Daniel B. Honigman

Current

• Digital Communications Supervisor at Weber Shandwick
• Co-founder at Old Media, New Tricks
• Contributor at CigarJack.net

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Past

• Social Media Strategist, Editorial Engagement Strategist at Tribune Interactive
• Social Media Strategy Coordinator at Tribune Interactive
• Social Media Coordinator/Strategy at Chicago Tribune

• Freelance writer at Self-employed
• Contributor at Going.com
• Staff Writer at Marketing News (American Marketing Association)

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Education

• Northwestern University
• State University of New York College at Buffalo
• State University of New York at Buffalo

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Recommended

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Connections

319 connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

• My Website

Daniel B. Honigman’s Summary

Daniel B. Honigman’s Specialties:

Online strategy, editorial strategy and production, social and new media, photography, photo editing, search engine optimization, basic HTML and Web site development

Daniel B. Honigman’s Experience

• Digital Communications Supervisor

  Weber Shandwick

  (Public Company; IPG; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  June 2009 — Present (2 months)

• Co-founder

  Old Media, New Tricks

  (Newspapers industry)

  November 2008 — Present (9 months)

  Co-founder of Old Media, New Tricks, a site targeted towards people working in "mainstream" media that provides tips about social and new media.

• Contributor

  CigarJack.net

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

  November 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)

• Social Media Strategist, Editorial Engagement Strategist

  Tribune Interactive

  (Privately Held; Online Media industry)

  March 2009 — May 2009 (3 months)

  Lead social media strategist for Tribune Interactive. I work with news companies such as the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, WGN Television, etc.
  
  In conjunction with newsroom reorganization initiatives, I implement changes that connect our news organizations at the ground level with different local communities.
  
  Produce best practices, social media strategy/tactics, social media training for employees in Tribune markets.
  
  Company spokesperson for social media initiatives throughout the Tribune Interactive network of sites.

• Social Media Strategy Coordinator

  Tribune Interactive

  (Privately Held; Online Media industry)

  August 2008 — March 2009 (8 months)

  Lead social media strategist for Tribune Interactive. I work with news companies such as the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, WGN Television, etc.

• Social Media Coordinator/Strategy

  Chicago Tribune

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TRB; Newspapers industry)

  March 2008 — August 2008 (6 months)

  - Helped develop and implement SEO strategy and techniques for ChicagoTribune.com.
  - Created, developed and ran the Colonel Tribune persona for ChicagoTribune.com, which helped increase number of overall CT page views by 8 percent.
  - Strengthened Chicago Tribune interactive brand presence.
  - Served as an internal consultant for several other Tribune Co. brands, including the Los Angeles Times, RedEye, Metromix and Chicago Magazine.

• Freelance writer

  Self-employed

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  August 2006 — July 2008 (2 years)

  Recent freelance work has appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle, GapersBlock, North Shore Magazine, Chicago Social, UR Chicago Magazine, Concierge Preferred: Chicago, HipHopDX, Pioneer Press, NewCity Chicago, The Daily Herald, Asian-American Golf Magazine, The Daily Southtown, The Northwest Indiana Times, The Chicago Defender and on DanielHonigman.com.
  
  E-mail me for clips.

• Contributor

  Going.com

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  August 2007 — July 2008 (1 year)

• Staff Writer

  Marketing News (American Marketing Association)

  (Non-Profit; Online Media industry)

  August 2007 — March 2008 (8 months)

  • Covered all aspects of marketing for publication targeted to more than 75K mid- and high-level executives.
  • Developed mission statement and content strategy for Marketing News online presence; substantially increased blog engagement/participation, and doubled RSS subscriber base for MN blog to 4,100 in less than seven months.
  • Hired by MN before first issue of redesign; brought on to help with magazine’s new voice and new Microsoft Sharepoint-powered Web portal.

Daniel B. Honigman’s Education

• Northwestern University

  MSJ , Journalism (Medill School of Journalism) , 2006 — 2007

  Activities and Societies:

  Mike Royko Fellow, 2006-2007

• State University of New York College at Buffalo

  B.A. , Anthropology , 2002 — 2006

  Activities and Societies:

  Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity, Lambda Alpha honor society, WRUB Radio, Spectrum, Visions

• State University of New York at Buffalo

  B.A. , Cultural Anthropology , 2002 — 2006

Additional Information

Daniel B. Honigman’s Websites:

• My Website

Daniel B. Honigman’s Honors:

Mike Royko Fellowship (Medill School of Journalism); 2006-2007
Inducted member, Lambda Alpha National Collegiate Honors Society (anthropology)

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