Stephen Harrison
Stephen Harrison
Stephen Harrison with Ryan Ng, a Wikipedia supercontributor he had interviewed. [11]
Stephen Benjamin Harrison is a lawyer and writer based out of Dallas, Texas. Harrison specializes in writing about internet knowldge and Wikipedia. He has written for publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and The Outline. He is also currently a Slate Columnist and Senior Counsel at Thompson Reuters. [17] [14] [16] [19]
Early Life & Education
Stephen Harrison grew up in Dallas, Texas and attended the Lutheran High School of Dallas. In 2008, he graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a Bachelor of Arts in Finance and English. Harrison graduated from the Washington University School of Law with a Doctor of law in 2013. [12] [18] [19]
Career
Writing
Stephen Harrison speaking on Justice Scalia's Thoughts on Jeb Bush -CNN Interview 2-15-16
Stephen Harrison is a columnist with Slate. He has also written articles for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Outline, Salon, Business Insider, and VICE Sports. [14] [1] [2] [22] [13]
Harrison specializes in writing articles about internet knowledge and Wikipedia. He has written about Wikipedia bans, discrimination on Wikipedia, Wikipedia supercontributors, how celebrity deaths are covered, the Wikipedia page about St. Patrick's Day, and the Wikipedia page about Curling. Harrison also writes about the legal industry. He has written about a conversation he had with Justice Scalia, unemployment in law, and the Top-Law-Schools forum. Harrison was later interviewed on CNN by Brooke Baldwin about Scalia's thought on Jeb Bush. Harrison also has written about topics in technology including Artificial Intelligence and eSports. [14] [15] [20] [21] [3] [1] [4] [5]
Legal
Harrison worked as an Associate Attorney at Thompson & Knight in Dallas from 2013-2014. He first joined the firm in 2012 as a Summer Associate. [18]
In 2012, Harrison worked as a Judicial Intern for District Judge William Donald Stiehl in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois in East St. Louis, Illinois. [18]