My Stats
| Followers: | 48 |
| Contributor since: | November 2009 |
| Location: | Silver Spring, MD |
About Me
I'm a journalist and author who writes about science, environment, various forms of government dysfunction, and, against my better judgment, American politics. Also: the media and the future of journalism. My work has appeared in Smithsonian magazine, Wired, The Washington Post, Mother Jones, the Guardian and the Huffington Post. In a previous life I was an investigative/explanatory reporter for The Times-Picayune of New Orleans. The edge of chaos, BTW, is that narrow zone between stasis and chaos where complexity emerges and interesting things happen.
Professional
I'm Known For...
Anticipating that New Orleans would be nearly destroyed by a hurricane (and ureliable levees). (And being mostly ignored. Not that I take it personally.)
I Truly Respect
An ability to see how institutions function, why they so often fail, and how they can change and adapt.
Blocks I've Been Around
Newspapers. Political journalism. High Broderism. The culture wars.
My Other Website
www.johnmcquaid.com
Personal
This Is Making Me Worry...
The human capacity for anticipating disaster is underdeveloped.
