Student, Entrepreneur, Writer, Photographer, Social Media Enthusiast, Journalist, Longboarder, Snowboarder, Sports Fan, Jersey-Shore Lover (not the show), Abandoned Building Enthusiast, Blogger, Tea Drinker, Band Interviewer, Song Writer, Guitarist, Explorer, Adventurer.
A student at the Univeristy of Colorado at Boulder, Zack is in pursuit of a degree in Journalism with focuses on media studies, business and entrepreneurship.
Zack was the Social Media Editor for the CU Independent, a student-run online-only news source focusing on news about CU. He has helped to grow the paper's readership and views 10x in the 2009-2010 school year.
Zack also works for the non-profit website Punknews.org as a band interviewer. In late 2008 he was promoted onto the Punknews Staff where he interviews bands and reviews CDs for the website. Zack has interviewed The Gaslight Anthem, Less Than Jake (twice), Streetlight Manifesto, The Swellers, River City Rebels, Ninja Gun (twice), Good Old War, Andrew W.K., Apologies I Have None (twice) and The Artist Life.
Zack loves to take pictures. His favorite shots are of abandoned buildings and urban decay. In the spring of 2008 Zack filmed, directed and produced his own documentary about the abandoned mental facility Rosewood, located in Owings Mills, Maryland.
In 2009 Zack created an iPhone application called RTD Mobile Bus Times. He hopes that it will become the primary navigation app for the state of Colorado.
You can find Zack on Twitter as @zackshapiro
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