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I mostly make pictures, sometimes they move. Sometimes I write stuff.

Jason Reed’s Journalist Portfolio

How to use Photoshop to restore an old, faded photo

How to use Photoshop to restore an old, faded photo

Before photos existed only as .jpgs, backed up on Flickr and Facebook and Imgur and in cheap portable hard dr…

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How to turn your profile pic into a kickass laser portrait

How to turn your profile pic into a kickass laser portrait

If you're in desperate need of a high school yearbook photo redo, this is your chance. In the spirit of Drave…

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How to live-GIF the World Cup

How to live-GIF the World Cup

Miley Cyrus twerking on stage while wagging her tongue. Ellen DeGeneres snapping the star-studded selfie of t…

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How Gifpop monetized the digital GIF community

How Gifpop monetized the digital GIF community

It's hard enough to make money as an artist, but a career in digital art can prove especially tricky. Once yo…

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How a mystic raised a quarter-million dollars on Indiegogo

How a mystic raised a quarter-million dollars on Indiegogo

"Either I'm the incarnation of Tesla, or I have the ability to tune into the cosmos and receive Tesla-like in…

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Drug Consumption Room Proposal: Could Edinburgh Follow Glasgow in Saving Lives?

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By Beccy Rawnsley, Jason Reed
| TalkingDrugs
It’s been 18 months since Scotland took the initiative to open the UK’s first Drug Consumption Room (DCR) in Glasgow, having first opened in January 2025. A year and a half later, and the public and political debate still thrives under a culture of stigma; but what can we glean from the early phase of the centre’s operations, and does it justify opening up a further site in Edinburgh?
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US inflation rate fell to 2.4% in September − here’s what that means for interest rates and markets Original

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By Jason Reed
| The Conversation Verified
It wasn’t that long ago that the Federal Reserve, the central bank for the United States, was worrying that annual inflation would surpass 9% in the middle of 2022. The U.S. economy hadn’t seen prices rise that fast since the 1980s, and most everyone feared that a series of interest rate hikes would plunge the economy into a recession. What a difference two years can make. Inflation cooled to 2.4% in September 2024, according to consumer price index data released by the Labor Department on Oct. 10.
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NFL Draft grades: Grading every pick Chargers made in 2024 NFL Draft

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By Jason Reed
| Bolt Beat Verified
Chargers draft grade for Justin Eboigbe: C After knocking out the second day of the 2024 NFL Draft the Chargers started the third day by addressing the defensive line. With the 105th pick in the draft, Los Angeles selected Alabama defensive lineman Justin Eboigbe. This is one of those picks that does not jump off the page and probably won't be one that'll make the "greatest steals of Joe Hortiz's tenure" article in five years.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Writing for The Daily Dot

Have you ever used a typewriter?

I still have ink stains from the ribbon.

How is social media changing news?

It's turned one-way speech into a conversation.