Publications
Journalism
The Baltimore Banner: A rare look inside UMD’s historic wind tunnel will blow you away (2024)
The Baltimore Banner: When falcons fall in Baltimore, this man comes to their rescue (2024)
The Baltimore Banner: Why are birds falling out of trees in Fells Point? (2024)
The Baltimore Banner: Former Soccer Without Borders coach pleads guilty in child sexual abuse case (2024)
The Baltimore Banner: There are ghost rivers beneath Baltimore (2023)
The Baltimore Banner: 8 places to shop for Baltimore gifts under $25 (2023)
The Baltimore Banner: Chopping down trees to save the bay? The battle over a Howard County stream restoration (2023)
Lenfest Institute: How to start and grow a journalism TikTok account (2023)
The Baltimore Banner: ‘There’s always a loophole’: Baltimore business tests limits of cannabis law (2023)
The Baltimore Banner: New to Baltimore? Read these books. (2023)
The Baltimore Banner: Sweaters, Baltimore and social media fame: A chat with Sam Barsky (2023)
The Baltimore Banner: What’s up with the rays along the Inner Harbor? (2023)
The Baltimore Banner: The 7 words that knocked Maryland kids from Scripps National Spelling Bee (2023)
The Baltimore Banner: The frigid tale of Glockenspiel, the sea turtle rescued by the National Aquarium (2023)
The Baltimore Banner: What’s brewing in Baltimore’s quietly thriving tea scene (2023)
The Baltimore Banner: Sex at the Maryland Zoo: Bizarre animal facts to wow (or terrify) your Valentine’s date (2023)
The Baltimore Banner: 228 minutes: What it feels like to suffer Maryland’s long ER waits, the worst in the nation (2023)
The Baltimore Banner: How to do three classic Baltimore dances: The Spongebob, crazy legs, Cherry Hill (2023)
The Baltimore Banner: Flood of controversy: Will proposed Ellicott City development mean more rising water? (2022)
The Baltimore Banner: Baltimore harbor water continues to become safer (mostly), as Mr. Trash Wheel goes international (2022)
The Baltimore Banner: A mysterious speaker blasted ‘Baby Shark’ on repeat near Baltimore’s harbor. Was it to keep a homeless man away? (2022)
The Baltimore Banner: Baltimore street entertainers say they’re being shortchanged by the city (2022)
The Baltimore Banner: Why is the Inner Harbor that weird color? Green sulfur bacteria are creating a ‘pistachio tide’ (2022)
KHN + U.S. News & World Report: Work Flexibility May Be a Boon for Night Owls’ Health. (2022)
Note: The above article appeared in 40+ news outlets around the country and internationally.
Bitter Southerner: Catfish and the Quarry: A Grassroots Victory for Environmental Justice in Rural Georgia. (2021)
Miami Herald: (Front Page) New concrete materials could make Florida condos safer. Almost no one uses them. (2021)
Miami Herald: Massive ‘Noah’s Ark’ effort to save corals from a mysterious disease. (2021)
Miami Herald: Surprise Hammerhead shark nursery discovered in Miami. (2021)
Miami Herald: (Front Page) Florida a ‘cesspool’ of infected monarch butterflies. (2021)
Massive Science: Soot and microbes melting glaciers in Kashmir. (2021)
Massive Science: Cartels jeopardizing monarch butterfly conservation in Mexico. (2021)
Athens Banner-Herald: Opinion piece & photo on George Floyd protests. (2020)
PhotoJOURNALISM
The Washington Post: Nursing program ramps up to address labor shortage (2023)
The Baltimore Banner: Flood of controversy: Will proposed Ellicott City development mean more rising water? (2022)
The Baltimore Banner: Look out for Yama: Tiny Japanese firetruck finds new home in Baltimore (2023)
The Baltimore Banner: What story does Baltimore want to tell with its city slogans? (2023)
The Baltimore Banner: Flood of controversy: Will proposed Ellicott City development mean more rising water? (2022)
The Baltimore Banner: Why is the Inner Harbor that weird color? Green sulfur bacteria are creating a ‘pistachio tide’ (2022)
Kaiser Health News + DCist: Lifting DC’s Strict Indoor Mask Mandate Triggers Mix of Confusion, Anxiety and Relief. (2021)
Bitter Southerner: Catfish and the Quarry. (2021)
Athens Banner-Herald: Opinion piece & photo on George Floyd protests. (2020)
Smithsonian Magazine: Photo of the Day. (2020)
Flagpole Magazine: Photo essay on COVID-19. (2020)
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment: Photo and blurb about hermit crab in Belize using plastic for a shell. (2017)
The Daily Free Press: Photographer for several pieces. (2016)
Award winning social media work
Using “Baby Shark” to displace homeless people | The Baltimore Banner (2022)
What is it like to shop in a food desert? | The Baltimore Banner (2022)
Why is the water in the harbor green? | The Baltimore Banner (2022)
E. coli in Baltimore’s water breaking news | The Baltimore Banner (2022)
Art
Changing Skies: The Last Hawthorn Tree - A poem about the intersection of climate change and childhood. (2022)
Interesting Engineering: “Twas the Flight before Christmas” - A poem about the James Webb space telescope launch. (2021)
South Florida Poetry Journal: Environmental flash fiction story. (2021)
Passengers Journal: Avant-garde cubist photography. (2021)
Sonder Midwest: Poem and photo. (2019)
Interviews & Appearances
CBS Baltimore: Battle over a Howard County stream. (2023)
CBS Baltimore: Interview about Sam Barsky. (2023)
Lenfest Institute: Let’s talk TikTok with Krishna Sharma. (2023)
Newsy: Live television interview about my article on night owls and sleeps science. (2022)
The Open Notebook: Twitter threads for science writers. (2022)
Georgia Today: Georgia’s NPR/PBS station interviewed me about my Bitter Southerner article. (2021)
Boston University: Shout-out to my Miami Herald article as a BU alumnus. (2021)
Excellent Science Writings: Podcast interview about my career in science writing. (2021)
The Xylom - (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3): Experience as a AAAS Mass Media Fellow. (2021)
Flagpole Magazine: Interview for my COVID-19 photo essay. (2020)
University of Georgia: Interview on my preliminary graduate research. (2019)
accolades
Society for News Design: Award of Excellence for The Baltimore Banner’s TikTok (2023)
MDDC Press Awards: Three awards for best social media reporting in Maryland, D.C. and Delaware (2023)
Southern Environmental Law Center: Reed Award finalist for best Southern environmental writing (2023)
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute: Ocean Science Journalism Fellow (2022)
National Press Foundation: Exploring Biomass and Climate Change Fellow (2021)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): Mass Media Fellow (2021)
Science Journalism Forum: Fellow (2021)