David Lawrence Prager (born January 17, 1977) is one of the co-founders and Vice President of Special Projects for

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. He has also worked for

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, and G4.

Early life

Prager graduated from Trinity University in

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with a degree in Communication and Media Studies.

Career

Prager's first job after school was as a

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for the

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company, Bowne Litigation Solutions based in San Antonio, Texas. Prager was hired by ZDTV in 1999. He worked as a broadcast television producer, technology writer, and journalist in his time with ZDTV and TechTV. Prager remained as a segment producer for the nightly

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technology show ''The Screen Savers''. Later, the show would switch gears, becoming the variety show ''

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''. Prager left G4 in the spring of 2005. Prager is an occasional participant on ''

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'', a

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hosted by the popular TechTV personality,

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. Prager is one of the founders of

which was acquired by

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. Prager was the Vice President of Special Projects for Revision3. He also helped out with ''

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'', the weekly

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about the

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news and technology website Digg.com. The hosts

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and

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often spoke with him or ask questions during tapings of the show.

References

External links

G4 Interview with David PragerRevision3
Video
Pragers' Squarespace Blog
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