Matt's Writing

Matt Werner, writer & editor

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Back at Google!

I’m back at Google on a short-term contract with Magnit @ Google. I’m editing the writing of a new AI tool Google is working on. My current writing contract goes from December, 2024-August, 2025.

Oakland Unseen releases Spring 2023 issue

Oakland Unseen is a satirical newspaper in the style of The Onion. It is hyper-local fake journalism that covers Oakland and San Francisco’s real news stories through satire. Our street team of newsies is handing out 10,000 copies of this newspaper for free at San Francisco Sketchfest venues in early 2023, and also at Oakland’s […]

Recent Posts

Public Theater debut!

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Back on September 5, 2016, I had my New York acting and writing debut as part of the #BARS Workshop Vol 2 led by Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal. We spent the summer of 2016 writing theater-in-verse, and then we presented our pieces, introduced by … [Read more]

Published site for Android for Work developers

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I published a new website for Android for Work developers at developer.android.com/work for Google IO 2016. This includes a new Developer Guide. This technical documentation is to help developers make apps for Android phones used in businesses and … [Read more]

Interview with Tony Award-winning actor Daveed Diggs

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Oakland rapper/actor Daveed Diggs won a Tony Award on June 12, 2016. I interviewed him for 7x7 Magazine about how his Oakland upbringing influenced his portrayal of Lafayette and Jefferson in Hamilton. We also spoke about what San Francisco Bay Area … [Read more]

Burning Man: The Musical Mixtape

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Gene Back (composer) and Matt Werner (lyricist) are busy working on a song cycle featuring half of the songs from Burning Man: The Musical. They plan to publish the song cycle online as “A Burning Mixtape” in time for Burning Man–August, 2016. For … [Read more]