Finnegan's Take

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The non-profit Reading the Pictures is dedicated to the analysis of news photography and media images.

Sharing my own audacious journey from academia to a more creative life.

Thoughts about technology, writing, and the internet. I try to write 1-2 longform posts a week.

I think the most important thing we can do is ask questions and strive to answer them; that’s how we grow as creatives.

I'm a professor of rhetoric at the University of Illinois. I study political speeches and enjoy public debates. I'm the author of John F. Kennedy and the Liberal Persuasion

Just your average tattooed lady pastor of a little church with big love to share. It’s not easy. It’s not always pretty. But it’s real. Sometimes it’ll break your heart. I hope when it does, it breaks you open instead of breaking you apart.