I’m a journalist who grew up in Brooklyn, two blocks from the western bank of the Gowanus Canal. I write investigative stories about the justice system, adventure stories that have taken me to the Sumatran jungle and the Alaskan Arctic, and narrative features about the hidden worlds and colorful characters of my hometown of New York. My recent investigation into the NYPD leadership won the top feature-writing prize from the Silurians Press Club. I have also won awards from the New York Press Club, the Society of American Travel Writers and other organizations. I am the host and creator of Conviction, a Sidney-award-winning, seven-part narrative podcast produced by Gimlet Media. My writing has appeared on the cover of the New York Times Magazine and in the pages of GQ, New York Magazine, The New Yorker, Travel + Leisure, and other publications. My work was also featured in Best American Travel Writing for two years in a row (2017 and 2018) and in More New York Stories: Best of the City Section of the New York Times. I’m a reporting fellow with Type Investigations, an incubator of high-impact investigative reporting. The film The Florida Project was inspired by a story I wrote about homeless families living in the hotels outside of Disney World.