Gary Dauphin

Current

• Online Community and Editorial Consultant at NPR, KCET (PBS) and other clients (Self-employed)
• Freelance Writer at Your browser and favorite newstand

Past

• Director and Editor-in-Chief at AOL BlackVoices
• Editor-in-Chief at Africana.com
• Contributing Writer at the Village Voice

• Site Manager at Community Connect Inc.
• Writer-at-Large at Vibe Magazine

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Education

• Yale University

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Industry

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Gary Dauphin’s Summary

Gary Dauphin’s Specialties:

Race, identity, film, social media, online media, online community

Gary Dauphin’s Experience

• Online Community and Editorial Consultant

  NPR, KCET (PBS) and other clients (Self-employed)

  (Online Media industry)

  September 2005 — Present (3 years 11 months)

  I help clients think through technical and strategic issues around online community, social media and editorial programming.

• Freelance Writer

  Your browser and favorite newstand

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  January 1991 — Present (18 years 7 months)

  Over 300 published articles on identity, film, television, video games, and new media for Bidoun, National Public Radio, Essence, Interview, Lacanian Ink, The Root.com, and other print and online publications.

• Director and Editor-in-Chief

  AOL BlackVoices

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  June 2004 — June 2005 (1 year 1 month)

  I was the primary strategist and information architect on the development and 10/04 re-launch of AOL Black Voices.

• Editor-in-Chief

  Africana.com

  (Online Media industry)

  April 2002 — February 2005 (2 years 11 months)

  Assigned, edited and top-edited articles for all sections of Africana.com, a daily updating content website focusing on the art, politics, news and culture of the African Diaspora. I was also lead writer and editor of Africana’s most read column, “The A-List,” a weekly news / trend round-up. I was chief strategist and information architect for a wholesale site technology and editorial re-launch in February 2003.

• Contributing Writer

  the Village Voice

  (Newspapers industry)

  January 1995 — June 2002 (7 years 6 months)

• Site Manager

  Community Connect Inc.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  September 1999 — March 2002 (2 years 7 months)

  In 1999 I took a job as a section editor at a then-fledgling site called BlackPlanet, and would eventually become BP's Site Manager, where I was charged with managing the site's day-to-day editorial, sales integration, technical integration and community operations. When I left BP it was (and remains) the world's most heavily trafficked African American web brand. My time there was a thrilling, transforming experience.

• Writer-at-Large

  Vibe Magazine

  (Publishing industry)

  January 1997 — January 2000 (3 years 1 month)

Gary Dauphin’s Education

• Yale University

  BA , Cinema Studies , 1986 — 1990

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Gary Dauphin’s Honors:

Webby Nominee (BlackPlanet, AOL Black Voices)
LA Press Club Award 2008 - Winner, Best Online Multimedia Package

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