Dan Sinker/now

I always have a lot going on, here's what I'm doing now:

I'm building and writing Question Mark, Ohio, with the novelist Joe Meno …

while also helping the Chicago Reader revitalize their website …

and shipping the Trying, Cooper Black, and Marginally Employed patches I made for you …

and helping run the Civic Media Fellowships at USC …

and actually being a fellow at the DePaul Center for Journalism Integrity and Excellence

and hosting and producing the weekly podcast Says Who

and making stickers for the Says Who Sticker Club

and wow that is a lot.

My most recent blog posts

Building a Town that Doesn't Exist

This week I gave a talk at the 11ty International Symposium on Making the Web Real Good. It was about Question Mark, Ohio and about how the web is still a place of endless possibility. I've adapted the talk into a blog post for you.

Three For Flinching

I ended the indictment.fyi newsletter tonight and I feel a little guilty about it, so as penance, maybe, or out of a feeling that if I've taken something out of the world maybe I should also put something back in, here's three things I've been particularly excited about lately. Here's three for flinching.

I'm Back with Scars to Show

Fresh out of college and in need of a job I landed in the production department of the Chicago Reader. Now, 30 years later, I'm back to help rebuild its legacy on the web.

Updated May 20, 2024. This page is inspired by @nownownow.