Andrew Nelson

Andrew Nelson is a writer and professor living in New Orleans. He worked as a senior producer of Britannica.com, a creative director for Cyberflix, a visiting professor at Loyola University New Orleans, and a Public Relations and Social Media Account professional at Peter A. Mayer Advertising in New Orleans. Two computer games he developed for CyberFlix – Titanic: Adventure Out of Time and Dust: A Tale of the Wired West (1995) – were bestselling PC game and Macintosh Games of the Year. In 2007 he was awarded a Lowell Thomas Award for his work with the Society. He is a writer-at-large for Salon, National Geographic Traveler, ReadyMade, The New York Times, Via magazine, Weekend Sherpa and San Francisco Magazine (which featured Nelson’s monthly history column).

Nelson is a Missouri School of Journalism Alumni.

Projects Harlem Renaissance websites were developed by Andrew Nelson and Tom Michael as a spotlight for Encyclopædia Britannica Online, to promote the encyclopedia and to serve customers in schools by observing Black History Month. He developed the format for National Geographic Traveler’s award-winning "Insiders" series that uses social media to explore a travel destination. He ran a Twitter guided travel project for the National Geographic Society in 2010. The resultant story "Tweet Me in Miami" for National Geographic Traveler won the Folio Award for magazine writing in 2010. His Twitter feed won a 2009 Public Relations Society of America award and endorsements from the Pritzker Military Library and CNN News.

Awards

Websites 2000: Site of the Day, All About Oscar, Yahoo 1999: Hot Site, Harlem, USA Today 1999: Cool Site, Site of the Day, The Martini, Netscape 1998: Blue Web'n educational award, Lost Secrets, Pacific Bell 1998: Site of the Day, Clicking Anastasia, Yahoo

Games 1998: Best Animation CD-ROM/Games, Titanic, Animation Magazine 1997: Game of the Year, Titanic, MacHome Journal 1996: Game of the Year, Dust, Macworld 1994: Game of the Year, Jump Raven, Apple-Japan

Journalism 2011: Folio Award, Silver. For magazine article "Tweet Me in Miami," National Geographic Traveler 2007: Lowell Thomas Prize for Travel Writing; Client: National Geographic Traveler 2004: Lowell Thomas Prize for Travel Writing; Client: National Geographic Traveler 1997: Andrew Nelson: "20 to Watch in Multimedia", Daily Variety 1987: Young Journalists winner, Rolling Stone

Public relations 2011: Adrian Award (Platinum) for Public Relations (Client: The National World War II Museum), HSMAI 2011: Adrian Award (Gold) for Public Relations (Client: The National World War II Museum), HSMAI 2011: Adrian Award (Bronze) for Social Media (Client: The National World War II Museum), HSMAI 2010: Silver Quill:, Merit Award for Twitter Campaign (Client: The National World War II Museum), International Association of Business Communicators 2010: Public Relations Campaign for The Solomon Victory Theater Opening (Client: The National World War II Museum), Press Club of New Orleans 2009: Silver Award for Twitter campaign (Client: The National World War II Museum), Public Relations Society of America