Happy to have a piece in this week's New Yorker! newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…

The history of New York City skateboarding is fascinating, subversive, and just keeps getting better. Thank you Tony Hawk Rodney Mullen and especially Steve Rodriguez. My latest piece for Red Bull Skateboarding: redbull.com/us-en/history-…

Upstate NY smokes . . . Reported on this with Ken Sturtz and @Dan_Higgins. Edited by the great Adam Nossiter nytimes.com/live/2023/06/0…

The Iron Sheik never hid his grudge against Hulk Hogan, but when they met outside the ring he squashed the beef. “Nobody talk bad about the past,” he said. “I get along with him.” More on an unforgettable wrestler in his NYT Obituaries nytimes.com/2023/06/07/art…

Angus Young has died at 25. Mikey Alfred and I talked about this great young talent . . . gq.com/story/angus-cl…

Patty Zimmerman was a thinker, do-er, and an awesome force of life. She helped bring power and longevity to Buzzsaw Magazine when it was still in its infancy, and continued to help over the years. This The Ithacan story is about this . . . theithacan.org/48448/opinion/…

Cornell was closed on Friday. Reporting by Sharon Otterman and Cole Louison; edited by Sarah Garland . . . nytimes.com/2023/11/02/wor…

Vincenza Ann Filingeri Checkle was 97, tough as nails, and grew up in Gownaus. We were neighbors. Folks at Hell Gate *subscribe today!* let me write about it. Thanks to editors Christopher Robbins and Esther Wang . hellgatenyc.com/my-neighbor-vi…

Last week, in a quiet neighborhood outside of Syracuse, a guy killed two policeman with an AR-15, and they killed him. Reported on this for the The New York Times with staffers Michael Wilson and Chelsia Rose Marcius Research by @kitty_bennett Editing by John MacDonald nytimes.com/2024/04/16/nyr…

Clear, fact-based reporting here, backed up by video and reporters who witnessed it. Peaceful pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA was violently attacked by counter-protesters chanting pro-Israel slogans on Tuesday night. Police were then called in, and arrested the victims...

Protestors are bringing global issues to encampments. For the The New York Times I reported from Cornell; others reported from elsewhere. Great oversightby by Mary Suh. Alan Blinder Neelam Bohra Jill Cowan Jenna Fisher Sean Keenan -- nytimes.com/2024/05/01/us/…

Stoked to do the cover story for the new RBR News 🇳🇱🇯🇵 and even more stoked to talk to Jagger Eaton about the upcoming The Olympic Games. Editing by the great Peter Flax. Photos by the great Atiba Jefferson. Onward! redbull.com/us-en/theredbu…

Students and activism have returned to college campuses this fall. What's different? What's not? Reported on this for the Times... with Julian Roberts-Grmela Coral Murphy Marcos and Anvee Bhutani. By Sharon Otterman , edit by Sarah Garland: nytimes.com/2024/09/04/us/…

Latest for GQ Magazine : 10,000 words, 750 miles, and three months in Loserville. Edited by PAPPADEMAS. Great help by Michael J. DeBarge | Midtown Radio & Records inc.. Thanks to Corey Feldman and Limp Bizkit. gq.com/story/why-fred…

Upstate NY got some snow last weekend. For the The New York Times I talked to folks about this, with Zeke Minaya and Isabelle Taft and Christine Chung nytimes.com/2024/11/30/us/…

Reporters Instructed In Saving Colleagues has closed. RISC trained freelance war reporters in emergency medical tactics, and was founded by author/journalist Sebastian Junger. We talked: cjr.org/the_media_toda… Thank you Sebastian Junger Edited by Josh Hersh For Columbia Journalism Review

" . . . Sabbath was originally a 12-bar blues band." Long ago, Ozzy Osbourne and I talked on the phone. For GQ Magazine RIP, good man. gq.com/story/yes-ozzy…

"What Tyshawn does . . ." For GQ Magazine Edited by PAPPADEMAS Thank you TJ, dna Model Management MTA gq.com/story/tyshawn-…

First assignment covering an ICE raid for the The New York Times. nytimes.com/2025/09/04/nyr…

Good to NY-see the Starbucks Workers United logo, and tell its origins for GQ Magazine a while back: gq.com/story/starbuck…