May Jeong is a magazine writer and investigative reporter.

“I don’t have kids, I don’t have an expensive drug habit. Everything that I do right now at this moment in my life is to serve the story. That means that sometimes I’m not the best partner. I’m not the best friend. I’m a really terrible daughter probably. If my parents had a satisfaction survey, I don’t think I’d rank really high. I have friends who are buying houses and stuff. I’m very far away from that. What else have I sacrificed? I don’t know. Sometimes I let my body atrophy because I’m on the road all the time. I think I can do it for five more years. I’m 30, so thing will have to change.”

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May Jeong on Longform

May Jeong's archive at The Intercept

[01:50] "The Final, Terrible Voyage of the Nautilus" (Wired • Feb 2015)

[14:00] Nathan Thornburgh on Longform

[17:45] May Jeong's archive at The New Yorker

[24:30] "Death from the Sky" (The Intercept • Apr 2016)

[36:15] "The Avenger" (Patrick Radden Keefe • The New Yorker • Sep 2015)

[41:30] "Losing Sight" (The Intercept • Jan 2018)

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