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Now more than ever, content creators need to dig deeper for stories… audiences are demanding originality and authenticity.  Anything else feels like an empty, bygone product, especially in this political climate.  I’m…

Excited for the attention bestowed on a couple of friends/comrades:   The Hageman Bros. — Dan & Kevin — have an upcoming series Trollhunters with Guillermo Del Toro for Dreamworks. Also, writer Sam Quinones was on WTF with…

Biopics can be victims of narrative cliches. But, when done right, the hope is a subject’s larger-than-life persona can break the mold. Wrestler Andre the Giant was, if anything, larger than life. …

SoCal startup Geo Listening inked a contract a few years ago with LA’s Glendale School District to monitor student posts on social media and smartphone use for potential violence, drug use, bullying,…

File under “professional envy.” A few years back, I developed a pitch for a 30-for-30 for ESPN that traced the history of Tommy John surgery, a cutting-edge medical procedure invented by Dr.…

How low can you go in Sin City?  In the 90s, construction began on a labyrinthine system of storm drainage tunnels, originally intended to protect the Strip from flash floods.  At some…

While researching “The Gray Team,” I met numerous elder victims of crime.  Tax scams where the perp would phish for a social security number, alarming phone calls from “grand-kids” stuck in a…

This very short graphic novel is based on the WWII experiences of my 94-year-old Grandfather, Edward F. Harris.   Art + Lettering by Bryant Dillon at Fanboy Comics.  

A group of young science enthusiasts seem to be turning heads in a refreshing way. Since 2012, the nonprofit DIY GIRLS has held tech workshops for 5th grade girls, largely from low-income…

a chilling mini-doc from the NY Times…