My name is Adrian Chen and I am a journalist and sometimes comedy writer.  I live in Brooklyn, NY.  I post my videos and written thoughts here. Reach me at adrian802@gmail.com. 

VIDEOS:
These are my best videos.

WRITING:

I am a a staff writer at Gawker.  contributor to the Onion News Network My writing also appears in Slate magazine, in the newspaper Willamette Week,  on the websites McSweeney’s, Collegehumor, Poor Mojo’s Alamanac(k), and on the Oregon Public Broadcasting radio show Livewire. I used to have Craigslist adventures, back in the day.

Selected Journalism

• I Spend My Free Time With Dead People – I wrote about the weird hobby of visiting graveyards. (Slate.)
• Why do doctors wear white coats? – Explains the history of the iconic white coat. (Slate.)
• When size matters: The half-gallon challenge – On the strange economics of the ice cream industry. (Willamette Week.)
• Tour de Porcelain – A light-hearted look at the deadly serious issue of PORTLAND’S PUBLIC RESTROOMS. (Willamette Week.)

Selected Comedy Writing

• I spy in hell (McSweeneys.)
• How to outsource your life (Collegehumor.com.)
• Travels with Grace (Audio) (Livewire Radio)
• The Best of Craigslisting

OTHER THINGS:

• I’ve been on dates with two gubernatorial candidates: VIDEO: (Part 1)(Part 2)
• One time I hosted a fundraiser for public toilets.
• I had an awkward interview with Portland City Councilman Randy Leonard.
• I am anxious about the future.

PRESS:
Sometimes the Internet writes things about me. This is the best thing:

“Adrian Chen seems like a nice guy. he just seems a little eccentric. he’s like the crazy funny guy but goes a bit too far but not too far that he kills the fun at a party and people leave having been stripped of their pride and little teary eyed but man enough to hang out just a bit longer to show adrian he’s not the reason they have to leave but that their friend got hurt in a horrific do-it-yourself helicopter crash, you know what i mean?” -Khngphm

Note: The woman on the front page is former International Space Station Commander Sunita Williams