My new Grist series profiles the Army Corps in re: the Mississippi Basin




4-corps-and-miss-logo_v87.gifEventually they grow up and you've got to let them go: at Grist.org, the special series I've been researching, reporting, and lead editing for the past three months has left the barn. "The Corps of the Matter: A special series on the Army Corps and the Mississippi River" features great contributions by Time's Mike Grunwald, fellow SEJ member Jenny Cutraro, Wired Magazine infoporn/"What's Inside" meister Patrick Di Justo, author Mike Tidwell, photographer Mark Hirsch, and three articles by yours truly -- all of us backed up beautifully by Grist's production team, and story editor Katharine Wroth.


In a sad and uncanny coincidence to "Tempting Fate," my article on new development and new levees on the St. Louis metro area floodplain, several people have died this week during flooding in southeastern Missouri.