I’m James Russell, a freelance writer in Fort Worth, Texas writing about art, the built environment, religion, and politics, primarily in Texas. I’m really popular at parties.

My byline regularly appears in Arts and Culture Texas, Dallas Voice, D Magazine, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Landscape Architecture Magazine, Quorum Report and Texas Architect. My work has appeared in Religion News Service, The Architect’s Newspaper, CityLab, Jewish News Syndicate, INTO (which has since closed), the Huffington Post, Generation Progress (formerly Campus Progress), Star Trek and Counterpunch.org. 

Previous contract roles include serving as web editor for the Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide and the book reviews section editor for New Clear Vision, affiliated with the academic Peace and Justice Studies Association.

From 2014-2016 I was a Dallas Voice staff writer and calendar editor and from 2010-2011 I was an assistant editor and reporter for Truthout.org.

Contact me at james(dot)journo(at)gmail(dot)com.

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