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Dan Oko

Home Base / Houston, TX, USA

Languages / English, Spanish

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Biography

For more than three decades, Dan Oko has covered the Great Outdoors. He has written on everything from the origins of skiing buried in modern-day China’s Altai mountains to reporting from the field on conservation challenges in his adopted home state of Texas. He has appeared as a talking head on CBS discussing the health benefits of hiking and biking, and guested on conservation podcasts to talk about his passion for angling and the challenges of raising an outdoor kid in the 21st century. A fan of strong coffee and potent IPAs, Dan prefers meeting clients and sources face-to-face: “As often as not, my work concerns the real world, and there is no substitute for getting outside and getting together with people to get the real story,” he says. An avid backpacker and mountain biker, his bylines still appear regularly in a wide variety of publications, and lately he has expanded into book writing. He currently lives in Houston, Texas, with his wife Tina and their beloved teenage daughter, Ursula.

Portfolio

Hence Creative LR: No Shame in Self Promotion

Father-daughter Adventure on the AT, AAA Explorer

Small Escapes, Big Fun, microadventure feature for Texas Parks and Wildlife

Texas Rivers Wildsam

Texas Highways: Floating campsite on the Texas Coast

Texas Monthly: Let's Go Wild (cover package on wilderness travel)

Career Storyline

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250+

editorial feature assignments for magazines, newspapers and the web

25+

years experience

book contributions

years spent in India

mountain biking guidebook

276k+

miles on my 4Runner

In addition to contributing to the Hence Journal, Dan Oko has written for dozens of major magazines. His award-winning articles have covered everything from eco-terrorism and battles over land preservation to the joys of family travel, international destinations, athlete and activist profiles and much more.

Dan is creative, versatile, and responsive. He brings good ideas to the table, and he’s got the writing chops to bring these ideas to life.”

Matt Joyce

Former editor Texas Highways

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current

Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine

Travel Editorial Journalist

current

AAA Explorer

Adventure Editorial Journalist Travel

current

Wildsam

Content Strategist Copywriter Cycling Editorial Fashion

Featured in Hence Journal

Meet a Creative

June 27, 2024 / by Marc Peruzzi

Dan Oko

Meet active author and freelance writer, Dan Oko.

27th Jun 2024

Meet a Creative: Dan Oko

Meet active author and freelance writer, Dan Oko.

My Features in Hence Journal

Longer Reads

December 12, 2024 / by Dan Oko

Interviewing Paolo Mottola | Divisional Vice President of Brand Marketing REI Co-op Studios

Interviewing Paolo Mattola of REI Co-op Studios for his take on how to pitch REI.

Longer Reads

July 11, 2024 / by Dan Oko

No Shame in Self Promotion

Hence Journal and Dan Oko look into how creatives can better market themselves.

Longer Reads

May 16, 2024 / by Dan Oko

Feeling Like You're About to Get Run Over—Again?

12th Dec 2024

Interviewing Paolo Mottola | Divisional Vice President of Brand Marketing REI Co-op Studios

Interviewing Paolo Mattola of REI Co-op Studios for his take on how to pitch REI.

11th Jul 2024

No Shame in Self Promotion

Hence Journal and Dan Oko look into how creatives can better market themselves.

16th May 2024

Feeling Like You're About to Get Run Over—Again?

Dan Oko

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Featured in Hence Journal

Featured in Hence Journal

My Features in Hence Journal

My Features in Hence Journal

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