Writing Samples
COVID-19
After more than a year of working from home, white collar professionals are cracking. It’s an unexpected development, given that many are highly paid employees in careers like technology, law and financial services — industries that have thrived during the pandemic.
Silicon Valley
The tech industry has been buffeted by a seemingly endless series of ethical scandals, from allegations of toxic workplace culture, to a growing backlash against smartphone addiction. But there are signs that Silicon Valley is undergoing a profound cultural and moral shift.
2020 Presidential Election
Donald Trump is staking his re-election on mobilizing his white working-class base. Democrats hope to inspire a winning coalition of racially diverse and urban voters who failed to turn out for Hillary Clinton. Those battle lines meet in the suburbs of Phoenix.
Border and Migration
The Trump administration’s Remain in Mexico program upended decades of established U.S. asylum law. Join one couple on their quest to get their case approved amid increasingly difficult odds.
California Wildfires
The fate of the Candelabra Tree and other old-growth redwoods that survived the blazes that tore through the Santa Cruz Mountains in the summer of 2020 is an example of why the story of California’s wildfires is not entirely one of tragedy and loss.
Investigative reporting
Canada's booming property market has spawned a cottage industry of small lenders providing money to developers who can't borrow from traditional sources. Some raise funds by promising individual investors a safe, reliable path to real-estate income – when the reality is a high level of risk