Articles

I've been working on some local citizen journalism.

• Dane County’s jail project barrels down a familiar road, but there are always more off-ramps. (2022-08-08)
• The Dane County Board pairs more jail funding with toothless calls for reform. (2022-03-07)
• New co-responder programs for mental health crises offer different approaches—including whether they send police to the scene. (2022-02-23)
• Misframing decisions about the County jail does the public a disservice. (2022-01-17)
• Public health, public safety, and the people caught in the coils. (2021-11-24)
• My research project on cash bail in Dane County. (2021-05-22)
• Common Council and the Community for Responsible Government [with Karl Locher], billboard silliness continues. (2021-03-19)
• Body Cameras: The Big Picture (2021-02-21)
• Crime Wave Hysteria vs. Reality billboards go up around town. (2020-12-16) [Update: it was a landlord who doesn't even live in the city]
• We Should Ban Facial Recognition Technology, an investigation of body cams and facial recognition algorithms in Red Madison (2020-11-30)
• Approval Voting: What Is It and How Does It Work? in Red Madison (2020-11-06)