Business news, features, nonprofit blog posts, and alumni magazine work.
The Newly Virtual Workplace: Employers and Trainers Adapt
An update on service agencies adapting to pandemic conditions. One of MDRC’s 15 most popular publications of 2020, written for the InPractice blog.
10 Things Recruiters Won’t Tell You
The inside story on job recruiter tactics and helpful hints for a successful search.
In the End, Stewart’s Friends Were Her Undoing
Martha Stewart didn’t go to jail for insider trading — she was convicted of lying to investigators. Here’s a post-trial analysis.
One-Day Wonder: Chalk One Up for TiVo
My daily investing column at this terrific website focused on stocks that were going way up, or way down, and explained why.
(SmartMoney.com’s archives disappeared after it merged with MarketWatch. This article survives on the website of Iceland’s leading business newspaper.)
Reed at War
A cover package detailing the World War II years at a small Oregon college, from the attack on Pearl Harbor to the postwar influx of students arriving on the GI Bill.
Lost Wealth: Low-Income New York City Homeowners are Losing
Investigative feature on developers using loopholes to take over housing set aside for poor New Yorkers who agreed to maintain their buildings.
The Real Work Behind the Fake News Stand
The Cutaway wanted a look at making The Fake News Stand, an award-winning production from creative agency TBWA\Chiat\Day and Columbia Journalism Review, reflected the state of U.S. journalism in the Trump era.
Breaking Depression’s Icy Grip
Profile of Kenneth Koe, inventor of Zoloft, for Reed Magazine. The four-decade veteran of Pfizer’s R&D lab began working on the blockbuster antidepressant in the 1970s, and oversaw its 1991 release and world-changing effects.