- May 1, 2020: Guest lecture at the Journalism Institute at NYU, part of a series on “Reporting During the Pandemic” along with the New York Times’ Sam Dolnick and the New Yorker’s Jiayang Fan.
- March 9, 2020: Guest lecturer at NYU’s Business & Economic Reporting program. Last class before NYU’s COVID-19 shutdown.
- November 20, 2019: The New York Times included “The Birth of Climate Denial” in a list of stories you might want to read/listen to Know Your Climate Facts.
- November 13, 2019: My first story with my new team at Planet Money aired, “Snakebite” which was a co-production with my old gang at WNYC: Kenny Malone, Jillian Weinberger, Julia Longoria, Cayce Means and Elaine Chen.
- April 23, 2019: We’re launching a new show! It’s called The Stakes, and it’s a show about what it takes to create change, hosted by the fabulous Kai Wright. Subscribe here.
- December 14, 2018: Holy sh*t, I got to co-host On The Media with Bob Garfield
- November 6, 2018: Hey, what am I listening to? I reveal all to Podcast Review from the LA Review of Books
- October 25, 2018: A story I reported for the U.S. of Anxiety podcast about a secret political group of women was posted on the Texas Tribune’s Facebook page and the comments are truly eye-opening
- October 25, 2018: Now I can retire
- September 27, 2018: Had a tweet go viral, and discovered what it was like to be emailed by CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, MSNBC, etc. all at once
- September 27, 2018: Was a panelist at a talk on media & the sciences for the New York Academy of Science’s 200th Annual Meeting
- September 14, 2018: Was on the Brian Lehrer Show with the Museum of the City of New York co-curator, Rebecca Jacobs to talk about their latest exhibit: Germ City
- September 14, 2019: Launched Germ City – a project that looks at how contagious diseases have shaped New York City
- May 28 – June 1, 2018: Presented at the Digital Identities & Google News Lab powered workshop on impact journalism in Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai. Notes from our discussion on podcasting can be found here.
- May 22 – May 23, 2018: Selected to attend a special workshop on domestic violence hosted by John Jay College’s Center on Media, Crime and Justice
- May 19, 2018: Moderating the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism Homecoming Alumni Radio Panel
- May 9, 2018: Lecturing on “Communicating Science” at the Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences school of medicine
- April 24, 2018: “Piece of Work” wins a Webby for Best Arts & Culture Podcast
- March 10, 2018: Our story, “Angola Prison Lawsuit Poses Question: What Kind of Medical Care Do Inmates Deserve?,” a collaboration with Katie Rose Quandt from “In These Times” is NPR’s World Story of the Day
- December 21, 2017: Worked on two of The 50 Best Podcasts of 2017 (Radiolab’s Driverless Dilemma and The United States of Anxiety: Culture Wars)
- November 1, 2017: Spent the day with this bad ass Peacock Mantis Shrimp
- October 5, 2017: I was interviewed by the lovely Abhay Adhikari from Digital Identities for their Google News Lab workshop. Warning: my head has never been so large.
- August 21, 2017: Went to watch the eclipse
- June 14, 2017: United States of Anxiety: Culture Wars is listed by Buzzfeed as one of “13 Podcasts You Should Listen To, Based on Your Favorite Books”
- May 26, 2017: Rolling Stone thinks you should listen to the United States of Anxiety podcast
- May 19, 2017: Our office flu mystery (Flu-dunnit?) was featured on the CBC show, Podcast Playlist
- May 16, 2017: Winner of a NY Press Club Award with the United States of Anxiety podcast
- February 16, 2017: NPR asked me, What’s In Your Bag? (to which I answered: a lot of ponchos)
- December 18, 2016: United States of Anxiety listed as one of the best podcasts of 2016
- November 8, 2016: Our story on the election, cortisol and stress was featured in the Guardian and in the Lincoln Star Journal, as well as on air on The Takeaway and the Leonard Lopate Show, and in the podcast, the United States of Anxiety
- Summer 2016: Judge for the Media for a Just Society Awards presented by the National Council on Crime & Delinquency
- April 19, 2016: Winner of a regional Murrow Award for Living Cancer
- December 18, 2015: Guest lecturer for Full Spectrum
- November 18, 2015: Attended TEDMED in Palm Springs, CA
- May 12th, 2015: Nominated for Deadline Club Award for Rx for the Bx
- August 20th, 2014: Coverage of health and healthcare in the Bronx featured by the Association of Healthcare Journalists
- June 4th, 2014: Story on Lincoln Hospital featured in Colorlines
- November 13, 2013: Q&A with ReportHers
- October 2, 2013: Winner of a Media for a Just Society Award from the National Council on Crime & Delinquency for the Cost of Doing Time (BBC)
- August 15, 2013: Blog post for the National Council on Crime & Delinquency
- May 21, 2012: Recipient of a Soros Media Fellowship
- April 5, 2012: One of five reporters selected to report a story for the BBC World Service series, Real America