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Browse: Essays & perspectives · Profiles & conversations · Business, ideas & culture · Technology, products & systems
Essays & perspectives
Culture / Catalogue essay
New Perspectives in Virtual Dimensions
A sustained critical essay at the intersection of art history and scientific imaging.
Politics & policy / Profile
Holding police accountable
A profile of legal scholar Stephen Rushin and his work on police accountability.
Business / Thought leadership
3 Imperatives for the Modern Nonprofit CFO in the Digital Age
Research and webinar insights, organized for a nonprofit finance audience.
Technology / Executive perspective
Proactive Intelligence: A Paradigm Shift in Cyber Defense
Making the case for a more proactive approach to cyber defense.
Business / Research synthesis
Recession Watch? 9 Insights on the Small Business Economy
Finding a coherent narrative in a panel of financial and small-business experts.
Culture / Independent essay
Why Everything Looks the Same Now
On aesthetic convergence, algorithmic taste, and small rebellions against beige.
Profiles & conversations
Reported profile · institutional editorial
Hale Ekinci MFA ’11: Artist. Designer. Professor.
An artist’s playful materials meet the serious subjects of migration, language, and political dissent.
Reported profile · interview / Q&A
Jacqueline Penrod: Faculty Spotlight
A Chicago set designer on making a world onstage—and helping students learn to do the same.
Interview / Q&A · podcast-to-editorial adaptation
Milwaukee is the New New Midwestern Tech Hub
An interview about the people and institutions building Milwaukee’s technology community.
Business, ideas & culture
Thought leadership · research synthesis
4 Ways Financial Institutions Can Leverage Data-Driven Marketing in 2023
A webinar conversation becomes four useful priorities for financial-services marketers.
Thought leadership · podcast-to-editorial adaptation
Fintechs FTW: Innovation in the Midst of Crisis
How a panel of fintech leaders responded to an unfamiliar and rapidly changing economy.
Thought leadership · regulatory explainer
Revolution or Regulations? Fintech’s Future After the Avant and Marlette Settlements
A financial-services debate, made readable without sanding off its disagreements.
Editorial digest · podcast-to-editorial adaptation
The Covid era spikes fintech fever, and other accounting stories you may have missed
A week’s worth of accounting and fintech developments, distilled into a lively professional digest.
Thought leadership · podcast-to-editorial adaptation
“We’re All in the Same Storm, but Not the Same Boat”: Adapt to Change with Empathy
A sales article about adapting to change without losing sight of the person on the other end.
Podcast-to-editorial adaptation · political and cultural editorial
Democracy-ish: a conversation, made for the page
Three samples from a sustained editorial assignment: politics, institutions, food, and a very particular sense of humor.
Technology, products & systems
Technical storytelling · podcast-to-editorial adaptation
Whats so nifty about NFTs?
An explanation of NFTs at the point where technology, ownership, art, and the law collide.
Product storytelling · brand profile
Dress Like a Man: The Tie Bar Offers Trendy Men’s Dresswear For Unreal Prices
The business behind a well-dressed customer: a retail story with personality.
White paper · technical storytelling
Modernizing eDiscovery: Best Practices for In-House Legal Teams
A complex legal-technology decision, explained for the people responsible for making it.
Presentation writing · executive thought leadership
Automate Differently: The Flexible Future of Warehouse Automation
A presentation about why software, people, and coordination matter more than speed alone.
Technical storytelling · product education
Unlocking the Potential of Healthcare Claims Data, Part I: Identifying Cost-Saving Opportunities
What healthcare claims data can reveal, explained for a professional audience.
Product storytelling · technical storytelling
Beyond Filters: The Advantages of Protective DNS
Protective DNS, from the basic concept to its place in a security team’s toolkit.
Technical storytelling · research synthesis
The Malware Chronicles: Urelas, Sality, LockBit and StealC Examined
Four malware families and the infrastructure that helps investigators understand them.