Reportage

Selected from 500+ published works throughout career.

A Shocked Nation Watches Minneapolis Killings: ‘Something Needs to Change’
The New York Times
Jan. 27, 2026

During the storm: Awaiting the wrath of monster Hurricane Melissa, Jamaica prays
Noosphere
Oct. 28, 2025

Think things in Florida are wild now? Just wait until 2026.
Noosphere
Oct. 22, 2025

Worried, Frazzled, Indifferent: Processing the Shutdown in a Divided America
The New York Times
Online: Oct. 6, 2025

Labor Day Protests Denounce Trump While Supporting Workers
The New York Times
Online: Sept. 1, 2025; Print: Sept. 2, 2025, A17

A lot went wrong after Katrina. Twenty years later, where do we stand?
Noosphere
Aug. 29, 2025

In Florida, one man’s journey to protest Alligator Alcatraz redefines protest
Noosphere
Aug. 15, 2025

Before the storm: Under Trump, hurricane forecasting faces its own cone of concern
Noosphere
Aug. 5, 2025

A Competitive Race for Mike Waltz’s Seat Rattles Republicans
The New York Times
Online: March 30, 2025; Print: April 1, 2025, A19

Immigrants and children of immigrants make up at least 15% of 119th Congress (editing)
Pew Research Center
Feb. 27, 2025

Hurricane Helene Leaves Huge Swaths of Damage in Its Wake
The New York Times
Online: Sept. 27, 2024; Print: Sept. 28, 2024, A1

‘Completely Gone’: In Florida, Cedar Key Assesses Helene’s Devastation
The New York Times
Online: Sept. 27, 2024

Even Many Hurricane Veterans Were Leaving Florida’s Big Bend Ahead of Helene
The New York Times
Online: Sept. 26, 2024

Tiny Cedar Key Has Been Hit Before. Now, It Faces a Huge Storm.
The New York Times
Online: Sept. 26, 2024

In Florida’s Big Bend, Preparing Wearily for the Third Hurricane in 13 Months
The New York Times
Online: Sept. 25, 2024

Cedar Key, Fla., walloped by Idalia last year, faces another recovery after Debby.
The New York Times
Online: Aug. 5, 2024

In Florida, Harris Looks to Make Trump the Face of the State’s Abortion Ban
The New York Times
Online: May 1, 2024

It’s not just coral. Extreme heat is weakening entire marine ecosystems in Florida.
Grist
Online; Sept. 18

Cedar Key Residents in the Path of Idalia Prepare for the Worst 
The New York Times
Online: Aug. 29, 2023; Print: Aug. 30, 2023, A9

Inside OceanGate’s Doomed Titanic Dive: Flouted Regulations and Murky Finances 
Rolling Stone
June 28, 2023

After Hurricane Nicole, Condo Owners Grapple With Living Beachside  
The New York Times
Online: Nov. 11, 2022; Print: Nov. 12, 2022, A15

Hurricane Nicole Causes Four Deaths, Forces Evacuation of Unsteady Buildings 
The New York Times
Online: Nov. 10, 2022; Print: Nov. 11, 2022, A23

Long road to peace: An Indigenous protest movement emerges in Colombia (editing, data visualization)
The New Humanitarian
Oct. 21, 2020

Venezuelan migrants left in the lurch as COVID-19 stalls regional reforms (editing, data visualization)
The New Humanitarian
Oct. 15, 2020

Change in the humanitarian sector, in numbers (editing, data visualization)
The New Humanitarian
Sept. 9, 2020

Is a new Plan Colombia putting a fragile peace at risk? (editing, data visualization)
The New Humanitarian
July 15, 2020

The shadow war on the Venezuela-Colombia border (editing, data visualization)
The New Humanitarian
May 5, 2020

About one-in-five U.S. adults know someone who goes by a gender-neutral pronoun 
Pew Research Center
Sept. 5, 2019

A growing number of American teenagers – particularly girls – are facing depression
Pew Research Center
June 26, 2019

In 116th Congress, at least 13% of lawmakers are immigrants or the children of immigrants 
Pew Research Center
Jan. 24, 2019

America’s public school teachers are far less racially and ethnically diverse than their students
Pew Research Center
Aug. 27, 2018

17 striking findings from 2017 
Pew Research Center
Dec. 26, 2017

Many minority students go to schools where at least half of their peers are their race or ethnicity
Pew Research Center
Oct. 25, 2017

More U.S. households are renting than at any point in 50 years
Pew Research Center
July 19, 2017

Number of women leaders around the world has grown, but they’re still a small group 
Pew Research Center
March 8, 2017

From universities to churches, Republicans and Democrats differ in views of major institutions 
Pew Research Center
Sept. 26, 2016

For many voters, it’s not which presidential candidate they’re for but which they’re against 
Pew Research Center
Sept. 2, 2016

I’d rather just dance: A lifelong b-boy 
York Daily Record; June 25, 2016

Dorkin in York’: The city’s freestyle BMX history 
York Daily Record
April 22, 2016

Former Spring Grove cross country runners get second wind in induction into Hall of Fame 
York Daily Record
Nov. 5, 2015

Home on the range: To whom do the Montana lands belong? 
The Riveter
May 29, 2015 (PDF)

Invasive fish spread across NW Montana 
The Western News
Aug. 5, 2014 (PDF) 

Awaiting the Enemy That Never Came: The Bunkers of Albania 
Atlas Obscura
October 9, 2013

Remembering Sharp End Neighborhood 
Vox Magazine; November 29, 2012
(Missouri Press Association Award, Best Coverage of Community/People/Lifestyles, Second Place, 2013) (PDF)

Columbia tutors, mentors focus on individuals to boost achievement 
Columbia Missourian
April 24, 2012

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