. Worked with a stable of a dozen regular freelance contributors. Wrote or edited several cover stories, included '101 Ways to Save Apple', 'Hollywood 2.0' and 'This Lawyer is Bill Gates's Worst Nightmare'.

Assigned and edited news and feature stories for bimonthly technology supplement to Forbes magazine. Worked with a team of a dozen regular contributing feature writers and columnists. Also wrote longer pieces (2,000-plus words) for the magazine.

As a regular contributing writer to these publications, I wrote many early stories on the integration of tech in everything from music and media to social structures and politics.

Supplied steady flow of hard news stories for leading computer industry newspaper. Reported on all facets of the high-tech business, providing coverage of news and trends as well as personality profiles.

Bs, Cum Laude, Journalism; Economics

Post-Graduate Coursework In Economics And International Relations

Graduate, Professional Photography Program, Photojournalism