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REPORTING

I've been writing and reporting since co-founding my high school's satirical underground paper in 1992. While I've spent more time as an editor than as a writer, I'm comfortable tackling almost anything. I've written and reported for daily papers including the Wisconsin State Journal and The Christian Science Monitor, interviewed dozens of authors and cartoonists, reported news stories in Jerusalem and the West Bank, and completed a long feature about The Onion for UW-Madison's alumni magazine.

SAMPLES

A History of Violence | Salon.com, Nov. 28, 2005
original link | archived article

Tales of the Street | Salon.com, August 15, 2005
original link | archived article

The State of the Onion | On Wisconsin, Spring 2005
original link | archived article

America Vis-a-Vis Past Empires | The Christian Science Monitor, Sept. 11 2002
original link | archived article

Progressive cover story | The Progressive, July, 2002
archived article

Mother Jones item | Mother Jones, June, 2002
archived article

Profile: Modern Humorist | Flak Magazine, April 12, 2001
original link | archived article

2000 GOP convention diary | Flak Magazine, July 29, 2000
original link | archived article

james norton

main resume

printable version

reporting samples

a history of violence
salon.com

tales of the street
salon.com

profile: the onion
on wisconsin

america vis-a-vis other empires
the christian science monitor

progressive cover story
the progressive

mother jones item
mother jones

profile: modern humorist
flak magazine

2000 GOP convention diary
flak magazine

writing samples

reporting

saving general washington

radio billboards

mideast diary

reviews

online debates

short fiction

the weekly shredder

 
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