Tuesday, 18 Apr 2006
Being Asian American - Gil Asakawa
Gil Asakawa is executive producer for DenverPost.com. Under his leadership, the Web site has expanded to include blogs, audio and video podcasts, multimedia and flash content, games and RSS feeds. In 2005, DenverPost.com launched News Hound, a custom-branded RSS reader with a simple user interface so non-technical users can take advantage of RSS feeds. Gil has a BFA in fine arts, and began his journalism career as a music editor for an alternative weekly. He was a rock critic for 15 years and daily newspaper entertainment editor before falling in love with the Internet. He has written freelance pieces for Rolling Stone and other publications, and is the author of "Being Japanese American" (Stone Bridge Press, 2004) and co-author of "The Toy Book" (Knopf, 1990).