Journalist
Features/Investigations
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What's wrong with downtown Dallas?
Texas Monthly, February 2025
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​How wolves explain America’s urban-rural divide
The Hustle, January 2025​​​
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The rise of exclusive communities in America
The Hustle, October 2024
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In Sports-Crazed Kansas City, Stadium Tax Exposes Deep Divisions
Washington Post, April 2024
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Would You Take Free Land in Rural America?
The Hustle, January 2022
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AT&T's Cowboy Swagger Led to Its Hollywood Misadventure
Texas Monthly, June 2021
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“I thought there was a moratorium?” How Texas forgot renters during the pandemic Fort Worth Star-Telegram, April 2021
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CARES Act was meant to stop COVID-19 evictions. But in Fort Worth, it’s often ignored.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, July 2020
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Life and Death: The True Cost of Inequality in High School Football
SB Nation, February 2020
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The Hard Luck Texas Town That Bet On Bitcoin and Lost
WIRED, July 2019
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A New Pipeline Through the Hill Country is Pitting Pipeline Companies Against Landowners
Texas Monthly​​​​​​​​​, May 2019
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The Last Five Glamour Shots Locations in the United States
The New York Times, May 2019
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The Philadelphia Citizen, February 2016
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Moses Malone, Darryl Dawkins and the Scary Trend That's Killing So Many Legendary NBA Bigs
Billy Penn, October 2015
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Short features
How the Power Suit Lost its Power
Vox
A cultural look at why suits aren't popular anymore.
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Why Men Started Wearing Female Athlete Jerseys
GQ
Sabrina Ionescu and the USWNT have created a new phenomenon.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Kansas City Privatizes Sidewalks in Rowdy Entertainment District
Next City
What happens when a private company decides who gets to walk down the street?
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Forget Craft Beer, Philly Loves Brandy
Philadelphia Inquirer
The most popular alcohol in Philadelphia is brandy, and it's not even close.
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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.
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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.
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