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How Arizona’s Billion-Dollar School Voucher System Rose From the Ashes of Unconstitutionality

Reporting for The Beam in July 2026

The Finished Product Wins Out: Kingston University Student Show 2026

At a time when architectural assistant jobs are scarce, Kingston University’s exhibition is, understandably, strictly practice-focused yet demonstrates the school’s…

Writing for The Architects’ Journal in July 2026

The Death Spiral of Alpine Ski Resorts

Hundreds of Europe’s ski resorts have been lost to climate change. Those left are spurring their own demise

Writing for The Architectural Review in May 2026

A New Book and Exhibition Highlight the Aesthetic Triumph of ‘Protest Architecture’ – but Its Record as a Political Tool Needs Examining, Too

A new book and exhibition highlight the aesthetic triumph and practical nous of ‘protest architecture’ – but its record as…

For The Architectural Review in June 2024

How Japan Built an L.N.G. Empire Selling American Gas

Fear, greed, and American freedom have turned Japan into the world’s fourth-largest L.N.G. seller, despite producing none of the fuel…

Reporting and photography for Cronkite News in April 2026

Mass Collective Mentorship Exhibition

Four emerging architectural photographers have an exhibition of projects as part of a year-long initiative run by Mass Collective

Review for The Architects’ Journal in May 2026

Africa Is Experiencing a Colossal Solar Boom. Can It Produce the Panels, Too?

The continent is now importing more solar components from China than finished panels

Reporting and data for The Reynolds Center for Business Journalism in May 2026

As Europe Welcomes Chinese Solar, Some See a Trojan Horse

In seeking a cheaper and more independent energy system, Europe has only Chinese technology to turn to. Are they handing…

Reporting and data for The Reynolds Center for Business Journalism in April 2026

In an Era of Energy Shocks, Chinese Solar Is the World’s Default Answer

As global energy markets reel from war and weather, new solar installations can’t come fast enough

Reporting and data visualization for The Reynolds Center for Business Journalism in March 2026

New A.I. Tools That Are Genuinely Useful to Business Journalists

Powerful new features in Claude, Gemini and ChatGPT have given journalists tools to dig deeper, work faster, and acquire new…

For The Reynolds Center for Business Journalism in March 2026

In “Fumed,” Public Health Watch Humanizes the Fight Against Texas Petrochemical Businesses Acting With Impunity

For The Reynolds Center for Business Journalism in November 2025

Reuters Journalists Replicate the Fentanyl Supply Chain in Groundbreaking Investigation

For The Reynolds Center for Business Journalism in November 2025

For 113 Miles, the Colorado River is Now a Legal Person

With state-led negotiations in deadlock, one tribal nation has deployed a unique legal tactic to preserve its share of Colorado…

Broadcast package for Cronkite News in January 2026

News Publishers Are Making Big Bets on Little Videos. Revenue Opportunities Are Similarly Slim

There are new audiences to be won on TikTok, but few new revenue streams

Writing and short-form video for The Reynolds Center for Business Journalism in October 2025

No Kings in Phoenix

An estimated five million people attended “No Kings Day” protests across the United States on October 18, 2025, likely making…

October 2025

Tempe Cleans Up After a Freak “Microburst” Storm

“We’ve had two 100-year storms in a week,” a former mayor told me

October 2025

Journalist Reuben J. Brown reaching for an orange from a tree in Southern Spain in February 2025

Digital Design Portfolio

1. Newsletters 2. Subscriptions page 3. Complex vector graphics 4. Social media storytelling 5. Websites

October 2025

A 30m section of border wall in the San Rafael Valley used as a demonstration section for a new 27 mile length

New Border Wall Construction Begins in Arizona, Threatening Endangered Species

Construction in the San Rafael Valley began September 16, a move sharply criticized by environmental groups

September 2025

Sweat drips through the back of a blue collar shirt in the pattern of angel wings on a hot day in Phoenix, Arizona

To Stop Workers Dying in the Heat, Give Them Time to Adjust

As worker heat deaths increase worldwide, a surprising amount can be achieved just by giving the body a chance to…

Radio feature, September 2025

In Its Plan to Power Britain With Saharan Sun, Xlinks Skirts Questions Over Where It Will Build

Concerns over Xlinks’ plans for a London-sized renewables development in southern Morocco follow previous dispossessions of Indigenous land for solar…

For the University of Cambridge Architecture BA (Hons) in May 2023

Hakka village Mui Tsz Lam from above, historic black and white, Project PLumg Grove

Project Plum Grove in Mui Tsz Lam, Hong Kong, by CUHK

The renovation of two rammed-earth houses in a small village is part of a broader initiative of rural rejuvenation

For The Architectural Review in August 2025

Haboob Hits Phoenix

On August 25, 2025, a major dust storm hit Phoenix, breaking weeks of dangerous heat with 0-mile visibility, lashing rain,…

August 2025

At the Big Wall Open, Parkour Lands in New, Physical Territory

At Storror's "Big Wall Open", parkour lands in new, physical territory

December 2022

Thoravej interior, people walking around bear concrete and steel stairways and cut-through floor decks

Thoravej 29 by Pihlmann Architects in Copenhagen, Denmark

The transformation of an ordinary 1960s building into the HQ of Denmark’s Bikubenfonden is a mirror to the organisation’s progressive…

For The Architectural Review in August 2025

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