Neil deMause

'''Neil deMause''' (born November 19, 1965, in Manhattan, New York) is a Brooklyn-based freelance journalist who writes for books, magazines, and newspapers on mainly New York City's social policy issues.<ref name=deMause>{{cite web|title=Neil deMause|url=http://www.citylimits.org/news/authors/120/neil-demause|publisher=City Limits|accessdate=24 March 2013}}</ref><ref name=Neil>{{cite web|title=Neil deMause - About Neil|date=25 August 2007 |url=http://demause.net/about/|publisher=demause|accessdate=24 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tracywaltersblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/stealth-irs-changes-mean-millions-of.html|title=Stealth IRS changes mean millions of new tax forms|last=Tracy|date=22 May 2010|publisher=|accessdate=11 October 2018}}</ref> He has been a writer for Baseball Prospectus since 2003, contributing occasional articles about stadium building and baseball finance. He is co-author with Joanna Cagan on the 1999 book ''Field of Schemes: How the Great Stadium Swindle Turns Public Money into Private Profit''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42153-2005Apr10.html|title=Stadium Land Rush (washingtonpost.com)|website=www.washingtonpost.com|accessdate=11 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07059/765471-61.stm|title=Penguins balk at 1-year extension on arena lease|website=www.post-gazette.com|accessdate=11 October 2018}}</ref><ref name=book>{{cite web|title=Neil DeMause|date=29 April 2010 |url=http://www.thenation.com/authors/neil-demause#|publisher=The Nation|accessdate=24 March 2013}}</ref> His book was re-issued in 2008 and was published by University of Nebraska Press/ Bison Books. The book also has its own website.

==Career== He is a writer and editor for ''The Village Voice'' and contributes to other print and on-line publications as well as for Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Extra!, Slate, Baseball Prospectus, and CNNMoney.com.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=10&author_id=60|title=FAIR|website=FAIR|accessdate=11 October 2018}}</ref><ref name=Neil/><ref name=deMause/> He previously worked for Metro New York as an op-ed columnist for two years and spent six years as a question writer for the popular board game Trivial Pursuit.<ref name=Neil/> He is the author of several award-winning works of interactive fiction, among them ''Frenetic Five'' and ''Lost New York''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ifdb.tads.org/search?searchfor=author%3ANeil+deMause | title=Neil deMause | publisher=Interactive Fiction DataBase (IFDB) | accessdate=2017-08-15}}</ref>

He has also taken part in politics. DeMause testified before Congress stating the politics and financing of sports stadiums. His testimonies have appeared on a number of TV and radio programs which include ESPN, Jesse Ventura's radio show, and Democracy Now!. Neil is frequently a guest speaker at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism's sports journalism courses.<ref name=Neil/>

He is the author of numerous works of interactive fiction, including Lost New York, which was nominated for an XYZZY Award in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=ptd5vgjvr089dpzr|title=Lost New York - Details|website=ifdb.tads.org|access-date=2019-05-23}}</ref>

==Awards== His writings and investigations on the city and national welfare policy have earned him with a Project Censored award. Also, his work in this area appeared in the anthology "America's Mayor, America's President?".<ref name=deMause/>

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== External links == * [http://www.demause.net/ Personal website] of Neil deMause * Field of Schemes: How the Great Stadium Swindle Turns Public Money into Private Profit ({{ISBN|1-56751-138-4}})

{{DEFAULTSORT:Demause, Neil}} Category:American alternative journalists Category:Interactive fiction writers Category:1965 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century American journalists Category:20th-century American male journalists