About the Contributor

Russell Chun is a multimedia developer and consultant specializing in using Adobe Flash Professional to visualize science, data, and stories on the Web. He is on the adjunct faculty of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism, where he teaches interactive journalism.

Russell has authored the previous edition of this Classroom in a Book and all of the previous editions of Flash Advanced: Visual QuickPro Guide. He has also co-authored an interactive e-book on multimedia journalism called Storytelling with Flash CS3 Professional, and has written extensively about Flash in magazines such as SBS Digital Design and Macworld.

Visit the site where Russell shares his Flash-related ideas at www.RussellChun.com.