Viva Las Vegas

Posted by: Zach Wise    Tags:  ,     Posted date:  July 19, 2007  |  15 Comments


After a month of job searching, soul searching, and location scouting, my wife and I have decided to head to Las Vegas. I’ve accepted a job at the Las Vegas Sun to help lead their multimedia team. The paper is in a unique situation that allows them to focus on more indepth storytelling and reporting. In the next couple months a major website overhaul will go live and from what I’ve seen of the prototypes, it’s incredible. I can’t believe we’re moving to the middle of the desert but it will be exciting to live in a different ecosystem.

Red Rock

Red Rock

Fiesta Hotel

Vegas

Red Rock

About the author
Zach Wise is an award-winning former Senior Multimedia Producer for The New York Times and Associate Professor at Northwestern University.



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  • colin

    and your pictures say it all: the big blue sky and the open road ahead. best of luck, Zach.

  • http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/ Mindy McAdams

    Congratulations, Zach! That sounds like a really fun opportunity!

  • http://www.viscom.ohiou.edu Terry Eiler

    Zach:

    Great news and a great adventure.

    (que deep voice) thank you very much, thank you very much…for the news.

    Terry

  • Terry Eiler

    Zach

    (Cue deep voice) Thank you very much, thank you very much…for the news.

    Great news! I am sure it will launch a wonderful adventure.

    Terry and Lyntha (from Scotland)

  • http://www.gabrieldance.com gabriel

    congrats, dood. enjoy the bright lights and the city that never sleeps.

    oh yeah, and the job too :)

  • http://www.solomojo.blogspot.com Joseph Hollak

    Will you continue to blog here about the job even after after it begins?

  • http://digitalartwork.net Zach Wise

    Thanks everyone.
    This blog/website will not go away. I will always have personal projects etc, and I have a lot to show this summer before my new job starts also.

  • yoon

    hey dude, i didn’t realize this was a blog, but, congratulations!!! have fun out there and rock the place…i know you will.

    -y

  • http://www.thadallender.com thad

    Congrats. You’ll like Dave Toplikar. He’s a champ.

    Thad

  • http://ericmayville.com Eric Mayville

    Congratulations, Zach. We will all miss you here in the city but I know you’ll keep doing good things out in Vegas. If you are ever at a casino…put 20 dollars on “black 10″ on the roulette wheel for me. Keep in touch.

  • Tyson Evans

    You’re right, Zach, it is a different ecosystem here (meteorologically, journalistically…) We’re excited to have you on the team.

  • http://www.journerdism.com Will Sullivan

    Congrats, Zach! I’m really looking forward to you blowing up the west coast with your bomb-ass work.

  • http://kainazamaria.wordpress.com Kainaz Amaria

    Zach.
    All the best! Vegas will never be the same.
    Cheers,
    Kainaz

  • Michael Newman

    Congrats and good luck (and not just at the casinos). Athens will miss you.

  • http://www.vancouvertravelwatch.com/las-vegas Vegas from Vancouver

    I’ve been looking for ever to find info on this, thanks very much