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April 11, 2025 — Rare Bird
It’s a Bird— It’s a Plane— Oh No
A deep dive into the data behind American aviation’s grisly bird strike problem.
May 10, 2024 — The New York Times
Bird Flu Is Already Here. Just Look at the Millions Killed.
We don’t yet know if H5N1 bird flu will spill over from animals to infect a large number of humans. But already it has wrought devastation upon so many lives.
April 30, 2024 — Curbed
The Showdown at NYU Over Public Space
Barricading Gould Plaza wasn’t NYU’s first move to head off protests. Since October, the school has increasingly, even preemptively, shut down access to its once-open spaces. The university that describes itself as “a campus without walls” is now closer to a fortress.
March 16, 2024
This Shouldn’t Be New York City’s Most Common Tree
The London planetree is a symbol of European settlement, biodiversity collapse, and Robert Moses.
Sept. 21, 2022 — Audubon
A Global Antenna Network Is the Next Frontier of Migration Science
Motus stations across the landscape pick up ‘pings’ from any radio-tagged birds that fly past. The data, open to everyone, are painting a fuller picture of the journeys the creatures make.
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2024 JSTOR Daily Best of Suggested Readings
2022 Associated Collegiate Press Online Pacemaker
2022 Associated Collegiate Press Editorial of the Year, third place [shared byline]
2022 Associated Collegiate Press Multimedia Story of the Year podcast, honorable mention
2021-22 Hearst Awards Explanatory Writing competition, 11th place
2021-22 Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Best Public Affairs Program finalist