Brian Doherty is a senior editor at Reason, the critically acclaimed monthly magazine of free minds and free markets. He is also author of the book This Is Burning Man (Little, Brown, 2004), a work of contemporary cultural history examining Nevada's annual experimental community/arts festival. Doherty worked as an associate editor and reporter for Reason from 1994 to 2003, writing stories on topics ranging from the Americans with Disabilities Act to National I.D. cards to civil liberties to the independent rock scene. Doherty's work has appeared in The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones, Spin, National Review, The Weekly Standard, San Francisco Chronicle, and numerous other publications. Doherty was the Warren Brookes Fellow in Environmental Journalism at the Competitive Enterprise Institute in 1999 and served as managing editor at Regulation magazine from 1993 to 1994. Doherty holds a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Florida. |