November 3, 2018
Dan posts on Instagram as @archcomix
Dan Archer ′09 has been hard at work on graphic journalism. Dan has focused on graphic journalism for the past 7 years, starting as the Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University in 2011. He continues a steady output of graphic journalism.
For the European Journalism Centre, he created five comics about garment factory workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh. These comics have been translated into Spanish, German, and Bangla.
For El Espectador, the leading newspaper in Colombia, Dan created a piece about the disappearances occurring in the tiny town of Recetor, Casanare, during the worst period of the country’s violence. This piece was published in Spanish.
He also created the first ever graphic journalism about the Olympics. Dan was able to cover the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. His work included daily comics and animations as well as live sketches. Follow Dan on Instagram @archcomix to see more of his incredible live sketching.
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