REPORTING IN PUBLIC
Announcing a new way of doing journalism that brings the audience for the story along every step of the way.
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Why Can’t I Sell This Story?
The tragedy of the GutterPunks in New Orleans demonstrates the country’s lack of interest in how the decline of the middle class affects the next generation.
The Old World Crumbles
Trying to sell a magazine story has always been tough, but my efforts to sell GutterPunks brought a new kind of agony and, eventually, game-changing inspiration.
THE HISTORY OF TRAIN HOPPING TEENAGERS
If you compare the economic conditions that caused teenagers to hop trains during the Depression, to today’s economy, there are some striking similarities.
Getting Ready for Easter . . .
A cartoonist’s Easter-themed satire of the locally sourced food tyranny: organic, sustainably harvested Peeps!
The The Impotence of Proof REading
Those of us who publish our own writing on the web, bow down to proofreaders, the advisers we can’t afford to hire yet know we desperately need.