BIO
I am an independent journalist, currently working on investigation for the Thomson Reuters Foundation. I largely specialize in science coverage, and have written for The New York Times, The Guardian, The Nation, The Atlantic, NBC News, New York, The Marshall Project, The Village Voice, The New York Observer, Men's Journal, City & State, Quartz, Out and The Advocate.
I am particularly interested in climate change, public health and psychology and how the science of each field intersects with public policy.
Following years of volunteer work in the HIV field, I started my journalism career reporting on that epidemic. I went on to serve as editor at large at HIV Plus and then at POZ magazine, and also covered viral hepatitis and cancer for POZ's sister publications, Hep and Cancer Health.
In my investigative work, I exposed Governor Rick Scott's administration for overseeing the effective blocking of $70 million to combat Florida's HIV crisis in The Guardian. I also broke new ground in the narrative behind Harvey Weinstein's questionable financial dealings with the HIV charity amfAR. And I assisted with a Times investigation into nursing homes that are hotbeds of a highly fatal drug-resistant fungal infection.
I graduated cum laude from Columbia University with departmental honors in English and an honors creative writing certificate.
My work has received multiple awards from NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists. This includes the Excellence in HIV/AIDS Coverage Award, once for a 2014 article in POZ about pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) against HIV, and then for my 2019 Rick Scott investigation; and an Excellence in Profile Writing Award for my 2020 article in The Guardian about how the HIV epidemic prepared Dr. Anthony Fauci to battle Covid-19.
I speak on Sirius Satellite Radio from time to time and have also spoken with NPR.
My photography has been accompanied my reporting in POZ and The Guardian. I shoot with a Canon 5D Mark IV.
I have been studying ballet since 2007, having begun dance training with jazz and theater dance classes in 2004. Starting in 2012, I spent a year studying intensively and performing with the Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical Ballet. I currently study at Steps on Broadway (or I was when COVID interrupted matters), primarily with Karin Averty and New York City Ballet and School of American Ballet alumni Paul Boos, Kurt Froman and Heather Hawk. I also trained with the late, great David Howard.
The son of a general surgeon and an English teacher, I grew up in the heart of Seattle, where I had the unusual experience of attending the same small school K–12. I have called New York City home since my Columbia days.
In my spare time, I enjoy reading (novels, psychology, history, memoirs and biography), seeing theater, dance and movies, biking around New York, writing fiction, cooking and photography.
I encourage you to follow me on Facebook and Twitter.
For a podcast of me discussing my work, volunteer work and life, click here.
I am particularly interested in climate change, public health and psychology and how the science of each field intersects with public policy.
Following years of volunteer work in the HIV field, I started my journalism career reporting on that epidemic. I went on to serve as editor at large at HIV Plus and then at POZ magazine, and also covered viral hepatitis and cancer for POZ's sister publications, Hep and Cancer Health.
In my investigative work, I exposed Governor Rick Scott's administration for overseeing the effective blocking of $70 million to combat Florida's HIV crisis in The Guardian. I also broke new ground in the narrative behind Harvey Weinstein's questionable financial dealings with the HIV charity amfAR. And I assisted with a Times investigation into nursing homes that are hotbeds of a highly fatal drug-resistant fungal infection.
I graduated cum laude from Columbia University with departmental honors in English and an honors creative writing certificate.
My work has received multiple awards from NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists. This includes the Excellence in HIV/AIDS Coverage Award, once for a 2014 article in POZ about pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) against HIV, and then for my 2019 Rick Scott investigation; and an Excellence in Profile Writing Award for my 2020 article in The Guardian about how the HIV epidemic prepared Dr. Anthony Fauci to battle Covid-19.
I speak on Sirius Satellite Radio from time to time and have also spoken with NPR.
My photography has been accompanied my reporting in POZ and The Guardian. I shoot with a Canon 5D Mark IV.
I have been studying ballet since 2007, having begun dance training with jazz and theater dance classes in 2004. Starting in 2012, I spent a year studying intensively and performing with the Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical Ballet. I currently study at Steps on Broadway (or I was when COVID interrupted matters), primarily with Karin Averty and New York City Ballet and School of American Ballet alumni Paul Boos, Kurt Froman and Heather Hawk. I also trained with the late, great David Howard.
The son of a general surgeon and an English teacher, I grew up in the heart of Seattle, where I had the unusual experience of attending the same small school K–12. I have called New York City home since my Columbia days.
In my spare time, I enjoy reading (novels, psychology, history, memoirs and biography), seeing theater, dance and movies, biking around New York, writing fiction, cooking and photography.
I encourage you to follow me on Facebook and Twitter.
For a podcast of me discussing my work, volunteer work and life, click here.