Dan Sinker

Dan Sinker is an American author, publisher, and entrepreneur. He currently serves as the inaugural fellow of the Center for Journalism Integrity & Excellence (CJIE),[1] is co-host of the Says Who? podcast,[2] and speaks on the state of journalism, the rise of fake news, and how to fix it.[3]

Dan Sinker, 2018

Early life and education

Sinker was born in London, raised in Evanston, Illinois and attended Evanston Township High School.

Career

In 1994, at the age of 19, Sinker founded Punk Planet, an independent music, politics and culture magazine that helped to document the independent music and art scenes of the 1990s and 2000s.[4]

From 2004 to 2011, Sinker was an assistant professor in the Journalism Department at Columbia College. In 2008, Sinker was a John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford.[5]

In 2010 and 2011, Sinker was the author of the @MayorEmanuel Twitter account.[6] a parody account that Atlantic Magazine said, "pushed the boundaries of the medium, making Twitter feel less like a humble platform for updating your status and more like a place where literature could happen."[7]

In 2011, he led the Knight-Mozilla News Technology Partnership of the Mozilla Foundation, which was spun out as Open News in 2017.[8]

Since 2018, he has been an independent author, consultant, and entrepreneur, writing for Esquire Magazine,[9] and creating products like the Pee Tape and Robert Mueller III Prayer Candles.[10]

Books

Sinker is the author of and contributor to a number of books.

  • We Owe You Nothing, Punk Planet: The Collected Interviews, 2001[11]
  • We Owe You Nothing: Expanded Edition: Punk Planet: The Collected Interviews (Punk Planet Books), 2007[12]
  • The F***ing Epic Twitter Quest of @MayorEmanuel, Scribner, 2011[13]
  • How I Resist (contributor), 2018[14]
  • Arte Agora: Art made, sold, or placed in the public way (foreword)[15]

References
  1. "Dan Sinker Joins DePaul as Inaugural Fellow of the Center for Journalism Integrity & Excellence (CJIE)". DePaul College of Communication. DePaul University. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  2. "Says Who? With Dan & Maureen". Says Who Podcast. Says Who Podcast. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  3. "Dan Sinker speaker page". Chartwell Speakers. Chartwell Speakers.
  4. "Zine Wiki page for Daniel Sinker". Zine Wiki. Zine Wiki. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  5. "JSK Fellow Daniel Sinker". JSK Journalism Fellowships page of Stanford University. Stanford University. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  6. "Mayor Emanuel Twitter account". Twitter. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  7. Madrigal, Alexis. "Revealing the Man Behind @MayorEmanuel". Atlantic Magazine. Atlantic Magazine.
  8. Sinker, Dan. "Endings And Beginnings: Dan Sinker Says Goodbye". Open News. Open News. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  9. "Dan Sinker Contributor Page at Esquire Magazine". Esquire Magazine. Esquire Magazine. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  10. "Pee Tape and Robert Mueller III Prayer Candles Kickstarter page". Kickstarter. Kickstarter.
  11. "Amazon sales page for "We Owe You Nothing, Punk Planet: The Collected Interviews"". Amazon. Amazon. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  12. "Amazon sales page for "We Owe You Nothing: Expanded Edition: Punk Planet: The Collected Interviews (Punk Planet Books)"". Amazon. Amazon.
  13. "Amazon sales page for "The F***ing Epic Twitter Quest of @MayorEmanuel"". Amazon. Amazon.
  14. "Amazon sales page for "How I Resist"". Amazon. Amazon.
  15. Sinker, Dan. "Foreword for Arte Agora". Retrieved 6 April 2019.
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