About Daigo

Hi, I am Daigo Fujiwara. I am currently an Information Graphics Artist/Visual Journalist at The Boston Globe in Boston, Massachusetts. I create news graphics (maps, charts, etc.) for daily newspaper and web interactive graphics for Boston.com. I love my job. I am originally from Japan, and was a high school exchange student in 1992 in Cape Cod. Really liked it in U.S., and made it my home here. I am fluent in both Japanese and English, and I am a huge baseball fan (more on that later.)

Checkout my latest project: The Boston Globe Red Sox Podcast. Subscribe to it using iTunes.

I am an experienced User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX) professional with 15 years of design and production experience in the news media. Proven ability to present data and information visually on the web or the print. Specializes in user-centered design and production of graphics, web sites, and multimedia presentation, as well as redesign of sites with large contents. Recognized for having a strong visual sense, solid news judgment, and an in-depth understanding of web usability, information design, and interaction design.

Before the Globe, I have worked as a Web UI/UX Designer at BostonWorks.com (now boston.com jobs monster), Web Designer/Producer at Christian Science Monitor, and Lead Web Designer at Inc. Magazine and Fast Company Magazine. I have won multiple design awards from The Society for News Design for both my print and online works. I graduated from Northeastern University with BS in Visual Communications.

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Skills

My strengths are in front-end web development, web usability, information architecture, interaction design, and user experience. XHTML/CSS, JavaScript, Flash/ActionScript, LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP), Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop are the tools that I am expert in. I am also capable of producing content if a need arises, conducting news graphics reporting and research daily at my current job at the Globe, as well as multimedia (audio, video and Flash) production. I’ve run a workshop called “Demystifying Flash” for reporters and editors in 2009 AAJA conference.

I am also fully aware of general web issues, such as semantic markup (508 compliance), cross platform and multiple browser compatibility, impact of social networking sites, and search engine optimization .

Baseball writing

I love baseball. I am a huge Boston Red Sox fan and a proud and active member of SABR (The Society for American Baseball Research). I founded JapaneseBallPlayers.com, a bilingual website dedicated to Japanese baseball players playing in MLB in 1999, and have been producing content for it event since. I started Go-RedSox.com, a Japanese language blog about Boston Red Sox since 2003, and JapaneseBallPlayers.com Radio “East Coast Baseball Freaks,” a weekly Japanese language podcast about MLB and the Red Sox from 2005-2009. From 2006-2008, I wrote a monthly column called “From Boston” in the Nikkan Sports, a Tokyo based sports daily, circulation 2 million. More about my baseball writing can be found here.