at Online NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
China
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- Interactives Editor at Online NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
- Independent Professional at Freelance Writer (Self-employed)
- Co-founder at DalianDalian.com
- Past
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- Freelance Journalist at Bay Area News Group
- English Teacher at Dalian Fisheries University
- Staff Writer at Antelope Valley Press
- Intern at The Signal
- Editor (multiple desks) at City on a Hill Press
- Education
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- Dalian University of Technology
- University of California, Santa Cruz
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Chris Amico’s Summary
I'm a multi-platform journalist with international experience and an itch to experiment. I’m fascinated by the way things fit together and love a good story.
I report, write and edit. I get video, audio, still photos and produce multimedia.
I have a talent for dissecting large organizations: Businesses. Non-profits. Web sites. Bureaucracy. Anything with people and moving parts. I like to see how it works and explain it in a way that makes sense.
I've worked at newspapers, blogged, founded a local news and community web site. I'm interested in finding new ways to get and share information and expand news organizations' offerings.
Chris Amico’s Specialties:
Multimedia storytelling, writing, editing, content development
Areas: China, US and California education policy, politics, community journalism
Chris Amico’s Experience
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Interactives Editor
Online NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
(Privately Held; Online Media industry)
February 2009 — Present (11 months)
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Independent Professional
Freelance Writer (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Writing and Editing industry)
September 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)
I regularly publish articles in Urbane China and a few other magazines, as well as online media. I write about technology, business, education and legal news.
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Co-founder
DalianDalian.com
(Online Media industry)
January 2007 — Present (3 years )
When I moved to Dalian in 2006, I had to hunt for useful information in a mix of local blogs, forums and rudimentary government websites. Most of what I learned came from word of mouth.
DalianDalian is an effort to bring together many disparate pieces of information about Dalian, a city in Northeast China with a growing expat population and a thriving tech sector.
The site relies on existing channels to let users contribute without having to learn a new system. Local bloggers can import posts with RSS; photographers push pictures to the site through Flickr. The site's open source CMS (Drupal) organizes the information automatically, allowing people to share information in useful and intelligent ways.
I helped found the site with Alex Bowman (an economist and web developer) and Rick Martin (a tech writer and trainer), who also lived in the city. -
Freelance Journalist
Bay Area News Group
(Privately Held; Newspapers industry)
February 2008 — February 2009 (1 year 1 month)
I'm a regular contributor to several newspapers in the Bay Area News Group, including the Hayward Daily Review, Alameda Journal, Piedmonter and Montclarion. I'm available to cover events and issues around the San Francisco Bay for both print and online.
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English Teacher
Dalian Fisheries University
(Educational Institution; Education Management industry)
September 2006 — July 2007 (11 months)
I built a curriculum from scratch with no supervision and minimal support. My students (approx. 240 in seven classes) ranged from beginners to near-fluent English majors.
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Staff Writer
Antelope Valley Press
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)
August 2004 — August 2006 (2 years 1 month)
Award-winning education writer for 35,000-circ. daily, simultaneously covering up to 12 school districts in Los Angeles and Kern counties
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Intern
The Signal
(Privately Held; Newspapers industry)
December 2003 — January 2004 (2 months)
Interned for News and Business desks of my hometown local daily while home for winter vacation.
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Editor (multiple desks)
City on a Hill Press
(Writing and Editing industry)
2002 — 2004 (2 years )
Chris Amico’s Education
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Dalian University of Technology
Chinese 中文 2007 — 2007
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University of California, Santa Cruz
BA , Politics , 2000 — 2004
- Activities and Societies:
- City on a Hill Press, Student Union Assembly (student government), Student Organization Advising and Resources student adviser, four years of martial arts study in various styles
Additional Information
Chris Amico’s Websites:
Chris Amico’s Interests:
media, travel, China, politics, history, local news
Chris Amico’s Groups:
Society of Professional Journalists
DalianDalian.com, Co-founder
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University of California-Santa Cruz Alumni (UCSC) -
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China Law Blog
Chris Amico’s Honors:
Suburban Newspapers of America, Education writing
Chris Amico’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
