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 […]
“How to write an Oakland trend piece” published on Oakland Local and SFGate
The secret to writing a trend piece about Oakland is to use a patronizing tone and make your title a Gertrude Stein pun. Oakland Local and SFGate published a piece I wrote for the fake news site Oakland Unseen on May 6, 2014: "Unless you’ve been … [Read more]
Berkeleyside publishes profile of JC Orton
Berkeleyside, the independent news site for Berkeley, California published my 2,200-word feature profile of homeless advocate JC Orton on April 24, 2014. Read an excerpt below, and the full article on Berkeleyside. "Every Sunday morning for the … [Read more]
Re-design of Matt’s Writing website
On April 27, 2014, I launched the re-design of my author website http://mattswriting.com. I also created a Facebook author page, which you can follow to receive updates on my latest writing projects: https://www.facebook.com/mattwernerwriter. … [Read more]
Office Time Machine launches
Joe Sabia, a copyright reform activist and viral video maker, launched a new site today featuring 1,300 clips from The Office to make a point about the fair use doctrine: http://theofficetimemachine.com. He spent the last 18 months … [Read more]
Oakland Unseen covered by over a dozen news outlets!
Oakland Unseen received press from over a dozens media outlets, including the following: SFGate, East Bay Express, Oakland Local (2 articles), the Bold Italic, 7x7, SFist, SFGate blog, Medium, Pure Wow, California Magazine, SF Bay Guardian (print … [Read more]
Oakland Unseen available to purchase at local bookstores
Oakland Unseen, Oakland, California's premier source for fake news, is now available for purchase (for $1) at bookstores in Oakland, Berkeley, and San Francisco. For the latest complete listing of stores carrying Oakland Unseen, see the Oakland … [Read more]
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