Journalism Land

Michael J. Mooney is a best-selling author. He has written for ESPN the Magazine, Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, GQ, and Outside to name a few.

On this episode, he discusses his Atlantic piece, "The True Story of the Married Woman Who Smuggled Her Boyfriend Out of Prison in a Dog Crate."

Here’s a link to his website for more information: http://michaeljmooney.com/

And here is the Atlantic piece: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/10/toby-dorrs-great-escape/615487/

David Gauvey Herbert is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek, Longreads, and New York Magazine, among other places. On this episode, he discusses his New York Magazine piece, "Boss of the Beach."

Here's a link to his website for more information: http://www.davidgauveyherbert.com/

And here is his New York Magazine piece: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/peter-stein-nyc-lifeguards.html

This episode features journalist Oliver Franklin-Wallis discussing his British GQ piece, "In search of Inigo Philbrick, the disappearing art dealer."

Oliver is a magazine journalist whose work has appeared in WIRED, The Guardian, and the New York Times among other places. 

Here is a link to his website for more information: https://oliverfranklinwallis.com/

And here is a link to the piece: https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/inigo-philbrick

Samanth Subramanian is a journalist and author. On this episode, he discusses his New York Times Magazine piece, "Two Wealthy Sri Lankan Brothers Became Suicide Bombers. But why?"

Aside from the New York Times Magazine, his work has also appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, and Harper's. 

Here's a link to his website for more information: http://samanth.in/ 

And here is his NYT Mag piece: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/02/magazine/sri-lanka-brothers-bombing.html

Michael Weiss is a journalist based in New York. On this episode, he talks about his Atlantic piece, "The Hero who betrayed his Country," about a seemingly model Estonian soldier who spied for Russia. Michael writes for The Daily Beast and has covered the wars in Syria and Ukraine. 

https://michaelweissjournalist.com/

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/06/estonia-russia-deniss-metsavas-spy/592417/

In this episode, journalist McKenzie Funk talks about how he reported and wrote his New York Times Magazine story, "How ICE Picks its Targets in the Surveillance Age."

McKenzie has written for Harper's, National Geographic, and Outside Magazine, among others.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/02/magazine/ice-surveillance-deportation.html

https://www.mckenziefunk.com/

In this episode, journalist Jesse Hyde talks about his recent Vanity Fair piece, "The Girl who Played with Fire," which was written with help from the Pulitzer Center. Jesse has written for places like Rolling Stone, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Playboy. Links to his work are below:

https://pulitzercenter.org/projects/can-amazon-rainforest-be-saved

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/03/massacre-in-the-amazon

http://jessehyde.com/

In this episode, freelance journalist Francesca Mari talks about her recent long-form investigation, "The Great Wall Street Housing Grab," which she wrote for The New York Times Magazine. Francesca has also written for Texas Monthly and The Atlantic, among others. 

https://francesca-mari.com/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/04/magazine/wall-street-landlords.html

In this episode, ProPublica journalist Alec MacGillis discusses his story, "The Case Against Boeing."  Alec covers politics and government for ProPublica.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/11/18/the-case-against-boeing

https://www.propublica.org/people/alec-macgillis

In this episode, writer Zach Dorfman discusses his Politico story, "How Silicon Valley Became a Den of Spies."  His work has also appeared in The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, and the Atavist, among others.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/07/27/silicon-valley-spies-china-russia-219071

https://www.zachdorfman.com/