I have several news alerts set up for various projects. Newspaper layoffs. Headlines that start with the word “man.” And the Tuskegee Airmen. Last year, I worked on a comprehensive project to document Tuskegee Airmen who had been awarded a Purple Heart. The number was woefully under-reported at eight; so far we’ve found more than [...]

I spend a lot of time reading about and talking about and blogging about layoffs. A lot of time. “Lemonade” is a documentary about 16 advertising professionals who were laid off, and discovered new dreams. It’s quite inspiring. Watch the whole thing here:

Men’s Health has published a list of America’s “drunkest” cities. The title is sexy, to be sure, but inaccurate. These are not the cities that consume the most alcohol. They are the cities with the most alcohol-related crime and deaths. The list was compiled using death rates from alcohol-related auto accidents and alcoholic liver disease, [...]

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon delivered his annual State of the State address on Jan. 20. About a week before, Flash genius Brian Williamson, political editor Christopher Ave and I brainstormed a few ideas to cover the State of the State and the State of the Union for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The biggest, grandest idea [...]

Last week, Poynter posed a question on Twitter: “Journalism survivors: You outwit, outplay, outlast. You still believe in your profession. Tweet your reasons to #whyistay” The early #whyistay tweets were bubble gum — sugary sweet and full of hot air. There wasn’t much substance, or reality. So I posed the question to a few journalists, [...]