About Nathan Thornburgh

After long deviations as a musician, teacher, and/or dishwasher, Nathan Thornburgh finally got to journalism in 1998. He freelanced for The Stranger in Seattle and then was a stringer for Time Magazine in Seattle and Boston. After joining Time's staff in 2004, he worked as a correspondent, senior writer and senior editor before taking a buyout in 2009. His Time features include covers about West Point, the dropout epidemic, and multiple immigration covers. As a freelancer, he has been published in New York magazine, the New York Times, Slate and newyorker.com. He also blogs with a few friends at DadWagon.com. He speaks Spanish, German and Russian. His most recent project brought him to Ciudad Juarez and the Texas borderlands.

• Occupation: Freelancer, Contributing Writer, Time Magazine
• Organization: Time Magazine and others
• Location: New York City, NY
• Twitter: thornburgh
• Facebook: nthornburgh
• Was accepted for May 15-20 2011 Multimedia Training.

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  • Trumer Pils Brauerei
  • Trumer Pils is an Austrian pilsner that has been brewed in Salzberg with a tradition and heritage that dates back to 1601. In 2004 they opened a second location in ...

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