Dan Jakes
Dan Jakes is a Chicago-based theater critic, travel writer, and podcast producer. Covering performing arts with the Chicago Reader since 2010, his freelance work has appeared in The A.V. Club, Time Out, The Takeout, and Frommer's.
He writes about stand-up comedy, queer culture, black box theater, mass transit, and alternative destinations.
Dan is a National Critics Institute Fellow with the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and is a Peter Lisagor Award nominee from the Chicago Headline Club.
He holds a BFA from the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign.
Other ContributionsTime Out
The Takeout
A.V. Club
Covered TopicsTravel Hacks
Chicago
EducationUniversity of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
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Southwest Airlines Reverses Arbitrary Plus-Sized Flyer Policy Following Backlash
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Editor-in-Chief of Frommers.com, author of Here Lies America, longtime co-host of "The Travel Show" on WABC, two-time Lowell Thomas Award winner for Guide Book of the Year (Frommer's London, Orlando).
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Frommer's Managing Editor. Covers travel topics relating to the Caribbean, health, LGBTQ+ stuff, budgeting, Boston, &c. Favorite island: Puerto Rico.
zthompson@frommermedia.com.
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Dan Jakes is a Chicago-based culture writer. His work has appeared in the Chicago Reader, Time Out, The A.V. Club, and The Takeout.
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