http://thestandard.com/about/bios/ilamont Comments for "About | Ian Lamont" en http://thestandard.com/about/bios/ilamont <!--paging_filter--><div id="wrapper-static"> <h2 class="headline-top">About | Ian Lamont</h2> <div class="static-page"> <div class="content"> <ul class="static-nav"> <li class="active"><a href="/about">About</a> </li> <li><a href="/contact">Contact</a></li> <li><a href="/advertise">Advertise</a></li> <li><a href="/feedback">Feedback</a></li> <li><a href="/terms">Terms</a></li> <li><a href="/privacy">Privacy</a></li> <li><a href="/help">Help</a></li> </ul> <div class="about-frame"><ul class="operations"><li class="left-side"><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/themes/industry_standard_v1/images/bios/ilamont.gif" alt="Ian Lamont" /> <h4>Ian Lamont <span>MANAGING EDITOR</span></h4> </li></ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Ian Lamont oversees editorial content on TheStandard.com, including news and analysis. He is also responsible for working with management, developers and partners to improve the site's content, create new services for readers, and devise strategies that set the Industry Standard apart from other technology publishers.</p> <p>Ian has worked for a number of media companies in the United States and overseas, including the China Television Company, the <i>China News</i> newspaper, Taiwan's Central News Agency, <i>Network World</i>, and <i>Computerworld</i>. During the nearly three years he worked at Computerworld, he helped develop, launch and manage several new editorial services, including Shark Bait, Tech Dispenser, online video, podcasts, and blogs. Ian's Computerworld blog, <a href="http://blogs.computerworld.com/lamont">The Digital Media Machine</a>, examined 3D technology, virtual worlds, Chinese Internet trends, and other new media topics, and was <a href="http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=hardware&articleId=9068659&taxonomyId=12&intsrc=kc_top">recognized in the award Computerworld received for "Best Blog"</a> in the 54th Annual Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards Competition. He also <a href="http://ilamont.blogspot.com">blogs about technology</a> on his personal blog.</p> <p>Ian received his undergraduate degree from the Boston University College of Communication and his masters from the Harvard Extension School. For <a href="http://harvardextended.blogspot.com/2007/09/thesis-update-done.html">his graduate thesis</a>, he designed a computer content analysis that used China's state-run media to gauge Chinese foreign policy priorities in the post-Mao era. He has completed additional coursework in Mandarin and information technology at the Taipei Language Institute and the Woods College of Advancing Studies at Boston College.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:33:34 -0800 Eric Hill 99129 at http://thestandard.com