Journalism

Here is a small sampling of my journalism.

The Atlantic: The Great Salt Debate: So Bad? 

The Washington Post: ‘There is no other medicine’: Texas father breaks law to treat self-harming autistic daughter with marijuana

The Washington Post: A 10-year-old Virginia girl without a hand wanted to play violin. Now she can.

The Washington Post: Behind the right’s loathing of the NEA: Two ‘despicable’ exhibits almost 30 years ago

The Washington Post: Chuck Barris, host of ‘The Gong Show’ who wildly claimed to be a CIA assassin, dead at 87

The Washington Post: On the day his daughter became his son, a father published this powerful message 

The Washington Post: Stunning serendipity saves man and his dog from N.C. floodwaters

Mashable: Inside News Corp’s $540 Million Bet on American Classrooms (Part of Mashable’s long-format initiative, Mashable Spotlight)

Mashable: Are Interactive Toys Interfering With Child Development?

International Business Times: ‘Narcos’ Netflix Release Helping Streaming Service Expand To Latin America

Southern Living: PDF: New Face of an Old City (Travel Feature on New Orleans)

Southern Living: PDF: Give Me Richmond! (Travel Feature on Richmond)

Or Something: The Everyday Remains of American Slavery

Or Something: Consider the Photo: Images Influence How We Read Stories

Washingtonian Magazine: Behind the Scenes at the StoryCorps Van

Esquire: Your Perfect Crawfish Boil Is 9 Steps Away

TIME: Demand for King Cakes Grows Along With Interest in New Orleans

Esquire: Louisiana Is Just Fine With How It Looks On TV

Mashable: Proof the Segway Isn’t Dead (Hint: It’s Segway Polo)

Mashable: ‘Controversial Dating Site’ Is the Hottest New Business Model

The Atlantic: Can We Really 3-D Print Limbs for Amputees?

The Atlantic: Breathalyzers of the Future Today

Smithsonian Magazine: Kissing Language Barriers Goodbye (Google is paving the way for the universal voice translator)

Southern Living: PDF: Draped in Roses (Garden feature on climbing roses)

Southern Living: PDF: Maryland’s Best Crabshacks

Washingtonian Magazine: Kathryn Cornelius to Marry—and Divorce—7 People at the Corcoran This Weekend

Salon: Hip-hop goes for gay marriage

Salon: Have hip-hop’s commercial aspirations alienated its consumers?

The Huffington Post:  Hip-Hop Reappropriates Emmett Till

The Times-Picayune: Washington Mardi Gras Ball brings New Orleans to D.C.

OffBeat Magazine: Dining Underground in New Orleans

OffBeat Magazine: Mod Dance Party: A Dance out of Time

Washington Post: R&B Love, Actually (A Look at Dwele)

Washington Post: The Will of Wale

Washington Post: All Aboard the Magic Bus