Marcy Wheeler is an independent journalist writing about national security and civil liberties. She writes as emptywheel at her eponymous blog, publishes at outlets including Vice, Motherboard, the Nation, the Atlantic, Al Jazeera, and appears frequently on television and radio. She is the author of Anatomy of Deceit, a primer on the CIA leak investigation, and liveblogged the Scooter Libby trial.
Marcy has a PhD from the University of Michigan, where she researched the “feuilleton,” a short conversational newspaper form that has proven important in times of heightened censorship. Before and after her time in academics, Marcy provided documentation consulting for corporations in the auto, tech, and energy industries. She lives with her spouse in Grand Rapids, MI.
And have a long lunch hour on Tuesday? I’ll be giving a talk at Claremont-McKenna’s Athenaeum during the lunch hour.(Un)Covering the Narrative IndustryMARCY WHEELERTUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2008
LUNCH 11:30 a.m., LECTURE 12:00 p.m.If you’re in the area, leave a comment below. I’m heading to the ocean Tuesday night. I don’t yet know what my schedule will be, but I might have time to meet some folks later that evening.