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DAVID GORDON

David Gordon is a New York City-based print and photo journalist whose work has been seen in The New York Times, Newsday, The Queens Courier, The Queens Gazette, and The Hofstra Chronicle. An active theater practitioner, David has worked as an actor (the title role in The Trial of the Big Bad Wolf, 3rd grade; Lt. Brannigan in Guys and Dolls, summer camp), a director (Adam Bock’s The Receptionist at Hofstra University), and a dramaturg (Angels in America, Annie, and others with various organizations). He holds a B.A. with high honors distinction in print journalism from Hofstra and an M.A. in theater history and criticism from Brooklyn College. He has never appeared on Law & Order, though he’s certainly tried.

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