I'm the Editor and Publisher of the Cobb County Courier, a local independent online news site, but I came to journalism with a thirty-year background in programming and systems administrations (primarily unix variants).

I've recently made a decision to focus on data-driven journalism, hence my interest in R.

I'm married, usually live in Cobb County on the edge of Atlanta, but am currently in Albany NY taking care of a relative with early onset Alzheimer's disease.