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Learn more about Muck RackI’m a NYC-based journalist who has reported from 35 countries and won awards for work in the US, Sri Lanka, Congo, Somalia, Kenya, Haiti and Iran. I’ve covered everything from American election dramas to war-crazed drifters on Mogadishu’s backstreets, weaving together potent human interest tales with trenchant analysis.
I’ve been lucky enough to cover some defining moments of the era: the election wins of Barack Obama and Donald Trump, race riots in Ferguson, the terrorist siege of Nairobi’s We…
The ILO Global Media Competition, for reportage on refugees and the US election. (2016).
The UN Foundation Prize, for a series on terrorism in East Africa (2014).
The UN Foundation Prize, for covering Haiti’s earthquake (2010).
The Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Prize, for documenting wars in Congo and Sri Lanka (2009).