Graduate student, Missouri School of Journalism. My work follows from the question, "why follow the news?" My recent research includes First Amendment law and argumentation in journalism. Visit Argument in journalism, my blog about my thesis, which examines the quality of argument in Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism.
Web developer, Religion News LLC and Religion Newswriters. I maintain WordPress and Expression Engine websites, including Religion News Service and ReligionLink, using HTML5 and CSS3, JavaScript, PHP, and whatever else I need.
Co-author, Hollywood and the CIA: Cinema, Defense and Subversion, with Oliver Boyd-Barrett and Jim Baumann. Our book examines film portrayals of the CIA and CIA agents from 1960 to 2010 to ask how they follow or depart from the historical record. Browse the filmography.
Occasional WordPress theme creator. My blog runs the Thurston theme, which you can download on GitHub.
Editor, Losses of Life. We attempt to put death around the world in context. Each week we list recent incidents in which at least five people died, giving each equal treatment not offered by most media. Returning soon.
You can find posts on the old blog or the older blog.