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Rob Walker is an American author and freelance journalist. He is a contributing writer to ''The New York Times Magazine'' and blogger for Design Observer.〔(New York Times Magazine masthead ), accessed September 29, 2011〕〔(Announcement: Rob Walker Joins Design Observer ) DesignObserver.com, by The Editors, June 6, 2011〕 He is also the former "Consumed" columnist for the ''New York Times Magazine,'' and coined the word "murketing."〔(`Murketing' to Hipsters Saves Pabst, Boosts Apple: Book Review ) Bloomberg.com by Carly Berwick - June 25, 2008〕 ==Career== Walker has written for and worked as an editor at such publications as ''Slate.com'', ''New York Times Magazine'', ''Money'', and ''The American Lawyer''.〔("The Anti-Consumerist" ) The Alcalde, by David Menconi〕 Walker's 2005 book, ''Letters From New Orleans'', was compiled from essays emailed "to interested parties" about life in New Orleans, where he lived in the early 2000s.〔 Subjects covered in the book include celebratory gunfire, rich people, religion, the riddle of race relations in our time, robots, fine dining, drunkenness, urban decay, debutantes, the nature of identity, Gennifer Flowers, and mortality. All author proceeds from ''Letters from New Orleans'' went to relief organizations such as the Red Cross and others working with victims of Hurricane Katrina.〔("'Letters From New Orleans': Before the Flood" ), by Kate Sekules, ''New York Times Book Review'', October 23, 2005. Retrieved May 10, 2010.〕 In 2008, Walker published book exploring themes similar to those in his "Consumed" columns called ''Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are''〔("Branded" ), review of ''Buying In'' by Farhad Manjoo, ''New York Times'' Sunday Book Review, July 27, 2008.〕 It was reviewed favorably and received much attention for its discussion of the term ‘’murketing’’ which Walker had coined.〔〔() Salon Book Awards 2008], by Laura Miller, Salon.com〕 Walker has written a number of comic book stories published under the name R. Walker. A collection of his satirical stories of the business world was published in 2001 as ''Titans of Finance: True Tales of Money & Business''.〔Alternative Comics, ISBN 1-891867-05-9〕 Collaborating with artist Josh Neufeld, Walker tells the tales of Wall Street's most well-known Icaruses. The stories are entirely based on press accounts, with practically no embellishment. Among those profiled are Ronald O. Perelman, Al Dunlap, Mike Vranos, and Victor Niederhoffer. ''Titans of Finance'' received a good deal of attention from the mainstream business press, including ''Fortune Small Business'',〔Gilman, Hank. "Editor's Notes," ''Fortune Small Business'' (Feb. 2002).〕 ''U.S. News & World Report'',〔Pethokoukis, James M. "Corporate comics: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a . . . flying CEO?" ''U.S News & World Report'' (Sept. 2001).〕 ''Kiplinger's Personal Finance'',〔Sean O'Neill, "Comedy of Errors," ''Kiplinger's Personal Finance'' (Sept. 2001),〕 ''Money''〔Kurson, Ken. "CEOs as Comic Heroes," ''Money'' (June 2001).〕 and ''The New York Times''.〔(McGeehan, Patrick, "Private Sector; Dumbed Down on Wall St.: Junk Finance, With Pictures," ''New York Times'' (June 3, 2001). )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rob Walker (journalist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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