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  Jason Turbow
 
Professional/Personal Overview
  Best-selling author and regular contributor to an assortment of national publications. I recently covered the plight of East Bay Warriors fans for San Francisco Magazine and the future of football helmets for ESPN the Magazine. Clips at jasonturbow.com.
Work Info
 
Expertise
Book Author 3 Years
Editor 15 Years
Writer 20 Years
Specialty
Travel 3 Years
Technology 10 Years
Sports & Recreation 20 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
20 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
New York Times (11+), Sports Illustrated (11+), Wired Magazine (11+)
Other Work History
Five years with the San Francisco Chronicle, and numerous Web editing and production positions. Clips at jasonturbow.com.
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near San Francisco, CA. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
Work Samples
 
Sports Writing  
(San Francisco Magazine, 5/1/2013)
The Warriors are finally winning, which is good for their East Bay fans. They're also looking to move to San Francisco, which is less easy for some people to handle. How the team's local fanbase is responding.
(New York Times, 11/20/2009)
Just because it's Big Game time doesn't mean that football is a school's only measure.
(Wall Street Journal, 8/27/2009)
A profile of A's player Nomar Garciaparra, examining whether he might be happier as an aging bench player than he was as one of the best players in the American League.
(Slam Magazine, 7/1/2009)
Word document of Slam Magazine article profiling Golden State Warriors V.P. Chris Mullin
(Slam Magazine, 7/1/2009)
Profile of Golden State Warriors V.P. of Basketball Operations Chris Mullin
(Wall Street Journal, 6/19/2009)
(Wall Street Journal, 6/16/2009)
(Wall Street Journal, 6/3/2009)
(Wall Street Journal, 5/22/2009)
(Popular Science, 8/1/2008)
New stat-keeping methods in sports offer ever greater understanding about what sort of value players offer their teams.
(Athletics Magazine, 4/1/2008)
Profile of young A's outfielder Travis Buck, which ran on the cover of the season's first issue
(Giants Magazine, 4/1/2008)
A cover-story profile of center fielder Aaron Rowand, San Francisco's big off-season acquisition.
(Sports Illustrated.com, 9/1/2006)
Profile of Giants manager Felipe Alou, in his 50th professional season
(j., 7/9/2004)
Two Giants pitchers adorn their cleats with transliterated Hebrew -- even though neither of them knows what it means
Business/technology  
(New York Times, 12/16/2009)
Sick of Evite? Not many people realize this, but it's hardly the only game in town.
(New York Times, 9/30/2009)
Musical iPhone apps bring out the musician in all of us.
(New York Times, 7/10/2008)
A survey of modern keyboard -- and un-keyed board -- synthesizer instrumentation.
(San Francisco Business Times, 7/4/2008)
Business profile of Amphire Solutions.
(New York Times, 3/13/2008)
A new look at Blu-ray, now that the format war has ended
(New York Times, 2/21/2008)
Story in the Personal Tech section on digital music servers
General Interest  
(San Francisco Chronicle, 5/22/2005)
Q&A with the founder of Media Bistro
(j., 1/25/2002)
Profile of musician Eyal Sela
(j., 11/9/2001)
Account of a public forum discussing the future of Israeli-Palestinian relations between authors Tom Segev and Yossi Klein Halevi
(Salon, 11/13/1999)
A profile of Web animator Tom Winkler, creator of doody.com

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