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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