Food, Culture and Identity
THE YAKAMA NATION, Wash. — “For This Tribe, Saving a River Means Saving the Sturgeon,” The New York Times, June 3, 2020
“Breaking the Ramadan Fast in Quarantine,” The New York Times, May 12, 2020
KINGSTON, N.Y. — “Chinese Restaurants Are Closing. That’s a Good Thing, the Owners Say,” The New York Times, Dec. 24, 2019 *Appeared on A1
GLEN ELLYN, Ill. — “For Many Widows, the Hardest Part Is Mealtime,” The New York Times, Nov. 1, 2019
Access, Race and Protest
“Students Create a Magazine to Salute Their Heroes: Chefs of Color,” The New York Times, June 30, 2020
“Signal Downloads Are Way Up Since the Protests Began,” The New York Times, June 11, 2020
“Their Minneapolis Restaurant Burned, but They Back the Protest,” The New York Times, May 29, 2020
“Pop-Up Dinners That Share a Culture, Course by Course,” The New York Times, Jan. 28, 2020
Agriculture, Climate and Environment
ELMORE, Vt. — “The Whole-Grain Grail: A Sandwich Bread With Mass Appeal,” The New York Times, Feb. 18, 2020
HATCH, N.M. — “Hard Times for a Hot Commodity, the Prized New Mexico Chile,” The New York Times, Dec. 18, 2019 *Forthcoming publication in the 2020 Best American Food Writing anthology from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
LOST CREEK, W. Va. — “Serving Up West Virginia History, Not All of It Sweet,” The New York Times, Dec. 4, 2019
ROSEVILLE, Ill. — “Amid Trade War, Farmers Lean on a New Crop: Hemp,” The New York Times, Oct. 6, 2019
Art, Culture and Society
“‘It’s Hard When You Can’t Go Anywhere’: Life Inside an Assisted Living Facility,” The New York Times, May 9, 2020
“This Focaccia Isn’t Your Garden-Variety Flatbread,” The New York Times, April 24, 2020
“The Quarantine Diaries,” The New York Times, Mar. 30, 2020
“A Tomato Grows in the East River,” The New York Times, Sept. 4, 2019
International Coverage
WARSAW — “In Poland, Communist-Era Restaurants Are Perfect for the Moment,” The New York Times, April 21, 2020
DAKAR, Senegal — “At new Museum of Black Civilizations, a call to come home,” The Associated Press, Dec. 26, 2018
BANJUL, The Gambia — “In Gambia, young journalists prepare to graduate into a country free from dictatorship,” The Columbia Journalism Review, Mar. 29, 2019
Metro Reporting
BOSTON — “The Valedictorians Project,” The Boston Globe, Jan. 17, 2019. *Finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting
MANCHESTER, N.H. — “‘I know I can do it’: New Hampshire moms in recovery learn new methods of supporting babies,” The Boston Globe, Oct. 15, 2018
BUTLER, Pa. — “Butler County moms support each other through kids’ opioid addictions,” The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 24, 2017
Magazine Writing
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — “The Perimeter,” The New Journal, Oct. 16, 2017
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — “Can Yale Be a Sanctuary?“The New Journal, Feb. 17, 2017
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