About me

I'm a husband and daddy of four kids living in Ferguson, Missouri. Our family regularly travels to Bolivia, South America.

I'm a data journalist and developer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Check out my résumé.

I'm a computer historian and retrocomputing enthusiast who runs a modern-day bulletin board system (BBS).

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News apps

Writing

See examples of my writing in the Post-Dispatch and earlier in my career.

Press freedom

Dec. 7, 2022: Please watch my "Truth isn't dead" speech, given to the National Press Club when I received the John Aubuchon Award for press freedom.

Feb. 11, 2022: Please read my personal statement about the conclusion of Missouri's investigation of me after I found a significant security flaw in a state website.

Talks

See examples of my presentations and talks at high school, college and professional conferences of all sorts, plus podcast appearances and teaching engagements.

Print portfolio

For 15 years, I worked primarily as a news designer for the Post-Dispatch before switching to development and data journalism full-time. Below are a few notable pages from the years before the newspaper outsourced design work.