4,100 miles (6600 km) of walking. + 2,200 years of turbulent history. + A zillion gallons of Nongfu lemonade from corner shops. + A GPS track bounced off a satellite every 30 seconds = The latest Out of Eden Walk story map: WALKING #CHINA'S ANTIQUE ROADS outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org/articles/2024-…

I got to chat with the 21-year-old Chinese woman who was rescued from the sea off Chiba Prefecture, Japan, after drifting about 80 kilometers over 36 hours. Here's her recollection of how she survived, in Chinese for Sanlian Lifeweek Magazine: mp.weixin.qq.com/s/JTuujSt-ibkK…

Back from paternity leave (!) with some belated news – I'm now a Features Editor WIRED. I'm commissioning ambitious narrative longform journalism for wired.com + print. Particularly looking for stories + writers from outside the US. If that's you, let's talk.

Last week, as part of Pulitzer Center, I joined @Lauren_Risi and a stellar panel of experts to chat all things climate, biodiversity and COP. Grateful to the ~400 people who tuned in live on Friday. In case you missed it, visit The Wilson Center: wilsoncenter.org/event/advancin…

I'm getting ready to follow #COP29 without, for once, actually being there. Here's a thread of essential resources, if you're in the same position as me:

What’s a Fact, Anyway? newyorker.com/news/the-weeke…

hi, i was laid off from Outside Magazine/Outside Inc. last week as part of company-wide cuts. will really miss my colleagues in addition to being employed! just gonna vibe for a bit before thinking about what’s next, but HMU for fact-checking, writing, editing etc. 💞

Tuesday is my first day as a contributing national parks editor SFGATE! I'll be covering Glacier National Park, Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park — some of my favorite places in the whole dang world.

I’m truly honored and humbled to be nominated amongst some of the best in the biz! Grateful to report in my hometown everyday and work for KING 5 News the station I grew up watching! 👑

Weeks before Zelensky said men from China are fighting for Russia, a tenacious Chinese journalist spoke to one. For NPR, I interviewed Chai Jing (months after I first tried to contact her for another story). npr.org/2025/04/11/g-s…

Hi friends! Next week I'll be in Tempe, AZ for the annual SEJ conference and would love to connect! In particular, I'll be looking to chat w/ potential contributors for Vox's climate + biodiversity sections. Freelancers, I'd love to meet up! #SEJ2025 Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ)

a funny not funny part of my brother’s visitation yesterday was ppl asking me what i do for work & me being like “well i’m doing some freelance work now but i recently got laid off from outside magazine. there’s a story about it in the new yorker!” newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…

I'm incredibly humbled, honored and blessed to be part of this cohort! Perhaps America is not done with me just yet :) Look forward to seeing y'all in Cambridge, MA!

Another first ever gold, and this time it’s 🥇Yufei Pan 🇨🇳 who is joined by the other 2025 winners - 🥈 Mejdi Schalck 🇫🇷 and 🥉 Sorato Anraku 🇯🇵 #WorldClimbing

NEW: Phoenix’s Black population is booming, but so is a crisis few talk about: Black residents here are now TWICE as likely to die by suicide as the national average. The culprit? Climate change. Let me explain: capitalbnews.org/black-communit…

HELP: Our friend Alec Luhn is currently missing while hiking in Norway's Folgefonna national park. If anyone has seen him please get in touch. If people in the area can share this please do Last seen July 31 after leaving Odda headed for Holmaskjer. Planned to go to Breidablikk

In some personal news, next month I’ll be starting a PhD in history of science at Harvard. I’m going back to Massachusetts, after almost five years in the Bay Area, but I’ll still be thinking about computing—and the making of the world of bits that we now take for granted

🥺Please hire one of the best Chinese storytellers out there!

A tour of the sound and heat hellscape that is L.A. latimes.com/environment/st…

30,000 Chinese migrant workers travel to remote islands in Indonesia to process nickel for EV batteries, risking their lives on the frontier of the green energy transition Read Wufei Yu 余物非’s new feature, produced grist and republished by Rest of World restofworld.org/2025/chinese-m…