WRITING

Freelance writer with a focus on books, gender, and prison / the criminal legal system.

NEWS & FEATURES:
Why longtime fans of true crime are quitting this genre for good | The Washington Post (September 2023)

When pet owners are jailed, shelter programs step in to help | The Washington Post (June 2023)

Cars are decimating the Florida panther. A new film shows what can save it. | The Washington Post (May 2023)

The dog lawyer doesn't care that you hate him | The New York Times (July 2022)

Why elderly incarcerated people struggle to find care after prison | The Appeal (July 2022)

Rethinking prison tourism | The Marshall Project (June 2022)

Prison visitation isn't like the movies | Catapult (May 2021)

Who doesn’t want the USPS to bring banking back to the post office? | Quartz (Oct 2021)

Nurses are battling vaccine misinformation from their own colleagues | Slate (Aug 2021)

Tinder’s plan for criminal record checks raises fears of ‘lifelong punishment’ | The Guardian (April 2021)

'Basically Cyberbullying': How cops abuse social media to publicly humiliate | The Appeal (Dec 2020)

In Florida, the fight to kick out Trump-loving Matt Gaetz is turning nasty over an unexpected issue | The Independent (Nov 2020)

Coronavirus risk looms large for America’s elderly and sick prison population | Quartz (March 2020)

GENDER:
The way we talk to ourselves matters | The Washington Post (Aug 2021)

Frat culture's casual misogyny is everywhere—even Congress | Teen Vogue (May 2021)

The damaging double standard behind intermittent fasting | Quartz (Nov 2019)

BOOKS:
On Instagram and TikTok, annotating books is an art | The Washington Post (November 2023)

Rereading 'The Gift of Fear' in the age of mass shootings | The Washington Post (Oct 2022)

New books will be hard to come by for the rest of the year | Quartz (Sept 2021)

New Orleans is looking toward a hopeful future. A new bookstore is lighting the way. | The Washington Post (March 2021)

7 Books to Read if You Loved 'I May Destroy You' | Book Riot (Dec 2020)

Poet Louise Glück wins 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature | Book Riot (Oct 2020)

8 books that highlight how broken the U.S. criminal justice system is | Book Riot (Sept 2020)

SPECIAL PROJECTS:
The Growth Guide: A series on personal growth, with stories, advice and guidance for cultivating a fuller life. (The Washington Post)

> Soledad O’Brien, Rick Steves and others share what inspired their growth | The Growth Guide (June 2023)

> Embracing analog in the digital age | The Growth Guide (June 2023)

How We'll Win 2019: A year-long exploration of how people are confronting issues of gender equity in the workplace and how women and their allies are opening up new dialogues about these issues. (Quartz)

The 2050 Project: An exploration of creative solutions to the challenges of urban living with AR-models of 8 international structures embedded within each article page. (Quartz)

The World in 50 Years: An interview series with some of the world's boldest thinkers on their predictions for what the world will look like in 2070. (Quartz)

Cultivating Resilience: Quartz explores resilience and why this particular quality has been held up as a critical skill in the face of adversity. (Quartz)