David Shenk

David Shenk is an American writer, lecturer, and songwriter. He has contributed to National Geographic,[1] Slate,[2] The New York Times,[3] Gourmet,[4] Harper's,[5] Wired,[6] The New Yorker,[7] The New Republic,[8] The Nation,[9] The American Scholar,[10] NPR[11] and PBS. In mid-2009, he joined TheAtlantic.com as a correspondent.[12] He is a 1988 graduate of Brown University.

Books

Shenk has published the following books:

  • Skeleton Key: A Dictionary For Deadheads (1994) (Co-written with Steve Silberman)
  • Data Smog: Surviving the Information Glut (1997)[13]
  • The End of Patience: More Notes of Caution on the Information Revolution (1999)
  • The Forgetting: Alzheimer's, Portrait of An Epidemic (2001)[14]
  • The Immortal Game: A History of Chess (2006)[15]
  • The Genius In All Of Us: Why Everything You've Been Told About Genetics, Talent, and IQ Is Wrong (2010)

Films

In 2004, PBS broadcast the Emmy award-winning "The Forgetting," which was inspired by Shenk's book of the same name.[16] The film was directed by Elizabeth Arledge.[17] Shenk appeared in the film and served as a writer and consultant.[18][19]

In 2006, "The Forgetting" was featured on-screen and read aloud in the Sarah Polley film "Away From Her." Polley said that the book was "hugely influential" to her in making the film.[20][21]

In 2007, Shenk wrote, produced and directed four short films on Alzheimer's disease.[22]

Awards and honors

  • 1995: Fellow, Freedom Forum Media Studies Center at Columbia University[23]
  • 1997: Finalist, McGannon Award for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communication Policy[24]
  • 1998: Fellow, The Japan Society[25]
  • 2000: Named one of "10 Masters of the New Economy" by CIO magazine.
  • 2001: The Forgetting awarded First Prize, British Medical Association's Popular Medical Book Awards[26]
  • 2004: Shenk's original term "data smog" added to the Oxford English Dictionary[27]
  • 2006: The Immortal Game picked as a Globe and Mail [28] Top Book of 2006 and Toronto Star Top 100 Book of 2006[29]

References

  1. ^ David Shenk, "THE SURVIVALIST: HOW TO LIVE THROUGH DISASTERS," September, 2006
  2. ^ David Shenk, "Watching You: The World of High-Tech Surveillance," National Geographic, November, 2003
  3. ^ David Shenk, "A Growing Web of Watchers Builds a Surveillance Society," The New York Times, January 25, 2006
  4. ^ David Shenk, "If You Build It," Gourmet, May, 2006
  5. ^ David Shenk, "Biocapitalism," Harper's Magazine, December 1997
  6. ^ David Shenk, "More is Less," Wired, February, 1997
  7. ^ David Shenk, “DEPT. OF TIMING: It’s Never a Good Moment to Ask Americans to Turn off The TV,” The New Yorker, May 10, 1999
  8. ^ David Shenk, “Hating Gates: The Culture of Microsoft Bashing,” Cover story for The New Republic, January, 1998
  9. ^ David Shenk, “Money + Science = Ethics Problems on Campus,” Cover story for The Nation, March 22, 1999.
  10. ^ David Shenk, “Toolmaker, Brain Builder,” The American Scholar, Spring, 2003
  11. ^ David Shenk, "The Problem with Hypertext," National Public Radio's "All Things Considered," May 14, 1997
  12. ^ "David Shenk, "The Genius in All of Us," TheAtlantic.com". Archived from the original on 2009-07-23. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  13. ^ Columbia Journalism Review: David Shenk on Data Smog
  14. ^ Marion Roach, The New York Times: A Conversation With David Shenk
  15. ^ Michael Dirda, "From ancient Persia to the digital age, people have sat across from each other and said, 'It's your move,'" The Washington Post; Oct 29, 2006; T.15[dead link‍]
  16. ^ ""About The Forgetting: The Documentary"". Archived from the original on 2016-03-29. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  17. ^ ""A Discussion Guide for THE FORGETTING"" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-06. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
  18. ^ "Show Description, Cast & Crew," Yahoo TV
  19. ^ https://www.pbs.org/theforgetting/watch/index.html Archived 2016-09-20 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ "Sarah Polley, Home and 'Away," NPR's The Bryant Park Project, January 9, 2008
  21. ^ "About.com". Archived from the original on 2010-04-30. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
  22. ^ "A Quick Look At Alzheimer's: Four "Pocket" Films to Increase Understanding of a 21st Century Epidemic" "
  23. ^ "13 Media Professionals Named Fellows by Freedom Forum Center," Columbia University Record -- June 9, 1995 -- Vol. 20, No. 31
  24. ^ Mari Frank, "Protect Your Privacy in the Information Age," KUCI, Irvine, California
  25. ^ Robert Jamison, Computing Japan magazine, February, 1999
  26. ^ British Medical Association[permanent dead link‍]
  27. ^ Rick Thompson, Writing for Broadcast Journalists, Routledge, 2005
  28. ^ "The Globe 100," The Globe and Mail, Nov. 25, 2006
  29. ^ "Random House Canada". Archived from the original on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2009-06-08.