Tom Watson (journalist)

Tom Watson (born February 21, 1962 [cite news|title=Time Marches On....|work=Tom Watson - My Dirty Life & Times|date=31 December, 2004 |url=http://www.calacanis.com/2005/11/28/my-retirement-party/| accessdate=2006-06-20] in Yonkers, New York) is an American journalist, entrepreneur and [http://tomwatson.typepad.com blogger] .

Watson is the author [http://www.causewired.com "CauseWired: Plugging In, Getting Involved, Changing the World"] , and Chief Strategy Officer of [http://www.changingourworld.com Changing Our World] , a national consulting company he helped to found. [cite news|title=ChangingOurWorld Lands Former atNewYork.com Co-Founder.|work=Internetnews.com|date=28 June, 2000 |url=http://siliconalley.internet.com/news/article.php/404611| accessdate=2006-06-20] At Changing Our World, Watson created [http://www.onphilanthropy.com onPhilanthropy] , an online resource for philanthropy professionals; he often comments on [cite news|title=Rich to the rescue|work=Christian Science Monitor|date=20 November, 2006 |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1120/p13s01-wmgn.html| accessdate=2006-12-08] and [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-watson/ writes frequently] about the intersection of media and philanthropy. In recent years he has served as a board member of the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy, [cite news|title=Board of Directors.|work=Drum Major Institute|date=28 June, 2002 |url=http://www.drummajorinstitute.org/board.php| accessdate=2006-06-20] where he helped to create the popular [http://www.dmiblog.net DMIblog] , and the New York Software Industry Association.

Watson is the founder and editor of [http://www.newcritics.com newcritics] , an online journal of media and arts criticism launched in January, 2007. [cite news|title=For Your Cultural Dining Pleasure|work=VanityFair.com|date=18 January, 2007 |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/blogs/wolcott/2007/01/for_your_cultur.html| accessdate=2007-02-06]

Watson was co-founder and co-editor with Jason Chervokas of @NY, the pioneering Internet news and information service that has chronicled New York’s technology sector - Silicon Alley - since 1995. The company was acquired by Internet.com [cite news|title=internet.com acquires @NY and SiliconAlleyJobs.com websites.|work=Write News|date=14 April, 1999 |url=http://www.writenews.com/1999/041499.htm/| accessdate=2006-06-20] in April 1999.

Watson began his career as a reporter and later executive editor of [http://www.riverdalepress.com The Riverdale Press] , a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper in the Bronx, where he covered politics, and won more than a dozen state and national awards for excellence in journalism. The paper won national acclaim during his tenure for not missing an issue after terrorists linked to Iran destroyed the newspaper's offices with firebombs. [cite news|title=The New York Times.|work=4 Newspapers Offer Reward in Bombing|date=3 March, 1989 |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEEDD1430F930A35750C0A96F948260| accessdate=2006-06-20] Watson received a BA in English Literature from Columbia University.

References

* " [http://siliconalley.internet.com/news/article.php/250841 A Letter to Readers: The Truth About @NY] ". "@NY", January 1998.
* " [http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/media/internet/2543/ Silicon Survivors] ". "New York Magazine", April 1998.
* " [http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,11480-0.html Silicon Alley Struts Its Stuff] ". "Wired", June 1998.
* " [http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,38788-0.html Silicon Alley's Political Shadow] ". "Wired", September 2000.
* " [http://www.missionfish.org/About/News/art_111303.jsp Philanthropy, the eBay Way] ". "MissionFish", November 2003.
* " [http://www.nptimes.com/May04/npt1.html For-profits finding nonprofit irresistible] ". "The NonProfit Times", May 2004.
* " [http://www.trexfiles.com/2007/02/why_fashion_has_turned_to_cause_marketing.php Why fashion has turned to cause marketing] ". "Women's Wear Daily", October 2006.
* " [http://www.emailthis.clickability.com/et/emailThis?click
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* " [http://www.gifthub.org/2006/11/tom_watson.html Tom Watson] ". "GiftHub", October 2006.
* " [http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1120/p13s01-wmgn.html Rich to the Rescue] ". "Christian Science Monitor", December 2006.

External links

* [http://tomwatson.typepad.com Tom Watson - My Dirty Life & Times]
* [http://www.onphilanthropy.com onPhilanthropy]
* [http://www.newcritics.com newcritics]