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July 4: Easter (Twelve Stories, 2008)

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A piece of flash fiction. Thin, but hopefully amusing.

03/01/2009

Brand Spanking (Radar Online, 8.22.05)

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I asked some ad agencies to help re-brand network television. JWT nailed it with the "Dirty Enough" tagline.

03/01/2009

Clog Jam (Radar Online, 9/15/06)

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My report from the frontlines of the (now dead?) Crocs fad.

03/01/2009
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It's a Man's World (SOMA, Dec 1998)

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I wrote this snarky round-up of men's magazines for SOMA in 1998. I remember being bummed that the last graph got moved, but I still like the lede.

02/22/2009
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Object of Desire: The Motorola MPx (GQ, Sept 2004)

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A one-pager I did for GQ about the (then) hotly-anticipated Motorola MPx. Fun fact: The product never shipped.

02/22/2009
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FCC Turns Off Radio Pirates (In These Times, Feb 1998)

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An old clip of mine about pirate radio from In These Times.

02/22/2009
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Spanking the Donkey (Radar, Summer 2005)

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Back when the Democrats still had an identity problem, I asked some ad agencies to re-brand the DNC. I still like Boone/Oakley's "Clinton thumb."

02/22/2009
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Too Skinny, or Too Sexy? (Radar, Sept/Oct 2005)

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A front-of-the-book item I did about tabloid coverage of certain starlets' weight.

02/22/2009
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Jingle Bell Rock (Radar, Sept./Oct. 2005)

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A chart I did about what happens to songs when they become commercial jingles.

02/22/2009
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The Bubble Boy (Radar, February 2008)

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My profile of Web 1.0 entrepreneur Josh Harris. The documentary "We Live in Public," discussed herein, won a grand jury prize at Sundance in 2009.

02/22/2009
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War Collage (PRINT, December 2008)

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For the December issue of PRINT, I talked to David Rees and 23/6's Brian Spinks about the animated version of "Get Your War On."

11/12/2008
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Piece Movement (Creativity, June 2008)

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A profile of Brooklyn-based video production boutique m_ss_ng p_eces.

08/19/2008
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The Guest (Fence, 2007)

from hanasiana in Creative Writing, Short Stories

My most recent published story, from the Winter/Spring 2007 issue of Fence.

07/02/2008
everysandwich

everysandwich scribbled: I love this, a real story of the unsaid. 08/25/2008

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lancenalley6211 scribbled: This is a nice piece. The language and the detail are vivid and inspired. Thanks for the read. 12/28/2008

hanasiana
hanasiana published:

The Gawker Guide to Conquering All Media (Selections 2007)

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I contributed a few charticles to this snarky guide to the media- entertainment complex. Here are two of them.

06/28/2008
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American Beauty (Communication Arts Sept/Oct 2007)

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A profile of Boston ad agency Modernista! that I wrote for CA.

06/28/2008

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Name
Jim Hanas
Location
Brooklyn, NY
Bio
I'm a Brooklyn-based freelance writer whose work has appeared in Slate, Radar, PRINT, Communication Arts, Advertising Age, the New York Daily News,... (More)
Website
http://hanasiana.com
Occupation
Writer
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