Staff

Publisher - Jesse Russell
Jesse was born and raised in the tiny state of Connecticut. He escaped to Madison in 2003 after graduating from the University of Connecticut with a degree in journalism. In addition to dane101 he hosts a number of semiregular events in town including What's Your Damage?! and MadPubQuiz of Awesomeness. His favorite band is the Pixies, but he has a soft spot for REO Speedwagon.

Technical Director - Shane Wealti
Shane is employed in the warehouse automation industry where his background in computational linguistics is proving to be almost useless. In his spare time he enjoys LOLcats, keeping up on internet memes, soccer and video games.

Contributing Writer/Editor - Jason Dean
Jason Dean is a freelance writer and web designer in Madison. His writing has been published or linked to by various sources, including Isthmus, The Capital Times, 77 Square, Slashdot, and CNN. A native of Wisconsin, he lived in Milwaukee for eight years before moving to Madison to pursue a master’s degree in journalism at the University of Wisconsin. His writing interests include technology, sports, and politics. More of his ramblings can be found on his blog MidwesternBoy.com.

Contributing Writer/Editor - Emily Mills
Emily came to Madison by way of Minnesota, Illinois and Oklahoma (which one of these is not like the other?), first to attend college and then because she was hooked. In addition to dane101, Emily writes for Isthmus, 77 Square, and her blog, thelostalbatross.blogspot.com. She is an active member of Wis-Kino, Mercury Players Theatre and plays drums/sings in local bands Little Red Wolf, and The Shabelles.

Contributing Writer/Business Committee Member - Adam Schabow
Adam Schabow is a singer/songwriter for The Shabelles and The Kites and was previously the local film critic for The Wisconsinite. Currently, he is working on a musical called "Eat the Truth", performs in DD101 and is directing a documentary about dumpster diving called "Trashed".

Contributing Writer - Dar Ward
Dar Ward is a bicycle advocate and professional transportation planner. Dar doesn't own a car, and bikes, walks, or buses most places. Dar has lived in Madison for 13 years and divides time between playing in local rock bands, writing, and doing shabby do-it-yourself projects.

Contributing Writer - Kat Kosiec

Kat graduated from UW Madison in 2008 with a B.A. in Journalism. Before contributing to Dane 101, she interned for VF magazine for a short time before it went out of print. (VF magazine was the heavy metal/industrial magazine based on the goth site Vampire Freaks.com) Kat enjoys many different types of music, but industrial and techno are her favorites, especially KMFDM. Kat likes writing about music, but she also really loves to write about food. When she's not trying to recreate dishes from the Food Network, or working two jobs, she likes to spend time with her boyfriend and her dogs, Lily and Sherlock.

Contributing Writer - Amanda Ciesielczyk
Amanda is a die-hard Brewers fan, born and raised in suburban
Milwaukee. Nonetheless, weeks after high school graduation, Amanda fled to Madison where she began scientific studies for a University lab in a corn field. Since then she has been working in other laboratories on campus and is actively pursuing a Bachelors of Nutritional Science. Her love for food and nutrition shines as she tours the Madison farmers market on a weekly basis, then ventures to her home near Camp Randall to conjure up new delicacies. After graduating and touring the culinary creations of far off countries, she plans on settling down and writing for a food/health magazine.

Contributing Writer - Doug Griffin
Doug, born in Green Bay and a Madison resident since the mid Nineties, is a writer only after he's consumed a pint or two of quality beer. With degrees in political science and art, he's lucky to be employed.

Contributing Writer - Jordan Cohen
Jordan has been a Madison resident since 1999. He got his English degree at the UW and managed to find work anyway. He plays drums in Mama Digdown's Brass Band, northern rock band The Optimistic , and the Kid Jordan Second-Line. Jordan is firmly convinced that Ian's has the greatest pizza on earth.

Dane101 co-founder and former publisher Kristian Knutsen is currently writing at The Daily Page. Previous Contributing Writers include Rosemary, Brian, Rebecca Jamieson, Kyle "el guante" Myhre, Matt Waters, Lisa Nunez, James Leaver, Kendra Frank, Lisa Subeck, Mercy Greenwald, Brenda Konkel, and Ryan Matteson.