Selected reporting

The latest dating dealbreaker: Not being a reader — The Washington Post, 2026
What are the cool kids doing in NYC this summer? Ditching their phones — The Washington Post, 2026
We can tell where you live by your song of the summer — The Washington Post, 2026
How ‘Jury Duty’ kept its high-wire act secret for another season — The Washington Post, 2026
Pitt students built a website to scrutinize landlords — theirs, and maybe yours — Public Source, 2026
Nordic candy shops are making sweet waves across the U.S. — The Washington Post, 2025
How do you shoot a whole movie in one apartment? Director Ira Sachs knows — Los Angeles Times, 2025
It’s a streaming world. But they still love iTunes — The Washington Post, 2025
Who gets cheap flights and hotel upgrades? AI will decide. — The Washington Post, 2025
How Zohran Mamdani’s past life as a C-list rapper prepared him for politics — The Washington Post, 2025
Mr. Roboto Project and Bunker Projects nearly have the funds to purchase their longtime building — Pittsburgh City Paper, 2024

Profiles and interviews

The 35-year-old powering Paul McCartney and the Rolling Stones — The Washington Post, 2026
Sheryl Crow revered Dylan and Springsteen. Her new album keeps up the resistance — The Washington Post, 2026
Irish singer-songwriter CMAT is a pop oddity for the ages — The Washington Post, 2026
Good Flying Birds is undergoing power-pop exposure therapy — The Washington Post, 2026
Wednesday’s last album was one of the best of 2023. Its new one is better. — The Washington Post, 2025
Nourished by Time’s new album reaches a higher plane — The Washington Post, 2025
Asher White brings the full catastrophe to her playful pop — The Washington Post, 2025
Open Mike Eagle is the king of heartfelt, surrealist rap — The Washington Post, 2025
‘Reverse supergroup’ Friendship brings together the best in country rock — The Washington Post, 2025
Looking Straight at It: Sinai Vessel Sings Again — Paste Magazine, 2024
I took my rabbi to see Uncut Gems — Mic, 2020

Obituaries

Richard Smallwood, a soaring voice in gospel music, dies at 77 — The Washington Post, 2025
Lô Borges, whose music resonated far beyond Brazil, dies at 73 — The Washington Post, 2025
Ace Frehley, hard-rocking Kiss guitarist, dies at 74 — The Washington Post, 2025

Selected reviews

Dancing Alone on the Concrete by Stef Chura — Pitchfork, 2026
‘In a Big Country’ by Big Country — Pitchfork, 2026
Teen of Denial: Joe’s Story by Car Seat Headrest — Pitchfork, 2026
Creature of Habit by Courtney Barnett — Pitchfork, 2026
Warmer Than Gold by GUV — Pitchfork, 2026
How amateurs built the internet’s aesthetics — The Washington Post, 2025
Tyler Childers could’ve done anything on this album. He does everything. — The Washington Post, 2025
The Comets’ Short-Lived Career Was an ’80s Power Pop Miracle — Bandcamp Daily, 2024
Music So Loud, Can’t Tell a Thing: Big Star’s Radio City at 50 — Paste Magazine, 2024
Marika Hackman Makes an Astute Left Turn on Big Sigh — Paste Magazine, 2024
How to Blow Up a Pipeline is a sleek tale of environmental revolution — Washington Square News, 2023
Six Bands to Know from Pittsburgh’s Flourishing DIY Scene — Bandcamp Daily, 2022