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I don’t care about who Russell Wiseman is; I care about what he did

Anyone living outside the 901 might have missed this, but it’s also possible that they might have caught it on the Drudge Report or Huffington Post or any number of widely read sites that picked it up: Arlington Mayor Russell Wiseman was pissed that President Obama’s Afghanistan address cut into the showing of the Peanuts Christmas movie and ranted on Facebook about how it was a conspiracy by our Muslim president to suppress the Christian…

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True Crime layout: Parts three and four

I’m ever so slightly behind on posting my True Crime designs, so let’s get caught up. Part three (ran Sunday, Nov. 1) (thanks to Shane McDermott for his work on the family tree and pie graphs) Part four (ran Sunday, Nov. 22) I was pleasantly surprised to learn that my part one design won a Scripps quarterly design award. I got a lot of helpful input from my AME Visuals, and lots of graphic help…

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Day 298: Estate

Amanda roused me out of hermit-dom Sunday, for which I am eternally grateful, for I got to nose up in the historic Annesdale-Snowden estate, which hasn’t exactly been open to the public very much in its prolific history. And what a history it has. The place is enormous, and features all the weird old leftover idiosyncrasies of Southern aristocracy we’ve grown to love and appreciate (dingy servants’ quarters, anyone?). It felt more than tacky rifling…

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True Crime part two: The layout

Part two of the True Crime series rolled out on Sunday. The story chronicles the Clementine neighborhood, which is statistically the most violent area of Memphis. Some pretty incredible journalism here. Part one’s layout is here.

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Day 287: Ryburn-o-Lantern

Topical and hyper-local. You’re welcome, internet. I really can’t take credit for the idea. Blame this guy. Previous years: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004. [Project 365]

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