Writing

Here is a sampling of my writing.

Stories

"‘They're playing both sides’: Bezos's flirtation with ICE appalls Amazon employees" (Vanity Fair)

Interviewed Amazon workers from across the company, who found themselves up in arms over their employer's continued talks with ICE about facial-recognition software.

“‘It was cataclysmic’: Can Snapchat survive its redesign?” (Vanity Fair)

I talked to publishers in the wake of Snapchat Discover’s redesign in 2018, the future of Snap, about the effect the redesign had on their individual channels.

“To understand where Silicon Valley went wrong, look at what Vine got right” (Vanity Fair)

Two years after Vine’s shutdown, an essay reflecting on the defunct looping video app.

“Reporters continue to cover Parkland closely—but at what cost?” (CJR)

While writing CJR’s daily newsletter, I examined the effects of media coverage on victims of traumatic events like mass shootings.

“When millennials run for office, having grown up online may be their saving grace” (Washington Post)

In the wake of revelations that Virginia’s Gov. Ralph Northam and Attorney General Mark R. Herring had appeared in blackface pictures when they were younger, an examination of how millennials are different—a whole generation grew up with the expectation of constant surveillance.

“Would You Like A Tiny Fish With That?” (The New York Times)

A piece on the rise of the anchovy, both as a trendy food and a sustainable protein source.

“Big Calculator: How Texas Instruments Monopolized Math Class” (GEN)

How Texas Instruments and its expensive graphing calculators came to be the standard in math classrooms everywhere.

“The Human Toll of the 2019 Media Apocalypse” (GEN)

More than 3,000 journalists lost their jobs in 2019. These are some of their stories.

“Why All The Warby Parker Clones Are Now Imploding” (Marker)

How venture capital became the most dangerous thing to happen to now-troubled DTCs like Outdoor Voices, Harry’s, and Casper.

“Do The Sopranos Love Joe Biden? Just Ask Michael Imperioli” (Vanity Fair)

An interview with the Sopranos actor about why exactly he turned his Instagram feed into a 2020 liberal fanfic account.