I’m Reuben, a multimedia journalist with a background in design. I work as a writer, photographer and editor on stories about very big systems, the people shaping them, and the people they shape
With state-led negotiations in deadlock, one tribal nation has deployed a unique legal tactic to preserve its share of Colorado…
There are new audiences to be won on TikTok, but few new revenue streams
Construction in the San Rafael Valley began September 16, a move sharply criticized by environmental groups
As worker heat deaths increase worldwide, a surprising amount can be achieved just by giving the body a chance to…
ASU is positioning itself as the anti-Harvard in Trump’s campaign to remake higher education
ASU’s Compact X-ray Free-Electron Laser is a hundredth the size and a fraction the cost of similar instruments. Its creators think it will reshape science
An estimated five million people attended “No Kings Day” protests across the United States on October 18, 2025, likely making it the largest day of protest in American history
”We’ve had two 100-year storms in a week,” a former mayor told me
On August 25, 2025, a major dust storm hit Phoenix, breaking weeks of dangerous heat with 0-mile visibility, lashing rain, and blackouts.
At Storror's "Big Wall Open", parkour lands in new, physical territory
On the night of August 7, 2024, 10,000 people gathered in Walthamstow to quash a threatened riot against an asylum centre, part of a wave of unrest sweeping the country
The city’s six anti-aircraft flak towers have become backdrop to climbing walls, play parks, and an aquarium
In amongst the mourners, surprised at the depth of their own grief
Along its dead-straight line of 400 arches, the environment has been bent, or bent itself, to the aqueduct
The renovation of two rammed-earth houses in a small village is part of a broader initiative of rural rejuvenation
The transformation of an ordinary 1960s building into the HQ of Denmark’s Bikubenfonden is a mirror to the organisation’s progressive evolution
The Centre for World Citizens in Reyhanlı, Turkey, by Chiu Chen-Yu
Wayair Foundation School in Ulyankulu, Tanzania, by Jeju Studio and Arh+
Rambla de la Girada in Vilafranca del Penedès, Spain, by Batlleiroig Arquitectura
Caffè Nazionale in Arzignano, Italy, by AMAA
The Bangalore-based practice imagines a public life for a private guest house
The London-based practice combines architecture with materials research and educational programmes
In a workshop for a secondary school in Ostend, the Belgian duo use simple strategic moves
A conversation with Leslie Kern about feminist urban planning
An interview with architect Sofia Karim about her work exploring architectural boundaries
A new exhibition highlights photographs from 1970s Manplan series, but its written archive is worth revisiting too
Steele Fellow in Investigative Business Journalism
The Reynolds Center
2025–26
Digital Editor
The Architectural Review
2023–25
Production Assistant
BBC Maestro
2023
Production Assistant
The World Around
2022
President
ARCSOC, the University of Cambridge Architecture Society
2022–23
Founder and Co-host
Talking Volumes
2020–22
Video and Podcast Production
Adobe Premiere, Audition, After Effects, Apple Logic Pro, Final Cut Pro
Graphic Design and Production
Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Affinity Designer, Autocad, Rhino
Photography
Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, Photo Mechanic
Content Management and Analytics
WordPress, Google Analytics, Microsoft Excel, Adobe Campaigns, Shopify, Upland Adestra
Web Development
GitHub, VS Code, Claude Code, HTML, CSS, JS
Full U.K. and U.S. driving licenses
M.A. Investigative Journalism
Arizona State University
2025–26
B.A. Architecture
University of Cambridge
2020–23
State schools in Brighton, U.K.
