Daniel Terdiman

{{short description|American journalist}}

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| education = Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (MS)

| occupation = Journalist and columnist

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| credits = Won the 2006 online journalism award from the Society of Professional Journalists, as part of the CNET team who won this award for the series Taking Back the Web.

| URL = {{URL|http://danielterdiman.blogspot.com/}}

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Daniel Terdiman is an American journalist,{{cite web|url=http://www.ciij.org/newswatch?id=335 |title=Award given to D. Terdiman, Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism, Notice of Award (Society of Professional Journalists), September 20, 2006 |publisher=Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism |access-date=2010-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929151557/http://www.ciij.org/newswatch?id=335 |archive-date=2007-09-29 }} who has been published in both print and non-print media, including Time, The New York Times, Wired, CNET, Martha Stewart Weddings, Salon.com, Business 2.0, VentureBeat and the San Francisco Chronicle.See the "Works" section above for documentation of his journalism experience. He writes about a wide range of subjects from hi-tech to the web to sports.

He has also made speaking appearances at hi-tech conferences as an expert on electronic game development, including: State of Play,{{cite web|url=http://www.nyls.edu/pages/4960.asp |title=New York Law School Conference Program for State of Play IV |publisher=New York Law School |access-date=2010-06-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829221511/http://www.nyls.edu/pages/4960.asp |archive-date=2008-08-29 }} Webzine, SVForum,[http://www.svforum.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Calendar.eventDetail&eventId=11484 SVForum], Virtual Worlds-The Rules of Engagement. and Sex in Video Games.{{cite web|url=http://www.sexinvideogames.com/agenda.html |title=Sex in Video Games Conference - Agenda|year=2006 |access-date=2010-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061229233818/http://www.sexinvideogames.com/agenda.html |archive-date=2006-12-29 }} He has also written extensively about the online game Second Life.{{cite web|last=Hof |first=Rob |url=http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2006/04/my_second_life.html?chan=search |title=(online), April 20, 2006, My Second Life, by Rob Hof (staff writer) |work=BusinessWeek |date=2006-04-20 |access-date=2010-06-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100710035423/http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2006/04/my_second_life.html?chan=search |archive-date=2010-07-10 }} He has been a game development advisor for US National Public Radio (NPR) for the Talk of the Nation broadcast and for the BBC in the UK.

He edited and contributed as an author to Drama in the Desert: The Sights and Sounds of Burning Man, a 2002 book about the annual Burning Man arts festival, held in the Nevada desert.{{cite web|url=http://www.dramainthedesert.com/project_credits.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060707015716/http://www.dramainthedesert.com/project_credits.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 7, 2006 |title=Project Credits |publisher=Drama in the Desert |access-date=2010-06-04}} He wrote The Entrepreneur's Guide to Second Life: Making Money in the Metaverse. He was the panel moderator at the Game Developers Conference 2007, on the topic of Burning Man.{{cite web|url=https://www.cmpevents.com/GD07/a.asp?option=C&V=11&SessID=4475 |title=Game Developers' Conference 2007 - Session on Burning Man: Takeaways for Game Developers |publisher=CMP Media LLC |year=2007 |access-date=2010-06-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927015723/https://www.cmpevents.com/GD07/a.asp?option=C&V=11&SessID=4475 |archive-date=2007-09-27 }}

He holds a Masters of Science in journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He currently works as a senior writer for VentureBeat.[https://venturebeat.com/author/daniel-terdiman/ "Daniel Terdiman"]. VentureBeat Terdiman won the 2006 online journalism award from the Society of Professional Journalists, as part of the CNET team who won this award for the series Taking Back the Web.