Andrew Nelson is a writer and professor living in New Orleans. He worked as a senior producer of Britannica.com,[1] 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 (1996) and Dust: A Tale of the Wired West (1995) – were bestselling PC game and Macintosh Games of the Year.[2] In 2007 he was awarded a Lowell Thomas Award for his work with the Society.[3] 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.
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.[4] 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.[5][6] The resultant story "Tweet Me in Miami" for National Geographic Traveler won the Folio Award for magazine writing in 2010.[3] His @WWIIToday Twitter feed won a 2009 Public Relations Society of America award and endorsements from the Pritzker Military Library and CNN News.[3]
