Feature writer at The Verge.
I write long-form narratives and investigations, often about technology, work, and the overlooked systems behind everyday life. My work also appears in New York Magazine. If you have tips, comments, or just want to say hello, you can contact me here.
Selected Work
The white-collar professionals training AI to steal their careers
A new type of AI company is hiring laid-off professionals to teach machines to do the jobs they hoped to have.
New York Magazine / The Verge
Revolt of the Delivery Workers
Exploited by apps. Attacked by thieves. Unprotected by police. The city's 65,000 bikers have only themselves to count on.
New York Magazine / The Verge
How Foxconn's Wisconsin Factory Fell Apart
Inside the empty promises and empty buildings of Wisconn Valley.
The Verge
Road Tripping with the Amazon Nomads
To stock Amazon's shelves, merchants travel the backroads of America in search of rare soap and coveted toys.
The Verge
Sand's End
Miami Beach has run out of sand. Now what?
The Verge
The Cloud Under the Sea
The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat.
The Verge
How Wikipedia Survives While the Rest of the Internet Breaks
The world's encyclopedia, under attack.
The Verge
The Enemy at the Grates
Helicopters, shotguns, and poison: on the front lines of the global war on rats.
The Verge
AI Is a Lot of Work
As the technology becomes ubiquitous, a vast tasker underclass is emerging — and not going anywhere.
New York Magazine / The Verge
Friend or Faux?
The confusing reality of AI companionship.
The Verge
Awards & Recognition
- Mirror Awards Finalist, John M. Higgins Award for Best In-Depth/Enterprise Reporting — How Wikipedia Survives While the Rest of the Internet Breaks
- National Magazine Award Finalist, Feature Writing — Inside the AI Factory
- Loeb Award, Feature Writing — Revolt of the Delivery Workers
- Loeb Award Finalist, Explanatory Journalism — Inside the AI Factory
- James Beard Award Finalist, Investigative Reporting — Revolt of the Delivery Workers
- Best American Food Writing — Revolt of the Delivery Workers
- Sidney Award — The Eighth Wonder of the World
- Deadline Club Society of Professional Journalists Award — The Eighth Wonder of the World
- NASW Science in Society Journalism Award Finalist, Longform Narrative — The Cloud Under the Sea
- NASW Science in Society Journalism Award, Longform Narrative — Bees, Inc.
Media Appearances
- Marketplace — Data scraped from the web for AI is out — specialized human-made data is in
- All Things Considered — Recent attacks on Wikipedia may have more to do with politics than accuracy
- All Things Considered — Behind the secretive work of the many, many humans helping to train AI
- Why Is This Happening? with Chris Hayes — The Foxconn Con
- What Next — New York delivery workers exploited by apps