Matt's Writing

Matt Werner, writer & editor

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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 […]

Burning Man: The Musical now a feature film!

Burning Man: The Musical had its world premiere on Broadway On Demand and Streaming Musicals on August 27, 2021. Watch the film now. After working with the composer Gene Back for 6 years, we’re excited to announce that our satirical musical comedy has been turned into a feature film. It was shot on a soundstage […]

Recent Posts

Berkeleyside publishes profile of JC Orton

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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

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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

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  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!

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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]