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Writer, award-winning journalist, editor.

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Published Work

Vermont

- 130 cows, historic barn lost in Percy farm fire (1st Place, General News, 2023 New England Newspaper Association Better Newspaper Competition)

- Connector lift eyed for Stowe, Smugglers’ Notch resorts (Exclusive industry breaking news)

- Life and Death of Darrell Adams

- View more weekly local coverage of Stowe, Morristown, Cambridge and Lamoille County, VT

Food

- Ways of Eating | Newsletter
- Sexual Harassment, Booze, and Barbecue: Inside Bruce Gerleman’s Restaurant Empire | Iowa Informer

- Iowa Farmers Face Climate-Fueled Destruction, While the Industry Says it’s ‘Just Weather’ | Civil Eats

- The Iowa Derecho Put Refugee Food Workers at Even Greater Risk | Civil Eats

- COVID-19-Related Closures in Ankeny Highlight Uncertainty for Iowa Bars and Restaurants | Iowa Informer

- Iowa’s Oldest Chinese Restaurant Is Now The Weirdest Fusion Pizza Place You’ll Go To | BuzzFeed News

- How Decorah, Iowa, Became One of America’s Great Beer Towns | InsideHook

- A Tex-Mex tradition endures at Henry J's Taco House | DMR

- These are the oldest Des Moines restaurants still in operation | DMR

- From Casey's pizza to QuikTrip tea, these are Iowans' convenience-store favorites | DMR

- The 41 bygone Des Moines restaurants diners miss the most | DMR

- Drinking water donation efforts highlight a softer side of MillerCoors and Anheuser-Busch's competitive 'Corn Syrup War'|DMR

- MillerCoors escalates Corn Syrup War with lawsuit demanding rival Anheuser-Busch stop marketing campaign, pay damages

- You can trace Iowa's taste for chili and cinnamon rolls back to elementary school lunch | DMR

- MillerCoors, Anheuser-Busch fight over farmers in aftermath of Bud Light's Super Bowl ad | DMR

- B&B Grocery is a Des Moines institution for a reason | DMR

- In Sayville, South Shore Dive Serves Up Hyper-Local Food and Plenty of Atmosphere | Edible Long Island

- The Vanishing American Diner | Men's Journal

- Hotel Food Takes a Giant Leap Forward | Men's Journal

- The 10 Best Ways to Make a Hot Dog | Men's Journal

- 10 Splurge-Worthy State Fair Foods | Men's Journal

- The 25 Best Burgers in America | Men's Journal

- The 15 Best Bloody Marys in America | Men's Journal

Books

- Shining and Whole: In Remembrance of Donald Hall | The Millions

- Time Is the Only Effective Salve: On Vi Khi Nao’s ‘Fish in Exile’ | The Millions

- Author Claire Vaye Watkins on Her Debut Novel, the Water Crisis, and Poop Jokes | VICE

- Padgett Powell Is American Letters' Oddest Elder Statesman | VICE

- Interview: Donald Hall, author of Essays After Eighty

- Monthly Book Round-Ups | AskMen.com

- Religion, Writing, and The Gospel According to Jam Bands | BuzzFeed

- Author Teju Cole Talks His New Essay On Immigration, Twitter, And Censorship | BuzzFeed

Trends, Culture, News

- Health Officials Face Death Threats From Coronavirus Deniers | The Intercept

- Living History Fiasco | Iowa Informer

- How a small town reacted when its mayor was caught growing weed | The Guardian

- Wells Fargo Call Center Workers in 4 States Test Positive for COVID-19 | VICE

- Wells Fargo Demands Call Center Workers Come to Office Despite Coronavirus | VICE

- ‘Iowa Nice’ Doesn’t Mean Much to Me | VICE

- Behind the Carson King story | Columbia Journalism Review

- Meet Carson King, the 'Iowa Legend' who's raised more than $1 million for charity off of a sign asking for beer money | DMR

- The stories behind 19 odd Iowa town names | DMR

- 'Nothing has ever really been like this': The story behind Iowa's unprecedentedly popular blackout license plates | DMR

- A treasure trove of muscle cars: Iowa man sells nearly 100 vehicles after decades of collecting | DMR

