About Justin Reese, Person

In 1981, two nice people cuddled. Nine months later, I happened. I’m husband to Rachael, father to two silly boys, and caretaker of one very intuitive golden-collie mix and one mercurial cat (derogatory).

I’m a freelance web developer with a designer’s eye and a humanitarian heart. I love to travel and work on intense projects with devoted people, especially people from backgrounds — and with talents — wildy different than mine. I love geeks. The more you love something I’ve never heard of, the more I want to sit by you at dinner.

I’ve worked on projects in the civic, journalistic, and humanitarian tech spaces with clients like Duke Reporters’ Lab, Bad Idea Factory, MIT Media Lab, Wikimedia Foundation, Hyperobjekt, Open Tech Strategies, Hearken, Harmony Labs, CQ Roll Call, and Zeynep Tufekci. From 2015–2017, I worked on DocumentCloud, supporting newsrooms like The New York Times, The Washington Post, and ProPublica.

I have a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature and an associate degree in business administration. I started a Master of Global Policy Studies program at the LBJ School of Public Affairs studying refugee and asylum policy, but I didn’t finish it — for secret reasons.

I used to make short narrative and documentary films with a talented group of friends, most often as writer or producer. I also chaired a film festival from 2014–2015 and even acted in a very good TV show.

Want to get in touch? Email is best.

We’d probably like each other.

– Justin