Shorter articles
June 2020
For Bloomberg, on a plan to change how schools are funded in the state
Using Dust and DNA to Trace Products All the Way Back to the Factory
April 2020
For Bloomberg Green, on a new technology to support supply-chain transparency
June 2019
For The New York Times' science section, new technology for advancing conservation of crucial ocean habitat
February 2019
For Bloomberg's "Hyperdrive," on how insurers are scrambling to prepare for automated vehicles.
October 2018
For Businessweek, a short profile of a financier educating investors about the environmental impact of large-scale meat production.
February 2018
For Bloomberg Businessweek: A biotech star with a fresh $100 million is betting stem cells can treat Crohn’s and MS and perhaps even slow aging.
January 2018
I traveled to Tel Aviv to report for Bloomberg Businessweek on a predictive-medicine startup.
October 2017
A story in American Prospect about an economist and a neuroscientist who teamed up to see if poverty stunts children's brain development.
December 2017
In Fast Company, how consumer protests are affecting corporate branding strategies.
August 2017
The Washington Post
From Sept. 2013-Dec. 2016 I was running the longform journalism product for Participant Media and produced only features.
2013-2016
July 2013
For Time (print), on efforts to rehabilitate the public perception of America's most reviled dog breed.
Want to Revolutionize Energy? Improve the Battery
2013
Smithsonian.com
2012
For Pacific Standard, on the dearth of inspections of facilities manufacturing generic medication overseas.
Is Natural Gas Just as Polluting as Coal?
2012
Pacific Standard
2012
I met the renowned climate researcher at a conference and he gave me an exclusive advance copy of his new paper showing that the only mathematical explanation for recent record warming events was global warming. For Time.com
2009
Essay for the New York Daily News featuring adorable pictures of my daughter published without her consent (she has since granted consent).
From 2004 through 2008 I was working as an editor at various magazines and as a producer for public radio news.
2004-2008
2003
One of these was in the "Best of McSweeney's, Humor Edition" book. Eggers assured me it was assured it was a nepotism-free decision.
After Might magazine folded in 1997 and until 2004, I worked mostly (and mostly unsuccessfully) as a screenwriter. Few of my articles prior to that are online, it being, you know, the Nineties.
1997-2004