Dan Washburn
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Daniel Christopher Washburn (born October 31, 1973, Danville, Pennsylvania) is an American writer and journalist based in Shanghai, China since 2002. He is currently writing a book about golf in China, entitled Par for China.[1]
Washburn has written for ESPN.com[2], Budget Travel[3], The Economist Group's Business China[4], Baseball America[5], Outside's GO[6], and the South China Morning Post[7].
Washburn is also known in Shanghai for his various websites.[8] He is founding editor of Shanghaiist, part of the Gothamist network of city websites. He also founded the online shop Mudan Boutique.[9]
Prior to moving to Shanghai, Washburn was a sports writer for The Times in Gainesville, Georgia. He won the Georgia Sports Writers Association's top prize in outdoors writing four years in a row. In 2001, he was named Georgia's top sports columnist.[10]
[edit] Personal
Washburn got married in 2006. He grew up in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Elizabethtown College.
[edit] References
- ^ Golf in China: All growing, all new, all raw. ESPN.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ Archive of Dan Washburn's stories on ESPN.com. ESPN.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ My Shanghai Is Better Than Yours. Budget Travel. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ Still in the rough: The success of golf tournaments in China belies the tepid state of the country’s golf business. The Economist Group. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ MLB Invests In China's Baseball Growth. Baseball America. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ Go Travel > Shanghai. Outside's GO. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ In search of baseball's Yao Ming: China takes a swing at America's Pastime. South China Morning Post. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ Web Celebs: Go gaga for Shanghai's newest generation of internet celebrities. City Weekend. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ On Sale Online. SH. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ Dan Washburn's Writing Awards. danwashburn.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
