Selected reporting:

“They splurged for Coachella tickets. They got scammed instead.” The Washington Post, 2026

“How ‘Jury Duty’ kept its high-wire act secret for another season,” The Washington Post, 2026

“Why rap megastar J. Cole is trying to sell CDs out of his trunk,” 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

“Meet Hollywood’s table tennis expert who coached Timothée Chalamet,” The Washington Post, 2025

“How Olivia Dean ended up everywhere,” The Washington Post, 2025

“How do you shoot a whole movie in one apartment? Director Ira Sachs knows,” The Los Angeles Times, 2025

“Workers take steps to unionize at four D.C. music venues, including 9:30 Club,” The Washington Post, 2025

“Artists are leaving Spotify to protest CEO’s military AI investments,” The Washington Post, 2025

“Why are Talenti’s gelato jars so hard to open?” The Washington Post, 2025

“It’s a streaming world. But they still love iTunes.” The Washington Post, 2025

“Location sharing was cool for Gen Z until Instagram made it weird,” 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

“Library of Congress acquires Stephen Sondheim’s papers and manuscripts,” The Washington Post, 2025

“Why matchmakers are conflicted about the new rom-com about matchmakers,” The Washington Post, 2025

“Mr. Roboto Project and Bunker Projects nearly have the funds to purchase their longtime building,” Pittsburgh City Paper, 2024

“Post Genre is hoping to solidify the Oakland music scene with a concert series,” WYEP, 2024

“You had to be there: Pittsburgh’s early punk scene documented in Erik Bauer’s new book,” WYEP, 2024

“The quintessential Jewishness of Bruce Springsteen,” Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle, 2022

“Car Seat Headrest's Drummer Made His Own Video Game Franchise, Regrets It,” Vice, 2021

Profiles and interviews:

“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

“Nate Ruess set the pop music world on fire. Then he walked away.” The Washington Post, 2026

“Wednesday’s last album was one of the best of 2023. Its new one is better.” The Washington Post, 2025

“In her folk rock, Merce Lemon sings the beauty of all living things,” 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

“Geordie Greep’s jazz fusion interrogates modern masculinity. It’s a riot.” The Washington Post, 2025

“Open Mike Eagle is the king of heartfelt, surrealist rap,” The Washington Post, 2025

“Chase Sui Wonders is having a summer of horror. Intentionally.” The Washington Post, 2025

“‘Reverse supergroup’ Friendship brings together the best in country rock,” The Washington Post, 2025

“Wishful Thinking: Why Bonnie’s Blaire Howerton speaks,” ANTICS Magazine, 2024

“Looking Straight At It: Sinai Vessel Sings Again,” Paste Magazine, 2024

“Edhochuli get ready to sweat it out touring their first album in nine years,” Pittsburgh City Paper, 2024

“What's the ‘Lady Gaga of Vietnam’ doing here in Pittsburgh?,” Pittsburgh City Paper, 2024

“Jehnie Burns’s Mixtape Nostalgia Traces the History and Appeal of Mixtapes,” WYEP, 2023

“Patrick Stickles of Titus Andronicus Picks His Bandcamp Favorites,” Bandcamp Daily, 2022

“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

“Rob Reiner, dead at 78, was a crowd-pleasing director no matter the genre,” 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

“D’Angelo, R&B visionary and godfather of neo-soul, dies at 51,” The Washington Post, 2025

Breaking news:

“Jennifer Shah, formerly of ‘Real Housewives,’ released from prison early,” The Washington Post, 2025

“Doctor sentenced to 30 months over Matthew Perry’s death from ketamine,” The Washington Post, 2025

“‘Wicked: For Good’ has $150 million opening, ending box office trance,” The Washington Post, 2025

“Meet this year’s MacArthur grant ‘geniuses’,” The Washington Post, 2025

“If you’re reading this, the rapture probably didn’t happen. (Again.),” The Washington Post, 2025

“Here are the VMA highlights, as Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga rack up wins,” The Washington Post, 2025

“What’s next for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs? Sentencing, possible pardon and more.” The Washington Post, 2025

Selected reviews:

“Croz Boyce by Geologist and Avery Tare” review, Pitchfork, 2026

“Creature of Habit by Courtney Barnett” review, Pitchfork, 2026

“Warmer Than Gold by GUV” review, Pitchfork, 2026

“How amateurs built the internet’s aesthetics,” review of Joanna Walsh’s ‘Amateurs!,’ 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

“Final Summer Keeps The Engine Humming for Cloud Nothings,” Paste Magazine, 2024

“In Lieu of Flowers Makes Good on the Promise of Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties,” Paste Magazine, 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

“Nicolas Cage is everybody’s nightmare in Dream Scenario,” Washington Square News, 2023

“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