SOME OF MY WORK:

UKRAINE

On the Ukraine-Russia Border, War Is Impossible to Escape, The Nation, 2023

Flouting War Crimes Charges, Putin Visits Occupied Ukrainian Territory, The Nation, 2023

Embarrassed by Military Failures, Putin Takes Revenge on Ukraine’s Civilians, The Nation, 2022

The Postmaster of Mykolaiv, The Nation, 2022

Wartime in Odesa: Ukraine’s historic Black Sea resort turns to the war effort, The Nation, 2022

How the War Came to Kalynivka, The Nation, 2022

Russian Victory Day in Kyiv, The Nation, 2022

On the Night Bus to Kyiv: Scenes on the Way to a War, The Nation, 2022

TEXAS

Surviving Terlingua: When several women spoke out against a powerful man in the former ghost town of Terlingua, the backlash was fierce, Texas Monthly, 2021

Who Is Austin’s Citizen Police Academy Meant to Serve? Texas Monthly, 2020

“Your Butt Is Perfect”: Those Austin Police Department Thank-You Cards Are Even Stranger Than You Thought, Texas Monthly, 2020

The West Texas Basketball Tournament at the Center of a Coronavirus Outbreak, Texas Monthly, 2020

Joe Exotic: A Dark Journey Into the World of a Man Gone Wild, Texas Monthly, 2019

What Happened When Austin Asked Homeless People How to Solve Homelessness, Huffington Post, 2019

Catfishing and Conspiracy in Groves, Texas Monthly, 2018

Who’s Killing Buck Birdsong’s Cows? An East Texas Mystery, Texas Monthly, 2018

Crossing The Line In El Cenizo: A Small Texas Border Town Defies a Crackdown on Immigration, Texas Monthly, 2017

The Night Crawler: For Lagordiloca, Live-Streaming Crime Scenes is Just a Night's Work, Texas Monthly, 2018

Voices From The Storm: An Oral History of Hurricane Harvey, Texas Monthly, 2017

Cast Out of Eden: Why were the residents of Lake Diversion forced to abandon their longtime homes? Texas Monthly, 2017

How Trump-Fueled Hate Radicalized Texas' Biggest City, Splinter, 2017

Kush City: Houston Has Become A Major Hub For Synthetic Marijuana, Houston Press, 2016

Kush City: A Real Life Look At Kush Use In Houston (Photos), Houston Press, 2016

The Hard Life and Questionable Death of Star Basketball Player Melvin Swift, Houston Press 2016

Why Did the U.S. Government Give Imprisoned Iranian Bahram Mechanic a Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card? Houston Press, 2016

Varsity Brands Owns Cheerleading and Fights to Keep it From Becoming an Official Sport, Houston Press, 2015

In Lucifer’s Name: Michael Ford’s Invented Religion Comes to Old Town Spring, Houston Press, 2015

Total Chaos: The Story of a Botched Sting, a Dead Informant and Friendly Fire, Houston Press, 2015

Flood City: Flood City, Part 2: HFD Wasn't Prepared to Handle the Memorial Day Flood or its Victims, Houston Press, 2015

Yani Williams Has 26-inch Long Fingernails And She Suffers For Her Art, Houston Press, 2016