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Remember before Covid-19 when the big news was stricter regulations and the end of free trade? Me neither. This was done back in January for the NYTimes and then got kicked out of the news by the pandemic (and will not see print.) I also included a few of my favorite rejects (which, technically, include the final.)

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New for Proto Mag and the good people at The Foundry - Policy Watch column about how autopsies are coming back into fashion - the renewed interest is based on the value for teaching and research (rejected sketches included.)

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New spread for Georgia Tech about their engineers working to develop hypersonic thrust and materials for defense.

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Another terrifying and thrilling OpEd day yesterday. Twitter is making some work from home permanent and if they do it then so goes the world, I guess. As always, the calming presence of AD Jim Datz helped bring another one in on time. I still love when you see the image in your newsfeed just minutes after it was turned in.

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Classroom dialogue in an election year - new for USC Rossier. 

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New cover for USC Rossier for a themed issue on democracy and education. I also did all the art for inside - such a great project and wonderful people to work with!

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The Motherhood Penalty for Chicago Booth Review. Women who decide to have children suffer far more serious and long term career setbacks than men. 

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How to be a great manager? Let your team practice their leadership skills. For Southwest Airlines - with a couple rejected sketches included.

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New back page for World Wildlife Fund and Pentagram Austin about the benefits of planting a native garden (only local native plants.) Your beds will establish must faster, your plants will need less water because they will already be accustomed to regional conditions, and native plants bring more beneficial critters into your garden ecosystem. Thanks to the WWF and Pentagram team for picking my favorite idea - rejected sketches included after the final page.

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A frightening amount of the plastic we put in recycling just ends up in the landfill for various reasons. The current model isn’t sustainable for long (or hasn’t been all along) and chemists are working to close the plastics recycling loop at the molecular level. The new cover for the ACS Discovery Report and the rejected sketches - sometimes, in the end, why say with more what you can with less. This is the second of a four cover series ongoing through 2020.

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The first piece of personal work I’ve actually finished in a long time. A portrait and love letter to one of the greatest illustrators and designers of all time. Charlie Harper’s drawing, composition, and abstraction is a master class in art. I have been studying his work for years and still cannot wrap my head around his craft. Truly one of the best of the best. 

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New for Pennsylvania Gazette for a cover story about a UPenn economist trying to find a fair, value-based formula for equitable taxation. 

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Prisoners in Texas and elsewhere are having their visitation rights taken away for minor infractions or misunderstandings, sometimes for a year or more. I get it that crimes have been committed but to not be able to see your children or your wife or your parents, the research on this one was heartbreaking. Visits are a critical component of rehabilitation and this seems counter to what the system purports to do. Thanks to my AD Drue Wagner for the challenging story and beautiful design of that first page. Some of the rejected sketches are included.

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Cover story art for C+E News about NDMA - a carcinogen that keeps showing up in pharmaceutical products like Zantac. No one knows how it’s getting there and researchers are racing to find answers. More good news from the world of American health.

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New in today’s @nytimes for an OpEd making a case for bailing out people in jails before they become casualties of COVID-19. Many of those being held have not yet been convicted and simply cannot afford their bail, this includes immigrants who are waiting for asylum cases to be heard. Poor healthcare and overcrowding in these detention centers could mean a death sentence if those held cannot raise the money to post bail. Leftover sketches included.

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Some actual good news - this spread for the Northfield Mount Hermon school magazine received a merit award from SPD! Thanks to NMH and and SPD and top shelf designer Lilliana Pereira for the very excellent design. It’s such a cherry on top of this job to get to collaborate with so many ace designers and to see how they pull everything together issue after issue.

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For Utah School of Medicine Alumni magazine - Great story asking why we lie to our doctors. Turns out most of us who do it (I just did it at my physical last week) don’t want our doctors to think we’re bad people (I said I smoke less often than I do.) Some of the rejected sketches included below.