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DEVIN GREANEY

I am a Memphis, Tennessee-based freelance writer and photographer. I was born and raised here, but lived in Austin, Texas from 1990 to 2004. I have written for MEMPHIS DOWNTOWNER, THE MEMPHIS FLYER, MEMPHIS WOMAN, THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE, both the Austin and Memphis BUSINESS JOURNAL and many others. Please feel free to contact me with questions or just to say hello. This website is ALWAYS under construction!

                                                                         

memphisgreaney@gmail.com

 

901-619-1646

PO BOX 111195

Memphis TN 38111.

 

 

Some of my articles

 

 

 

A.Schwabs: Memphis tradition since 1876

 

Abandoned Austin: Forgotten Spots in the boomtown

 

Adult Skate Night: Fun, Friendship and Romance on Wheels

 

Lily Afshar: A classical guitarist who belongs to the world, but makes Memphis home

 

Alley Plats: Up and down the alleys of downtown Memphis

 

Austin Movie Theaters: Where you watch is as varied as what you watch

 

Austin's Wedding Business: The many people behind "I do."

 

Michael Badnarik: Austin Libertarian who wants to be your President

 

Barbecue, Bar-b-que, Barbeque: However you spell it, it's a Memphis area staple.  

 

The Great California Migration: new faces are changing Austin

 

Camy's: Delivering dinners since 1992

 

Chickasaw Bluffs Trail: A Memphis area hiking challenge

 

Chick Shtick: Humor and sisterhood amongst local comics

 

Childhood Homes of Famous Memphians: Where did the little celebrities play?

 

Crying Icon of Blanco, Texas: A Hill Country Miracle?

 

Dewitt-Spain Airport: Wings over downtown Memphis

 

Digital Photography: A snapshot of photographers attitudes

 

Downtown Memphis: A timeline from the Martin Luther King Assassination to present

 

Down Under Downtown: Bellow the surface of Downtown Memphis

 

Louise Dunavant: Story of a Memphis life

 

EMS Violence: Attacks on those who help or more common than you may think

 

Fire Stations of Downtown: Local heroes waiting for the next alarm
 

 

First Responders: Buying time in an emergency

 

First Tennessee Heritage Mural: An album of the Tennessee family

 

Food Not Bombs: Pacifists feeding Memphis' hungry 

 

Gastroenterologists: Changes in technology and billing

 

Cameron Gates: A life of playing with her food comes out in her cooking

 

Happy Campers: The great outdoors from different perspectives

 

Health Clubs: A lesson in keeping customers

 

Hidden Austin: Things and people many long time residents may not have discovered

 

Historic Perspective: When does the past become interesting?

 

Independent Film Makers: Light on pay, heavy on passion 

 

Malls: The modern-day ghost town?

 

Medical Inventions: Some Memphis Medical Miracles that may change your life

 

Medical Memphis: A rough road to the 21st Century

 

Memphis in May: Annual celebration is a local tradition

 

Memphis Music: A local icon

 

Mid-South Eye Bank: Sixty years of restoring sight

 

Molly Mednikow: Memphis business woman helping the people and pets of the Amazon

 

Molly's La Casita: The art of happy hour

 

Neonatal Transport: An elite team that keeps little ones alive

 

911 People: Voices of calm in times of stress

 

Photography Portfolio: A collection of some of my photos.

 

Pita's: The Middle East in the Middle of East Memphis

 

Jane Pitkan: Barton Springs regular

 

Port of Memphis: My senior project for the University of Memphis

 

Preservation or Gentrification?: An East Austin controversy

 

Professional Organizers: Need help getting it all together? 

 

Roadside Memorials: a photo collection

 

Saint Mary's: Helping Memphians for over 130 years.

 

Same as it Never Was: Some things planned for Austin that did never happened 

 

Sculpted Freedom: The statues of the Shelby County Courthouse

 

Shelby Farms: A natural oasis in Memphis

 

Signs of the Times: Ghosts signs advertise to customers of another era

 

Sisters in Crime: Mystery writers on what makes a good story

 

Southern Hospitality: Does it exist in Memphis?

 

Strange Tours: Climb aboard the bus and see what the good people of the town tried to forget

 

Summer Fun in Austin: Part of a special issue in AUSTIN MONTHLY

 

Talented Volunteers: People who bring their unique talents to help others

 

Team Survivor: Women who turn the "Big C" into "challenge"

 

Texas Capitol Tour Guides: Showing off the Statehouse

 

Tough Jobs: How do they cope?

 

Tour Guides of Memphis: Great with people and great with fun facts.

 

Transportation and Memphis: From here to there, Memphians make it happen.

 

The Ubiquitous GPS: high tech tool or big brother?

 

Uniquely Memphis: Attractions in Memphis unlike all others

 

Valenza Pasta: Mother and daughter team bring Italy to Memphis

 

Veggie-Memphis: Not everyone here eats barbeque

 

Weird Texas Tornados: Stories of strange Texas twisters

 

Wild About Downtown: Wildlife in Downtown Memphis

 

Wolf River Conservancy: Keeping the Wolf for future Tennesseans

 

Zoo trainers: multimedia team presentation at the 2008 Northern Short Course Shootout 

 

 

Other Links: I take not the slightest credit for any of them!

This is one of the most amazing photo essays I have seen. It is disturbing

 

I admire this photo project because it treats a very controversial issue objectively

 

The girl, the bird and the gun. One of the most powerful single images

 

I strive to write like this radio show

 

My favorite MEMPHIS MAGAZINE writer

 

The best thing that could happen to this country.