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James Russell

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Covers:  visual art, architecture, built environment, culture, Texas politics, public health
Doesn't Cover: courts, criminal justice, lifestyle, finance, sports
i edit and write about art, the built environment, culture, #txlege, politics largely in texas. @quorumreport newsclipper. endowed #sevvie award.

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I'm a freelance who writes for local, statewide and national outlets covering an array of issues.

I write for local, regional and national publications, including Architect's Newspaper, Arts and Culture Texas, CityLab, D Magazine, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Architect, Landscape Architecture Magazine and Quorum Report.

Before going freelance, I was the community calendar editor and a staff writer for the Dallas Voice, a LGBTQ weekly newspaper and an assistant editor and reporter for Trutho…

James Russell’s Journalist Portfolio

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The Stories that Hair Can Tell: Rosemary Meza-DesPlas at the Martin Museum of Art

The Stories that Hair Can Tell: Rosemary Meza-DesPlas at the Martin Museum of Art

Rosemary Meza-DesPlas is among the godmothers of her craft. Since the early 2000s, the Garland, Texas native …

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It's a Material World

It's a Material World

If there’s any architect whose personality, buildings, and vision for the world and the field of architecture…

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Texas lawmakers receive disturbing findings from investigators of the Hill Country flooding tragedy

Texas lawmakers receive disturbing findings from investigators of the Hill Country flooding tragedy

Testimony included descriptions of cruel prank calls to parents who lost their daughters in the flood; Lt. Go…

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To prevent the voter confusion of the March primary, Rep. Bucy offers fix with bipartisan support

To prevent the voter confusion of the March primary, Rep. Bucy offers fix with bipartisan support

Not to be confused with closed primaries, but instead focus is on letting one party force the other to conduc…

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Ben Stevenson, a legend in choreography who led Texas Ballet Theater, dies at 89

Ben Stevenson, a legend in choreography who led Texas Ballet Theater, dies at 89

Ben Stevenson taught and inspired generations of dancers in Fort Worth and around the globe.

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A Layered Intimacy: Rashid Johnson at The Modern

A Layered Intimacy: Rashid Johnson at The Modern

Experiencing Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers is such an emotional journey you need to go to therapy …

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Articles

The Stories that Hair Can Tell: Rosemary Meza-DesPlas at the Martin Museum of Art

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By James Russell 
| Arts and Culture Texas
Rosemary Meza-DesPlas is among the godmothers of her craft. Since the early 2000s, the Garland, Texas native has set the standard for how to integrate human specimens in art. All she’s using is hair. Painstaking research into the cultural history of hair is niche but not new. It was the topic recently of art historian Elizabeth L. Block’s book Beyond Vanity: The History and Power of Hairdressing (2024, MIT Press). The book’s premise piqued Meza-DesPlas’s interest.
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Campaign finance reports show huge cash flowing in GOP runoff for Texas Attorney General

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By James Russell 
| The Quorum Report
The homestretch reports show Middleton loaning himself another mountain of money while Roy gets a Panhandle windfall; some House races are still yet to be settled up with two incumbents in runoffs The resources being poured into the race for the GOP nomination for Texas Attorney General are immense while some of the down ballot races are seeing significant financial infusions heading into the final days of the protracted runoffs.
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Latest campaign finance reports in runoffs starting to trickle in

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By James Russell 
| The Quorum Report
Commissioner Wright is suddenly on the board with $2 million raised; reports for AG candidates are largely unavailable as of yet and there are a few Texas House runoffs yet to wrap up Editor’s note: We’ll update the numbers as more reports become available – SB Among the bigger stories of the day, as we reported, is that Bo French once again found an issue with Railroad Commission Chair Jim Wright that has nothing to do with the commission’s role.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Electronic Publishing Intern at Truthout.org. Good timing for a changing media landscape, huh? (And it was paid!)

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes! I'm only 31, but I grew up writing on one.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Via e-mail for sure.

Awards

Lone Star Award

2016 - Internet Opinion

Houston Press Club's annual awards honoring best in journalism from across the state. Second place in the Internet Commentary category for my Bought and Sold portfolio connecting dark money to hyper conservative politics in the Texas Legislature.

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First Amendment Award

2016 - Internet Commentary

Society of Professional Journalists of Fort Worth's annual First Amendment Awards honor the best in open government reporting, commentary and advocacy journalists across Texas, Oklahoma and elsewhere. I came in 2nd place in the Internet commentary category for a bill filed in the 84th legislative session that would have hindered out-of-state access to open records. (http://www.dallasvoice.com/bill-limit-access-state-public-records-10189647.html)

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