Reporter for The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Fast Company, ESPN: The Magazine, SPIN, Entrepreneur, and MarketWatch, among others. Media appearances include ABC World News, CNN’s BookTV, NPR, South by Southwest, and The Colbert Report.

Critical acclaim: “[A] timely call to arms... Conley is a keen observer and a trenchant critic” (The Boston Globe); “offers jaw-dropping reports” (The Wall Street Journal); “likably acid... tells great anecdotes [and] has a serious message for commerce” (The Guardian); “a deft journalist [who] asks a lot of good questions” (The Miami Herald); “his well-executed argument is convincing… a great read... a sophisticated, no-nonsense analysis” (GOOD Magazine); “an incisive investigation… Conley's perspective... is as alarming as it is stimulating” (Publisher’s Weekly); "Well, the doctor's prescription for you is to please come again, sir" (Stephen Colbert).