Selected Work: Writing
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The ‘Bubble’ Saved the NBA from Covid. But Another Crisis Was Waiting | CNN
Written for CNN Business’ annual series Risk Takers (a franchise for which I have also served as editorial lead in some years), this piece explores NBA leaders’ twin dilemma: How to safely return to play during a pandemic while confronting a national reckoning on race?
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The Uncertain Future of Ham Radio | IEEE Spectrum
This exploration of a fascinating subculture — and several of its colorful characters — proved one of the magazine’s most popular.
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How Bad Is It? | HGTV Magazine column
For several years I wrote the magazine’s popular monthly column (whose length, I assure you, belies the amount of research behind each blurb!).
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Rocket Blast Teaches Teens Cost of Discovery | NBC News
I spoke to four Iraqi refugee girls whose science project was aboard the failed Antares rocket meant to carry supplies to the ISS. In science and in space, failure sometimes comes with the territory.
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Black, Female, and a Silicon Valley Trade Secret | CNN
Published in 2013, years before some (albeit limited) progress on companies’ diversity data becoming public, this investigation of 20 of the largest tech companies involved FOIA requests and a couple years of red tape.
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Foodservice Operation of the Month | FoodService Director
I’ve written this trade magazine column for several years, profiling an operation in non-commercial foodservice monthly. Here’s one of my favorite ops.
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How China Is Exporting Tech-Based Authoritarianism | Dark Reading
This Q&A with former Under Secretary of State Keith Krach discusses how the country embeds its values in its exports.
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Cyborgs Among Us: World of Human Biohackers | NBC News
At the literal bleeding edge of body modification, man and machine become one.
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Finding Gratitude After My Husband's Cancer Diagnosis | MSNBC Know Your Value
I was honored to write this as-told-to piece about a woman who bravely shared her story about her husband’s battle with pancreatic cancer.
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Virtual Reality's New Tricks for All Five Senses | New York Times Studio
Written for HP’s publication The Garage, this piece details immersive, unforgettable sensory experiences.