Bear!
This dude was about 30 feet from Carrie and I in Rocky Mountain National Park this past weekend. I gave him the steely gaze of death and he slowly backed away. Or maybe it was…
Articles by grant smith
Hook hurt
I’ve just returned from an excellent fishing trip with my buds Mike and Dave. More on that later, but I thought I’d share this bit of action from Friday night. PS: Pushing the hook back…
Church Secrets: Abuse in the Catholic Diocese of Memphis
The Commercial Appeal has put together a series written by Lawrence Buser exploring sexual abuse in the Catholic Diocese of Memphis. The series, Church Secrets: Abuse in the Catholic Diocese of Memphis, is centered around…
Beer is awesome
So I’ve begun the strange adventure of home brewing, under the tutelage of one Jeff Melvin and Michael Erskine. Last Friday, a beautiful day for a homebrew and a DIY project, Jeff and I build…
True Crime case study and crime data guide
Debora Halpern Wenger, of the University of Mississippi, has released her case study of The Commercial Appeal’s True Crime project that I worked on. If you’re interested to read more about why we did the…