Developer of Internet news/information applications
Greater Chicago Area
- Current
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- Founder at EveryBlock
- Core developer at Django
- Past
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- Creator at Chicagocrime.org
- Editor, Editorial Innovations at Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive
- Lead developer at World Online (Lawrence Journal-World)
- Product developer / assistant database editor at Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Entertainer at University Club
- Education
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- University of Missouri - Columbia
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Adrian Holovaty’s Summary
I'm a Web developer with a background in journalism. My specialty is developing Internet news/information applications -- practicing journalism via computer programming.
My long-term goals are to advance the fields of Web development (through open-source projects such as Django) and online journalism (by evangelizing more intelligent use of technology by journalists). I am passionate about making complete and accurate information available and understandable to people.
Adrian Holovaty’s Experience
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Founder
EveryBlock
(Internet industry)
July 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)
everyblock.com.
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Core developer
Django
(Non-Profit; Internet industry)
July 2005 — Present (4 years 1 month)
Oversee development for the Django Web framework (djangoproject.com), an open-source project extracted from work I cowrote while at World Online.
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Creator
Chicagocrime.org
(Non-Profit; Internet industry)
May 2005 — January 2008 (2 years 9 months)
Created the site, which is a freely browsable database of crimes reported in Chicago. It won the 2005 Batten Award for Innovations in Journalism, was named by the New York Times as one of 2005's best ideas and has been covered in various media in Chicago and around the world.
In January 2008, it was redirected to my newest project, EveryBlock. -
Editor, Editorial Innovations
Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive
(Public Company; Online Media industry)
September 2005 — June 2007 (1 year 10 months)
Produced database-driven news applications (such as projects.washingtonpost.com/congress) and contributed ideas and site improvements.
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Lead developer
World Online (Lawrence Journal-World)
(Online Media industry)
December 2002 — September 2005 (2 years 10 months)
Oversaw development of all technology for the three industry-renowned Web sites LJWorld.com, Lawrence.com and KUsports.com.
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Product developer / assistant database editor
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
(Online Media industry)
January 2002 — December 2002 (1 year)
Produced database-driven applications and made various site improvements.
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Entertainer
University Club
(Music industry)
2000 — 2001 (1 year)
Played acoustic guitar to provide pleasant background music in Columbia, Missouri's only four-star restaurant. I'm including this here because it was cool.
Adrian Holovaty’s Education
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University of Missouri - Columbia
BJ , Journalism , August 1998 — December 2001
- Activities and Societies:
- Maneater student newspaper, Journalism Scholars program.
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Adrian Holovaty’s Interests:
Playing gypsy-jazz guitar, recording my own music, trying new restaurants.
Adrian Holovaty’s Honors:
2005 Batten Award for Innovations in Journalism
2005 Crain's Chicago Business 40 Under 40 member
Adrian Holovaty’s Contact Settings
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