Journalism at the Morning News.
Highlights:
28th February, 2012: Apocalypse How: Big-budget films tell us earthquakes are bad, volcanic eruptions can be catastrophic, and meteorite strikes—barring the presence of Bruce Willis—may kill us all. Seeking expert advice on how scared we should be.
4th August, 2011: Mastering the Art of American Eating: The USDA recently replaced the almighty food pyramid with a color-coded pie chart. To celebrate our nation’s mixed metaphors about healthy eating, one man decides to spend a month attempting to follow every government recommendation he can find. Nowhere is pie advised.
27th May, 2011: Krokodil des Kapitalismus: Seeking greater self-discipline and new adventures, our writer moves to Berlin to play tennis—the sport that’s equal parts therapy and sadism—and winds up on Nabokov’s old courts.
13th April, 2011: State of Play: Does your minor want to be a miner? How about a McNugget cook? Welcome to KidZania, a revolutionary theme park coming soon to the U.S. that lets kids play at corporate-sponsored employment. (Essay was featured by the Atlantic and Berlingske, led to coverage of the theme park in Business Week and the Financial Times.)
10th December, 2009: Smiling Happily in the Evening of Life: Drawn to Denmark to observe the U.N. meeting on climate change, our man in Copenhagen is somewhat waylaid, eating blazing fire and drinking liquified koala. [And Part 2]







