How Duterte Used Facebook To Fuel the Philippine Drug War, September 2018
— Winner of the 2019 Livingston Award, international reporting
— Winner of the 2019 Mirror Award in the special topic category, Best Story on Journalists or Journalism in Peril
Selected work: The New york Times
As Local News Dies, a Pay-for-Play Network Rises in Its Place (with Jack Nicas), October 2020
— Honorable mention at the 2020 SABEW Awards
The Latest Covid Misinformation Star Says He Invented the Vaccines, April 2022
Facebook Sent Flawed Data To Misinformation Researchers, September 2021
Facebook, Fearing Public Outcry, Shelved Earlier Report on Popular Posts (with Ryan Mac), August 2021
Nooses, Anger and No Answers: Inside the Uproar Over a Future Amazon Site, July 2021
What Happened When Trump Was Banned on Social Media (with Ella Koeze and Jacob Silver), June 2021
Facial Recognition Moves Into a New Front: Schools, February 2020
2020 Campaigns Throw Their Hands up on Disinformation, December 2019
Ahead of 2020, Facebook Falls Short on Plan to Share Data on Disinformation, September 2019
Selected work: BuzzFeed News
These Tech Execs Faced #MeToo Allegations. They All Have New Jobs (with Ryan Mac), April 2019
— Impact: A ZipRecruiter Executive Has Resigned After Details Of Alleged Sexual Misconduct Surfaced, April 2019
The US Government Will Be Scanning Your Face At 20 Top Airports, Documents Show, March 2019
— Impact: These Senators Want Homeland Security To "Pause" Its Airport Facial Recognition Program, March 2019
"Down The Rabbit Hole I Go": How A Young Woman Followed Two Hackers' Lies To Her Death (with Joe Bernstein), February 2019
BuzzFeed Is Ending Forced Arbitration Policy For Sexual Harassment Claims Following Inquiries, November 2018
With No Laws To Guide It, Here's How Orlando Is Using Amazon's Facial Recognition Technology, October 2018
We Tested The FBI’s Most Wanted List On Amazon’s Celebrity Recognition Tool. Then Things Got Weird, August 2018
Spotify Still Won't Let Users Block Their Harassers On Its Platform, July 2018
Perry Chen Says He Wants To Revitalize Kickstarter. Employees Say He’s Doing the Opposite, April 2018
Why Facebook Will Never Fully Solve Its Problems With AI, April 2018
YouTube Has A Massive Child Exploitation Problem. How Humans Train Its Search AI Is Partly Why, December 2017
Can Tech Workers Complain About Sexual Harassment? Depends What They Signed, November 2017
Ev Williams Wants To Save Media — Again. But Some Writers And Publishers Are Skeptical, October 2017
Selected work: WIRED
The Hidden Laborers Training AI to Keep Ads Off Hateful YouTube Videos, April 2017
It's Your Fault Microsoft's Teen AI Turned Into Such a Jerk, March 2016
In the City with the World's Worst Traffic, Uber Is an Awkward Fit, December 2015
You Love Pizza Rat. You Don't Own Pizza Rat, September 2015
This Girls' Summer Camp Could Help Change the World of AI, August 2015
Inside the Company that's Made Viral Videos Big Business, August 2015
It'd Be Crazy If VC Firms Didn't Fix Their Gender Problems, June 2015 print issue
Bill Gates’ Plan to Help the Developing World Profit From Its Sewage, January 2015
Elsewhere
PRIVACY, February 2014 print issue, Popular Mechanics (COVER STORY)
A Robot for Any Disaster, November 2014 print issue, Popular Mechanics
The Behemoth, September 2014 print issue, Popular Mechanics
A City’s Fever Spell, December 2012, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Communication at the Speed of Light, November 2012, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Selected Audio interviews
How Facebook Abets Rodrigo Duterte’s Drug War in the Philippines, October 2018, UN Dispatch
Assessing the Ellen Pao Verdict, March 2015, NPR's All Things Considered
A Gender Discrimination Trial Rocks Silicon Valley, March 2015, NPR's All Things Considered