Selected Work
JOURNALISM
My Father, Guitar Guru to the Rock Gods | The Atlantic (print feature) When the greatest musicians of the 1970s needed an instrument—or a friend—my dad was there. Awarded the 2026 Zenger Prize.
Profile of Pastor John Mark Comer| The Atlantic (print magazine) John Mark Comer's advice for lost, phone-addicted Christians is to live, literally, more like Jesus. I spent six months profiling him and trying his recommended practices for The Atlantic's May 2026 print issue.
The Place Where I Grew Up Is Gone | The Atlantic Essay about my neighbor Arthur who died in the L.A. wildfires, and the childhood he gave me
'I've Never Seen Anything Like This | The Atlantic A dispatch from the L.A. wildfires
Sound as Ever | Harvard Magazine Gram Parsons and Harvard's hand in country rock
Fire, Fire Everywhere | Cosmopolitan
Winner of a 2023 National Headliner Award. Special report on a group of college students who lived through a mass shooting and wildfire in 72 hours—and the mental health effects of multiple, cascading traumas.