I am a Page One Correspondent at The New York Times, which means my primary role is writing the breaking news stories for the front page.
What I Cover
Often my job involves writing about the news of the day — wildfires in California, turmoil in the Middle East, protests, strikes, shootings across the United States. Other times I do longer-term reporting on themes, trends and curiosities. This could be gold panners in the Sierra Nevada, deaths of despair on the streets of Los Angeles, social housing in Paris or Indigenous burning practices in Australia.
My Background
I was raised in Tuckahoe, N.Y., but most of my life has been driven by an incurable case of wanderlust. I went to college in Paris and then reported from more than 40 countries for The Times and The International Herald Tribune, mainly in Europe and Southeast Asia. In my early 20s, I took a year off and traveled around the world on a 750cc motorcycle, writing travel articles along the way. In 2024, Doubleday published “The Boys of Riverside,” a book on the remarkable journey of the varsity football team at the California School for the Deaf in Riverside, Calif. Amazon named it the best book of 2024. I am always in the market for a good story, so don’t hesitate to reach out.
Journalistic Ethics
As a Times journalist, I share the values and adhere to the standards of integrity outlined in The Times’s Ethical Journalism handbook. I take very seriously my responsibility to be fair, accurate and empathetic in my coverage. I have traveled enough across the United States and the wider world to know that the second hour of an interview will give me a better understanding about the first. I choose not to have any party affiliation, I don’t take part in political or legislative causes, and I don’t make political donations.