- Jack Szwergold
Jack Szwergold is a comedy writer and the Webby-Award-winning first webmaster for the news parody publication "
The Onion ".Szwergold convinced "The Onion" Editor and Publisher
Scott Dikkers that a Web site would increase readership, and "The Onion"'s site launched in May1996 . The site has won multiple Webby Awards and other industry and media accolades. [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.03/onion.html?pg=3]In January 2001 Jack Szwergold left "The Onion" and returned to Brooklyn, NY, where he currently resides and juggles a career working as a web developer and as a writer.Facts|date=March 2007 In addition to his work for "The Onion", Jack has written for "
Nickelodeon (TV channel) ", "National Public Radio ", "Modern Humorist ", "Suck.com ", "Wired magazine ", "Mother Jones magazine ", and "Green Magazine".Books
* "Our Dumb Century: The Onion Presents 100 Years of Headlines from America's Finest News Source" (contributing writer and illustrator) (1999, ISBN 0-6098-0461-8)
* "The Onion's Finest News Reporting, Volume 1" (contributing writer and illustrator) (2000, ISBN 0-6098-0463-4)
* "Dispatches from the Tenth Circle" (contributing writer and illustrator) (2001, ISBN 0-6098-0834-6)External links
* [http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/1999/03/18591 Digital Darlings Bask at Webbys]
Webby Awards coverage from 1999 which includes quotes from Jack Szwergold
* [http://aspecialthing.com/smf/index.php?topic=912.msg40946#msg40946 "Onion" Movie in Serious Trouble] Detailed discussion and postings about the "The Onion" and the alt-comedy website, "A Special Thing"
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
