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Eliud Kipchoge, the world's first sub-two-hour marathoner, is a product of one of #Kenya's most extraordinary communities. My story on his greatness, and his heritage, ahead of Sunday's TCS London Marathon. nytimes.com/2020/10/02/spo…

With Nagorno-Karabakh in the news, I figured it was time to dig up this vintage Russ Juskalian travel story. An intimate portrait of the "mountainous black garden," that you still won't find on maps. nytimes.com/2012/09/23/tra…

It’s the small things in life. I laughed so hard at this.

After tonight, Republicans will have nominated 15 of the last 19 justices, despite having lost the popular vote in 6 of the last 7 presidential elections. #MinorityRule

Seeing lots of #TanzaniaElections2020 coverage portraying Magufuli as an autocrat who's been good for the TZ economy. Most in Dar I spoke to for this story last year said economic uncertainty had risen significantly. theatlantic.com/international/…

#westernmass' own @ItsGabrielleT runs the fastest 200m in a generation. Looking forward to watching her represent the 413 in #tokyo.

"Wherever the United States government contemplated a wrong turn, Rumsfeld was there first with his hard smile—squinting, mocking the cautious, shoving his country deeper into a hole." theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Happy to contribute again to MIT Technology Review's annual list of young innovators; always fun to pick the brains of some of the most brilliant, forward-looking people out there. technologyreview.com/innovators-und…

The green technologies needed to prevent climate catastrophe will require vast amounts of yet-to-be discovered metals. My story for National Geographic from #Zambia on new techniques that could help find more of them. nationalgeographic.com/environment/ar…

I took a deep dive for MIT Technology Review into a study that "punctures the myth" that covid-19 took it easy on Africa. My story from Lusaka: technologyreview.com/2022/04/08/104…

My story in MIT Technology Review's May/June print issue looks at one consequence of #Kenya's hustler mentality colliding with its tech savviness: the unrelenting popularity of online sports betting. technologyreview.com/2022/04/14/104…

Henry Rono, track and field legend, experienced the pinnacle of sport and the depths of addiction. At 70, as I report from #Kenya, he has no regrets. nytimes.com/2022/07/10/spo…

Charges of neo-colonialism are coming from both sides of the debate over #EACOP and #Uganda's oil, especially after this week's European Parliament resolution. My attempt to give this, and the project's threats, a bit of perspective: nationalgeographic.com/environment/ar…

My story, reported from Mount Elgon, on Joshua Cheptegei 🇺🇬🇺🇬 🥇🥇 and #Uganda's distance running renaissance: nytimes.com/2023/08/12/spo…

As athletics at #Paris2024 gets underway, it's a good time to share my recent MIT Technology Review feature on supershoes and their impact on the sport. With input from current Olympians, past world record holders, top coaches & exercise physiologists, etc. technologyreview.com/2024/06/25/109…

This past summer, in my first story for grist, I reported on the drink that, in some ways, fuels all my other writing. Coffee, it turns out, is highly vulnerable to the changing climate. But a movement is accelerating to make it more resilient: grist.org/food-and-agric…

"Kelvin Kiptum’s final run began at an abandoned fluorspar mine on the floor of Kenya’s Great Rift Valley." Jonathan W. Rosen for The Economist's 1843: economist.com/1843/2025/05/3…

Edition #76 features fantastic long reads from: Mark Kriegel Jessi Jezewska Stevens Brett Martin Alessandra Codinha Lucy Feldman Sam Dean 🦅 Joe Bernstein Andy Greenberg (@agreenberg at the other places) Jonathan W. Rosen Daniel Miller Scott Sayare Frazier Tharpe II Michael Mechanic Lillian Ali Danielle Friedman Danielle Pergament lila pearl

In one form or another, reducing greenhouse gas emissions will likely involve a spike in the use of hydrogen. #Namibia has big plans to supply the global market. But as I report for MIT Technology Review, it's a gamble. ter.li/JonathanR