Theodore Brown

New York, NY USA
5 Years Experience

Professional Experience

I'm a part-time freelance writer and journalist with a broad spectrum of experience in everything from long form profiles of R&B artists to soccer dispatches in Portugal to reporting on the municipal malaise of Detroit and Cleveland. I'm a regular contributor to urbanism and architecture blogs and have a professional and academic background in urban planning as well as Federal, regional, and municipal government.

Expertise

Reporter 5 YearsResearcher 5 YearsWriter 5 Years

Specialty

Sports & Recreation 5 YearsTechnology 5 YearsMusic 5 Years

Industries

Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines 5 YearsOnline/new media 5 YearsMagazine - Local/Regional magazines 5 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • Vice Media (3-5)
  • Deadspin (1-2)
  • Howler Magazine (1-2)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • Spin Media (3-5)

Computer Skills

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OS X

Equipment

MacBook Pro w/ complete Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe CS.

General

Youth and Truth
(The Wild 10/23/2026)
The Internet, fronted by Odd Future members Syd tha Kyd and Matt Martians, only look young. They play a brand of funk and R&B that would only sound familiar to people a generation their senior, but they're emerging at exactly the right time in the L.A. music scene and making the most of it.
Why SimCity Has Lost its Way
(This Big City 4/5/2013)
SimCity was originally designed as a digital sandbox for city planners-in-training. Its most recent iteration turned it into just another video game and took away its mots defining feature: the ability to plan, build, and destroy without any fear of losing.