Sean Dooley

Jul 17, 2024 | wsj.com | Shelby Ying Hyde |Sean Dooley

Fashion designers are upgrading the Eras-Tour accessory from plastic to enamel, gold and even diamonds, with prices ranging from $130 to over $5,000. Here, why some shoppers are paying up. By | Photographs by Marcus McDonald for WSJ; Prop styling by Sean Dooley Your browser does not support the audio tag. 00:00 / 03:11This article is in your queue.

Jun 20, 2024 | wsj.com | Fiorella Valdesolo |Sean Dooley

As a corporate banker in Chicago, Sali Christeson noticed a pattern. Before work lunches, her female colleagues would have to race back to their desks and grab their purses—a detour that often removed them from the casual banter and strategy chats that male colleagues enjoyed. Officewear with real pockets, Christeson thought, would end that problem. But it was strangely scarce.

Dec 28, 2023 | kvmr.org | Sean Dooley

It’s that time again…KVMR’s annual Year In Review, celebrating all the awe-inspiring music releases that your favorite KVMR & KVMRx DJs have been obsessing over from 2023. Dig in music lovers!

Oct 5, 2023 | theguardian.com | Sean Dooley

Recently I visited Tokyo for the first time and was immediately struck by the bird calls I would hear at each train station. In an urban conglomeration of 37 million people, it was a pleasant surprise to think birds were thriving. It wasn’t until I heard the distinctive two-note call of a cuckoo that I became suspicious. It was then that I discovered that they piped in bird sounds to help visually impaired people navigate around the extremely busy stations.

Sep 24, 2023 | msn.com | Sean Dooley

Those of us who work at Birdlife Australia get asked a lot of questions about birds. Usually, it’s to ID a mystery back yard bird. (Nine times out of 10 it’s a butcherbird!) Occasionally we get thrown a much curlier question such as “Is a cassowary a bird?”, “Do birds have penises?” or “What’s your favourite bird?”. The answers are: “yes”, “females don’t, but neither do males of most species – they have a cloaca, which is a topic for another day”.