Journalist
Features/Investigations
This Amarillo Woman Devoted Years to Maintaining America's Nukes. She's Paid a Hefty Price
Texas Monthly, December 2025
Slate, April 2025
What's wrong with downtown Dallas?
Texas Monthly, February 2025
How wolves explain America’s urban-rural divide
The Hustle, January 2025
The rise of exclusive communities in America
The Hustle, October 2024
In Sports-Crazed Kansas City, Stadium Tax Exposes Deep Divisions
Washington Post, April 2024
Would You Take Free Land in Rural America?
The Hustle, January 2022
AT&T's Cowboy Swagger Led to Its Hollywood Misadventure
Texas Monthly, June 2021
“I thought there was a moratorium?” How Texas forgot renters during the pandemic Fort Worth Star-Telegram, April 2021
CARES Act was meant to stop COVID-19 evictions. But in Fort Worth, it’s often ignored.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, July 2020
Life and Death: The True Cost of Inequality in High School Football
SB Nation, February 2020
The Hard Luck Texas Town That Bet On Bitcoin and Lost
WIRED, July 2019
A New Pipeline Through the Hill Country is Pitting Pipeline Companies Against Landowners
Texas Monthly, May 2019
The Last Five Glamour Shots Locations in the United States
The New York Times, May 2019
The Philadelphia Citizen, February 2016
Moses Malone, Darryl Dawkins and the Scary Trend That's Killing So Many Legendary NBA Bigs
Billy Penn, October 2015
Short Features
Downtown Dallas Faces a Reckoning
Texas Monthly
Is Domino's Pizza Inflation Proof?
The Hustle
How the Weirdest Store at the Mall Survived the Retail Apocalypse
The Hustle
How the Power Suit Lost its Power
Vox
A cultural look at why suits aren't popular anymore.
Why Men Started Wearing Female Athlete Jerseys
GQ
Sabrina Ionescu and the USWNT have created a new phenomenon.
Can Car-Crazy Dallas Learn to Love Bikes?
City Lab
After a disastrous experiment with dockless bike sharing, the famously auto-centric Texas city is trying to be more friendly to bicycles and pedestrians.
How State Abortion Laws Could Cost Republicans the 2020 Election
Fortune
The victories for anti-abortion activists could be short-lived if abortion becomes a major election issue.
Deep in The Desert in West Texas, a Spring-Fed Swimming Pool Beckons
Atlas Obscura
It’s not just a recreational hotspot—it’s also an ecosystem.
The Running Test That Has Tormented Sport's Biggest Stars Turns 50
Runner's World
Kenneth Cooper invented the 12-minute run in 1968; athletes from Pele to Michael Jordan have been hating it since.
Kansas City Privatizes Sidewalks in Rowdy Entertainment District
Next City
What happens when a private company decides who gets to walk down the street?
Forget Craft Beer, Philly Loves Brandy
Philadelphia Inquirer
The most popular alcohol in Philadelphia is brandy, and it's not even close.
The Secret, Sexist History of America's First Soccer League
Slate
Long before women played in the World Cup, they were playing in a professional league in St. Louis.
The Glasnost Bowl and Russia's First Ever Football Game
Slate
USC and Illinois were set to play a game in the Soviet Union, until it fell apart in the most Soviet way imaginable.