Dan Weissmann is a reporter, writer, editor, radio producer, teacher, and dad. He’s got a strong nerd streak and an artsy side. He has won awards for investigative reporting, feature writing, column writing, and producing (and hosting) live radio.
Dan is currently a full-time lecturer at Columbia College Chicago, and his work appears regularly on Chicago’s public radio station, WBEZ (91.5 FM, Chicago Public Media). He hosts WBEZ’s Schools on the Line, a monthly call-in show featuring the CEO of Chicago Public Schools.
Dan’s work has also appeared in the Chicago Reader, Crain’s Chicago Business, the BBC World Service, and the world’s greatest podcast, 99 Percent Invisible.
Dan became a journalist thinking it could be a good day job to support a career in theater. A dozen years later, he was working for one of his favorite theater companies in the city– part-time, to support his writing. Go figure.
There’s a resume here, and some recent work samples all over the site.
New work– and other news– gets updated to The Latest.
My old web site– archiving some pre-2007 work– is here, more or less.
Dan,
I have a few contacts for you re: robotics / kids / teachers.
There is a group at lane tech and a boyscout troop in the sw area.
who are roboticists..
The youngest member of Pumping Station One is Kickass when it comes to tuning 3D printers, that’s also robotics.
I know them personally and
don’t want to out them unless there is some verified real interest.
BTW we have public meetings at PS:1 every tuesday at around 8pm.
Come join us. reply for directions.
I love this! Sorry to have missed this note earlier. Email me? dan {dot} weissmann {at} gmail {dot} com.