Select Publications

Florida’s COVID Grim Reaper Isn’t Finished Yet

Esquire

Daniel Uhlfelder has put on the costume to warn Floridians that the virus is far from over. Same goes for his mission.

The Haunting of Western Pennsylvania

Harper’s

With readymade Rust Belt ruins, low rents, and the horror legacy of George Romero, Western Pennsylvania is a haunted attractions mecca.

The Doctors Whose Patients are Already Dead

The Atlantic

Inside the autopsy lab, pathologists talk about the emotional rewards of medicine's most-maligned specialty—and what it's like to work side-by-side with death.

More National Publications

Funny Business. Themed entertainment and the new authentic reality. The Baffler, Issue no. 69, “Hell or Las Vegas,” July 2023.

The Devil in the Details (print magazine only). Elle, Feb. 2021.

Chronologies. North American Review, Vol. 305, No. 2-3, Summer/Fall 2020.

The Haunting of Western Pennsylvania (audio story), Harper’s Magazine, Oct. 2018.

Haunting and Beautiful Cemeteries Around the United States. AFAR, Oct. 2018.

6 Pumpkin Festivals to Hit This Fall. AFAR, Oct. 2018.

Search History (Grand prize winner of Think Write Publish Science & Religion Writing Contest). Cross-published in Creative Nonfiction, Science & Religion, Issue #65 and Issues in Science and Technology 34, no. 1 (Fall 2017).

The Saints of Pittsburgh (A Pittsburgh Church Holds the Greatest Collection of Relics Outside of the Vatican). Smithsonian Magazine, July 2017.

Valuation Methods (The Saturday Rumpus Essay). The Rumpus, Dec. 2015.

Love in the Age of Reality Television. The Atlantic, Oct. 2015.

Her Hair. Vela, Aug. 2015. 

The Father of the Emoticon Chases His Great White Whale. Narratively, July 2015.

Custerism (A Manifesto of Doubt). Identity Theory, Aug. 2014.

P&G Goes to Africa (print-only). Issue 4, The Atlas Review, Sept. 2014.

Pittsburgh Publications

Nick Offerman promises to be “generally redolent of condiments” when he returns to Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh City Paper, Sept. 29, 2023. Golden Quill Award winner for Excellence in Written Journalism, Profile.

30 years later, action movie classic Striking Distance still hits. Pittsburgh City Paper, Sept. 13, 2023. Golden Quill Award winner for Excellence in Written Journalism, Arts/Entertainment.

In float tanks, Pittsburghers find pain relief, relaxation, and cosmic visions. Pittsburgh City Paper, Aug. 30, 2023. Keystone Media Award Winner, Second Place, Business or Consumer Story.

Pittsburgh’s @pgh_scanner Twitter account is no joke. Pittsburgh City Paper, July 26, 2023.

Decoding the Data. A task force addresses bias in public algorithms. Pitt Magazine, Spring 2023.

Good Sports. Japanese students studying at Pitt have a ball at Pittsburgh’s PNC Park. Pitt Magazine, Fall 2022.

Strange Draw. Profile of writer and comic book artist Daniel McCloskey. Pitt Magazine, Fall 2022.

Logged In. Profile of cyber security pioneer David Hickton. Pitt Magazine, cover story, Fall 2019.

Radical Medicine & Pivots (in Feature "We Are the Medicine Makers, and We Are the Dreamers of Dreams"). Pitt Med Magazine, Winter 2017.

Pitt Student Startup Monarch Solar to Compete in ACC InVenture Prize Competition. University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, March 2017.

Global Connector: Timothy Billiar. "Of Note" (p. 3) in Pitt Med Magazine, Spring 2017.

Pitt Innovators Find Clinical & Commercial Success in Immuno-Oncology. University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, Jan. 2017.

Our Neighborhoods, Our Cells. Profile of Dr. Mijung Park, who discovered a significant link between neighborhood quality and cellular aging. Pitt Magazine (Univ. of Pittsburgh), Summer 2016.

After Hours. Carnegie Magazine, Summer 2016.

Microcephaly Under Surveillance (print-only). "Of Note" in Pitt Med Magazine, Summer 2016.

Bite Into Life. Profile of toxicologist Thomas Kensler, whose unconventional cancer research brought him to Qidong, China 22 years ago. Pitt Magazine, cover story, Fall 2015

Scaled a Wall, Escaped a Rhino: It's just heart camp. Feature on Dr. Bill Neches Heart Camp for Kids. Pitt Med, Fall 2015.

NICU VIP. Profile of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) nurse/former NICU patient Brittany O’Rourke. Pitt Med, Fall 2015.

Homestead Triptych. Published in Belt Magazine's The Pittsburgh Anthology, September 2015. 

Interviews and Reading Guides

Finding Fragments in Details. Interview with Issue #49 artist Sam Pash. Creative Nonfiction Magazine, Summer 2013.

Longform's Picks of the Week. Favorite international articles of the week, selected at Longform.org. Foreign Policy, May - August 2013.

The Longform Guide to Hospitals. Slate, August 2013.

The Longform Guide to Vacation. Slate, July 2013.

Research and Reporting

To Obama: With Love, Joy, Anger and Hope (book by Jeanne Marie Laskas) Penguin Random House, Sept. 2018. (credited: research and reporting)

The Education of Bill Oliver (To Obama book excerpt by Jeanne Marie Laskas). The Atlantic, Aug. 2018. (credited: additional research)

Dear Mr. President (To Obama book excerpt by Jeanne Marie Laskas). The Guardian, Aug. 2018. (uncredited: audio, research, and reporting)

To Obama With Love, Hate, and Desperation (article by Jeanne Marie Laskas). New York Times Magazine, Jan. 2017. (uncredited: interviews and additional reporting) Finalist in Feature Writing for 2018 National Magazine Awards.

Inside the Federal Bureau of Way Too Many Guns (article by Jeanne Marie Laskas). GQ, Aug. 2016. (credited: sidebar and additional reporting)

Helium Dreams (article by Jeanne Marie Laskas). The New Yorker, Feb. 2016. (uncredited: additional reporting)

Concussion (book by Jeanne Marie Laskas). Penguin Random House, 2015. (credited: research)

The Dark Side of the Moon (article by Jeanne Marie Laskas). GQ, Dec. 2014. (uncredited: additional reporting)

The New Face of Richard Norris (article by Jeanne Marie Laskas). GQ, Aug. 2014. (uncredited: additional reporting)

The GQ Cover Story: LeBron James (article by Jeanne Marie Laskas). GQ, Feb. 2014. (uncredited: additional reporting)