Reporting:

“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

“CatVideoFest meows its way back into theaters,” The Washington Post, 2025

“‘Buckingham Nicks,’ the missing link of the Fleetwood Mac saga, is back,” The Washington Post, 2025

“Grand Canyon Lodge lost in fire was a remote sanctuary for travelers,” The Washington Post, 2025

“Musicians brace for impact as Senate vote on public radio looms,” The Washington Post, 2025

“A ’60s-flavored band blew up on Spotify. They’re AI,” 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

“I went to the Mariah Carey holiday bar and surprised myself with seasonal cheer,” Time Out New York, 2024

“Beloved downtown music haven Rockwood Music Hall has reportedly closed,” Time Out New York, 2024

“Where Are New York’s All Ages Music Venues?,” Portable Model, 2024

“The cassette-tape comeback has reached Pittsburgh's record stores,” Pittsburgh City Paper, 2024

“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

“Speaking in Tongues: Learning to Communicate in Ben Lerner’s Novel ‘The Topeka School’,” Greene Street Review, 2023

“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:

“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

Selected reviews:

“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

“The surprising tenderness of Jacques Tati’s Trafic,” Washington Square News, 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

“The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We is Mitski’s steady, Americana experiment,” 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

“Lindsey Buckingham’s Satisfying, Solitary Self-Titled Album Is Comfortable Enough,” Paste Magazine, 2021