Joshuah Bearman is an American journalist. He has written for ''

Rolling Stone ''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first known for its ...

'', '' Harper's'', ''

Wired ''Wired'' (stylized as ''WIRED'') is a monthly American magazine, published in print and online editions, that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics. Owned by Condé Nast, it is headquartered in San ...

'', ''

The New York Times Magazine ''The New York Times Magazine'' is an American Sunday magazine supplement included with the Sunday edition of ''The New York Times''. It features articles longer than those typically in the newspaper and has attracted many notable contributors. ...

'', '' The Believer'', and ''

McSweeney's McSweeney's Publishing is an American non-profit publishing house founded by Dave Eggers in 1998 and headquartered in San Francisco. Initially publishing the literary journal'' Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern'', the company has moved to ...

,'' and contributes to ''

This American Life ''This American Life'' (''TAL'') is an American monthly hour-long radio program produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media and hosted by Ira Glass. It is broadcast on numerous public radio stations in the United States and internatio ...

.'' Bearman was a contributing producer on the documentary, '' The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters''. Bearman is an advisory board member of

826LA 826LA is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6–18 with their creative and expository writing skills and helping teachers inspire their students to write. Programs are structured around the beliefs th ...

, a non-profit tutoring organization in Los Angeles. He lives in

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. Several of Bearman's articles have been optioned for film and television adaptation. His 2007 ''Wired'' article about a CIA mission during the Iran Hostage Crisis was adapted as the 2012 film '' Argo,'' with George Clooney producing and Ben Affleck directing and starring. The screenplay, based on Bearman's article, won the Writer's Guild award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and the

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. The film won the

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at the Golden Globes, the

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, and

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at the Academy Awards. Bearman was nominated for a National Magazine Award in 2014 for his article, "Coronado High, the Story of America's First Drug Empire." It was co-published in '' GQ'' and ''

Atavist Atavist Inc. was launched in 2011 and is the company behind the Atavist multimedia publishing platform and ''The Atavist Magazine,'' an award-winning monthly magazine. It was founded by Jefferson Rabb, Evan Ratliff, and Nicholas Thompson (editor) ...

''. His writing has appeared in the Best American Non-Required Reading and Best American Technology Writing anthologies. Bearman is a former staff writer and editor for the '' LA Weekly.'' He was one half of Team USA in ''Walleyball,'' a short film by Brent Hoff about a pick-up game of volleyball at the US-Mexico border. He was the editor-in-chief of ''Yeti Researcher,'' a journal in the field of cryptic hominid investigation, published by ''McSweeney's.'' He produced and directed ''McSweeney's Presents,'' a live comedy series, as a fundraiser for 826LA, a tutoring organization for children. In 2014, Bearman co-founded ''Epic,'' a digital publication of narrative non-fiction and film and television production company.

Personal life

Bearman lives in

Works

Articles

*"The Untold Story of Silk Road,
Part 1
& an
Part 2
''Wired,'' April/May, 2015
"Coronado High, the Story of America's First Drug Empire,"
''GQ'' and ''The Atavist,'' July, 2013
"The Big Cigar: How a Hollywood producer smuggled Huey Newton to Cuba,"
''Playboy,'' January, 2013
"The Baghdad Country Club, or Casablanca in the Green Zone,"
''The Atavist'', January, 2012
"Art of the Steal: On the Trail of the World's Most Ingenious Thief,"
Wired, March 22, 2010
"The Legend of Master Legend,"
Rolling Stone, December 25, 2008
"Mr. Romance,"
The Panorama, ''McSweeney's'' issue 33, 2010

''The New York Times Magazine,'' November 15, 2009

The New York Times ''Week in Review,'' December 9, 2009
"The Perfect Game: Five Years With the Master of Pac-Man,"
''Harper's,'' July 2008
"Escape from Tehran: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Iran,"
Wired, May 2007
"The Gospel According to Rio: Heaven's Gate, the Sequel,"
LA Weekly, March 27, 2007
"Chest of Lies, or, The Door is the Party: Identity theft and the search for meaning at Sundance,"
LA Weekly, February 2, 2007
"The Great Dome: Scenes from Mt. Wilson,"
LA Weekly, February 22, 2002
"Xianjiang's Swarm of Giant Gerbils, an Investigation"
McSweeney's, issue 14
"Grass Roots Democracy Means Getting Some Manure on Your Boots: An Epic Tale of the 2004 Iowa Caucuses"
The Believer, April 2004
"The Uninhabited United States Army: Today's Unmanned Desert Race-Bots Are Tomorrow's War Machines"
The Believer, May 2004
"The Uninhabited United States Air Force: The Fever Dream of Military Planning"
The Believer, August 2003
"Total Information Awareness: An Interview with Usama Hayyad, Data Mining Pioneer"
The Believer, August 2004
"But Will it Bring Back the Dinosaurs? End Times at the Long Island's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, Part 1""Part 2""Part 3"
McSweeneys, 2000
"Unnatural History: Fake Fossils and Other Things in the Ground"
McSweeney's, Issue 8
"In a little valley in West Jerusalem: An interview with my father about the Dead Sea Scrolls"
McSweeney's, Issue 4

This American Life

This American Life Live at BAM!Episode 528: The Radio Drama Episode!Episode 500: 500!Episode 475: Send a MessageEpisode 323: The SuperEpisode 334: Duty CallsEpisode 371: Scenes From a MallEpisode 447: The Incredible Case of the PI MomsEpisode 475: Send a Message

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