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  • Chicago, IL
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True/Slant
Bio
I write "Scorched Earth" at True/Slant, a column on the environment and other underdogs. I teach journalism at the University of Chicago, write and collect lyrical commentary, and edit Contrary magazine. I have written for New Times, Newcity, the Arizona Republic, Forecast Earth, PEN International Magazine, the New York Times Company's LIfeWire syndicate, and lots of others.
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http://www.contrarymagazine.com
Blog
http://www.trueslant.com/jeffmcmahon
Twitter URL
http://twitter.com/greenexaminer
LinkedIn URL
http://www.linkedin.com/in/contrary

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I use a Nokia N95 cameraphone,. I've shot rallies and protests with it :) I've even livestreamed with it
October 20
For a small camera this one has pretty good qulity-it's HD up to 720p...but the Kodak Zi6 HD camera small upright handheld camera (Kind of like the Flip-only better quality than that). Easy to carry, cause it's kind of built like a point and shoot...
April 23
Jeff McMahon added a discussion to the group Photography
What's the best small handheld video camera for guerrilla shooting on assignment, something easy to carry, easy to use, that produces high quality video -- at least to the extent that quality is up to the camera.... Does anyone have a recommendation?
April 22
Perhaps you've heard of social news sites before. Digg, Propeller, StumbleUpon and Reddit let readers decide what the most important news story of the day is. But journalists can use these as tools to stay informed and spread their work around.
April 22
You're a reporter. Something on the scanner is on fire. The photographers are all busy and there's a point & shoot in the cabinet. What do you do, hot shot, what do you do?
April 22
New to blogging? Been at it since Jorn Barger? Drop in here and give each other a hand, a comment, or a feed.
April 22
Yeah, Noah, you may have gotten the wrong one. Radio shack sells two versions. The one with two jacks is for a traditional tape recorder. That being said, I never found I actually had to plug in both jacks. They have another one that works with a ...
April 22
As journalists and editors not (for the most part) developers - what online tools are you using to splice and dice and feed your content.
April 22
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April 22
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April 22

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