- The once and future flag: How a neglected symbol of Des Moines is making a comeback thanks to one local family | DMR

- In the kingdom of muscle cars: How Coyote Johnson built his massive collection and why he's selling it away | DMR

- Mysterious painting of a naked woman discovered in south-side Des Moines home | DMR

- The 'Goddess of Grapes' caper: Homeless Iowa woman recovers and returns stolen sculpture to Sioux City Art Center | DMR

- How one Iowa man's mental health crisis ended with his arrest | DMR

- How George the pig, once headed to the slaughterhouse, landed at an Iowa animal sanctuary | DMR

- Why Do They Come To The Iowa State Fair? | Catapult

- Why does Des Moines, Iowa have worse affordable housing than Brooklyn? | The Guardian

- Echo and The Lonely Men: Can Amazon's Alexa Be Your Friend? | Digg

- 'RuneScape' Can't Escape 2007 | Digg.com

- This Comic Perfectly Explains What White Privilege Is | BuzzFeed

- Which “Friday Night Lights” Character Are You? | BuzzFeed

- How Brittni Donaldson became the NBA's youngest assistant coach | DMR

- Nick Nurse returns home to celebrate NBA victory in Iowa with family and old friends before returning to uncertain off-season | DMR

- Iowa native and NBA veteran Nick Collison makes basketball history after a career of ‘playing the right way’ | DMR

Basketball

- The Curious Case of the Bootleg David Berman Literary Collection | Pitchfork

- Country music titan Kenny Chesney weathers the storm in return to Des Moines | DMR

- Cardi B oozes charisma and offers a bit of blunt honesty during her 45-minute Iowa debut | DMR

- Waka Flocka Flame denounces racism during University of Northern Iowa concert amid ongoing controversy | DMR

- How a visit from Waka Flocka Flame ignited an ongoing controversy around race at the University of Northern Iowa | DMR

- Drake Rapping About Drake Is Still Fascinating | VICE

Music

- In Iowa, As In Other Red States, Hopeful Democrats Fail to Make Gains | The Intercept

- Get Out the Vote Efforts in Farm Country Are Reaching Young, Latinx, and Rural Voters | Civil Eats

- A Desperate Trump Rallies in Iowa as He Cancels Ads, Loses Ground | The Intercept

- This Whole Primary Is Steered by a Tiny Percentage of an Incredibly White State | VICE

-Why do white people love Pete Buttigieg? | VICE

-Come on! Feel The Yangapalooza! | VICE

- How an Iowa college student working with a national conservative group tried to embarrass a presidential candidate | DMR

- Conservative organization tests Iowa's new campus free speech law at Southeastern Community College | DMR

-White nationalist speaker provokes controversy at Iowa State University | DMR

- The Martyring of Mollie Tibbetts | Pacific Standard

Politics

- Des Moines Police Have It Out for Black Lives Matter. How Far Will They Go? | Iowa Informer

- Two Des Moines Dunkin’ Employees Fired After Refusing to Serve DMPD Spox Parizek Over Son’s Allegations | Iowa Informer

- How We Are Iowa’s Much-Anticipated Report on BLM Protester Viet Tran Fell Flat | Iowa Informer

- Son of DMPD Spox Parizek Endorses Black Lives Matter in Call for Father’s Dismissal | Iowa Informer

- Des Moines Police Start Riot at Iowa Capitol, Then Play the Victim | Iowa Informer

- Des Moines Police “Retaliate” with Arrest of Prominent Black Lives Matter Organizer | Iowa Informer

- Were the Arrests of Protesters by Des Moines Police in a Residential Apartment Building Legal? Probably Not, Experts Say. | Iowa Informer

- Des Moines Gay Bar Raided Amid Black Lives Matter Protests As Pride Month Begins | Iowa Informer

- How Des Moines Media Has Failed the Challenge of Covering Black Lives Matter Protests | Iowa Informer

Protesters & Police

Fiction

- The Marlin | Sequestrum Literary Magazine

- In The Mouth | Arboreal Literary Magazine

- Sermo In Monte | Soft Star Magazine

- When the light came

- The Third Cycle | Potluck Magazine