clips
illustration by Jim Cooke
I've written reported features, profiles, gossip stories, breaking news, and all sorts of criticism and blogs about music, celebrity, sports, politics, and the media. Below you will find a selection of pieces that show the quality and breadth of my work—or so I like to think, at least. Thanks for reading.
reported features
MTV News: The Good, the Bad, and the Contradictions of an Ill-Fated Experiment (Spin, 2017)
The Sad Truths Behind the L.A. Party Scene That Took Down Bryan Singer (Gawker, 2014)
Is This 4Chan Offshoot the Ground Zero for the Leaked Celebrity Nudes? (Gawker, 2014)
profiles
Inside Music’s Epicenter With Ty Dolla $ign (Spin, 2019)
How Kacey Musgraves Found Her Golden Hour (Spin, 2018)
gossip
Louis C.K. Will Call You Up to Talk About His Alleged Misconduct (Gawker, 2015)
Vice's Action Bronson Problem (Spin, 2018)
Why Do So Many People in Arkansas Not Believe Tom Cotton Is Straight? (Gawker, 2015)
good blogs
Did Dr. Luke Produce Iggy Azalea's New Single Under a Dick Joke Pseudonym? (Spin, 2018)
Bars Are Not Fun (Gawker, 2016)
End Fraternities (Gawker, 2014)
media criticism
Welcome To the Post-Writing Web (Gawker, 2016)
A Theory of How TMZ Landed the Kardashian Pregnancy Story of the Year (Spin, 2018)
What Happens When a Soft Drink Brand Is Scared By Its Own Journalism? (Gawker, 2015)
music criticism
Taylor Swift Won’t Let Go of Pop’s Big Machine (Spin, 2019)
Listen to Taylor Swift's Red, One of the Best Pop Albums of Our Time (Spin, 2017)
Mainstream Rap's Gay Future Is Upon Us (Gawker, 2015)
culture criticism
Kate McKinnon Should Stop Doing Charming Impersonations of Trump's Cronies (Spin, 2017)
The Great Thing About Louis C.K.'s Special 2017 Is That it Has Nothing to Do With Politics (Spin, 2017)
It's Hard Not to Feel Cynical About PWR BTTM (Spin, 2017)
scoops
Did Sony Get Hacked Because of This Kim Jong-Un Death Scene? (Gawker, 2014)
No One Wants To Say It, But Vice Is Displacing Brooklyn Institutions (Gawker, 2014)
These Are the Jokes That Caused Actors to Walk Off Adam Sandler's Set (Gawker, 2015)
sports
José Férnandez Was Why We Watch Sports (Deadspin, 2016)
There Is One Very Good Reason to Watch the Dolphins and Jets on Sunday Night (Deadspin, 2016)
Jalen Ramsey Is Going to Be a Beast (Deadspin, 2016)
pizza rat
Pizza Rat, Pizza Rat, I Love You (Gawker, 2015)