Glenn McDonald
http://www.glenn-mcdonald.com
glennmcdonald1@gmail.com
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Freelance writer/editor
1998 – present
Chapel Hill, NC
– Science and culture writer with National Geographic, Experience, Goodreads, NPR, IDG, and McClatchy newspapers
– Arts and culture writer, Raleigh News & Observer, Raleigh, NC
– Film critic, Indy Week, Durham, NC
– Puzzle designer, Ask Me Another, NPR
– Science and technology writer, InfoWorld and PC World
Previously …
– Editor, Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me Daily News Quiz and contributing writer, NPR.org
– Technology and videogames writer, Yahoo Tech and Yahoo Games
– Freelance contributor with Discovery News, MSN, MIT Technology Review, PC World, Paste, Electronic Gaming Monthly, CNN.com, CNET.com, GameSpot, Business 2.0, Family Circle, PopMatters.com
– Freelance writer and game designer for Wizards of the Coast, publishers of the Dungeons & Dragons and Star Wars role-playing games.
– Author, Deal Me In: Online Cardrooms, TV Tournaments and The New Poker (Wiley, Nov. 2004)
Communications Coordinator
2002 – 2009
University of North Carolina
Music Department
Chapel Hill, NC
Staff Editor
1996-1998
PC World Magazine
San Francisco, CA
Associate Editor
1994-1996
U. The National College Magazine
Los Angeles, CA
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Education
Michigan State University
B.A. English with minors in film, theater and religious studies
1994