email: mr.hughhart@gmail.com phone: 310-283-5662
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WORK HISTORY
Freelance writer | 2000-present
- 2000-present: Write movies, television, theater, architecture and design for Los Angeles Times
- 2005-present: Write culture stories for NewYorker.com, New York Times, Directors Guild of America's DGA Quarterly, ArtNews, L.A. Weekly, Entertainment Weekly and People magazine
- 2005-present: Write alumni profiles for Brown University's BAM, USC's In Motion magazine, ArtCenter's DOT magazine, University of Wisconsin On Wisconsin magazine and UCLA Magazine
- 2015-present: Write film and television articles for The Credits.com
- 2019-2020: Reported on movies and television for Fortune
- 2018: Copy editor and writer for CalAarts Pool magazine
- 2012-2015: Covered movies, TV, books and design for Fast Company
- 2007-2013: Wrote about entertainment and technology for Wired
- 2002-2013: Wrote celebrity profiles and weekly "Industry Buzz" movie columns for San Francisco Chronicle
- 1997-1999: Covered entertainment and design for Chicago Tribune
Managing
Editor,
Zap2it.com | July, 1999 - July, 2000
- Directed editorial content for Zap2it.com. Within six months of joining operations, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek and E! Online had singled out the site as an outstanding entertainment destination
- Assembled and supervised a team of six staffers and eight free-lancers
- Edited all copy for style and accuracy
- Wrote, assigned and edited reviews, profiles, trend stories, polls and interactive features
- Directed coverage of Emmy Awards, which broke the site record for daily page views on September 13, 1999
Online Editorial Director, Tribune Media Services | March, 1997 - June, 1999
- Launched TVQuest, a website and partner of America Online. Supervised creative staff and team of 12 free-lancers. Built traffic from ground zero to nearly a million hits a day in eight months.
- Created editorial features and special sections including an "e-card" holiday promotion with Starlight Foundation, which was covered by CNN and other major news outlets. Conceived and wrote TVGenius, a weekly round-up of humor, trivia and news.
- Created initial editorial template for MovieQuest, a movie listings service with enhanced editorial content, serving as de facto producer during early stages of project. The site now has 152 newspaper affiliates and a 300,000 plus subscriber base.
- Re-designed television area for AOL content partner Digital Cities. Created new features, supervised art direction and assembled a team of freelance contributors. New sections, including "Crank," "Eye on Sci Fi" and "Sink or Swim," resulted in 2,100 percent increase in usage of TV Navigator over three month period.
AWARDS
Oxford University Press re-published a Fast Company article in its CREATIVITY: A Reader for Writers anthology
FINALIST: 2013 Mirror Awards | Best Digital Media Article
2011 MIN Finalist, Best of the Web, Overall Excellence
2011 ASME Finalist, General Excellence, Digital
1996
University of Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards Finalist
EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin, Bachelor of Arts in English. graduated "With Distinction"
SKILLS
Writing, copy-editing, proof-reading, HTML editing, Adobe Photoshop, video editing, viral marketing
SAMPLES
Articles archived online at www.hughhart.com/stories/
REFERENCES
Excellent references available upon request