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Michael Frank

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Covers:  Auto, bicycle, motorcycle, tech, EVs, immigration, Hudson Valley region, outdoor products and product design
Doesn't Cover: beauty, nutrition, bike racers, moto/athlete profiles
Writer for Adventure Journal, Outside, Coolhunting, Men's Fitness, Private Clubs, Virtuoso Life... And likely other pubs I've failed to mention...

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Michael Frank is a journalist and editor who has spent the past 25 years in both print and online media, as well as consulting on projects for multinational corporations, small startups, and academic institutions. His work as an editor led to two National Magazine Awards for Esquire and National Geographic. He currently contributes to Consumer Reports, Hagerty Media, Men's Journal, Gear Patrol, Coolhunting, Forbes, and other outlets, and he's an adjunct professor of journalism at SUNY New Paltz…

Michael Frank’s Journalist Portfolio

Fear of Deportation Is Making Your Food More Expensive

Fear of Deportation Is Making Your Food More Expensive

In upstate New York, both workers and the farmers who employ them fear more aggressive immigration enforcemen…

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COOL HUNTING Escaping into Nobu Shoreditch, London

COOL HUNTING Escaping into Nobu Shoreditch, London

by Michael Frank Just a few blocks off the quite bustling Great Eastern Street in London lies the wedge-shape…

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COOL HUNTING DJI's Portable, Powerful Mavic Air High-Resolution Drone

COOL HUNTING DJI's Portable, Powerful Mavic Air High-Resolution Drone

When DJI launched the Spark Drone last year, anyone who likes to take photos on the move went a little nuts. …

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Rare Jaguar Beauties | PrivateClubsMag

Rare Jaguar Beauties | PrivateClubsMag

An electrically powered E-Type sounds like heresy - similar to painting a Mark Rothko over a da Vinci. But ne…

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Tokyo Runs on Ramen

Tokyo Runs on Ramen

There are more than 7,100 ramen shops in Tokyo. Many only have counters - no chairs or stools and little ambi…

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Dometic Makes Coolers—and Everything Else—By Obsessing About Minute Details

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By Michael Frank Verified
| Cool Hunting Verified
From car camping gear, portable batteries, electric coolers and more, Dometic’s innovative and modular products are designed for energy efficiency and ease of use Courtesy of Dometic You know Dometic even if you don’t think you do. Practically every shot of overlanding you’ve ever seen probably has a Dometic product in it, whether that’s a cooler or pop-up rooftop tent, a headlamp, a stove or some other contraption. Dometic is “the” game in overlanding, with over 35,000 products.
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A Week Of Driving Tells Us Why You Should Buy The Honda CR-V, And Not The Toyota RAV4

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By Michael Frank Verified
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Last year the Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4—just those two cars—outsold the entirety of all Mercedes-Benz and BMW cars. Together, we're talking about nearly 900,000 vehicles, which is kinda nuts. It might even be crazier to think that one out of every 18 cars sold in 2025 was either a RAV4 or a Honda CR-V.
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Why You Should Only Buy The Hybrid RAV4—Not The Plug-In Hybrid

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There’s a trend happening at Toyota that’s both obvious and hardly discussed: The hybridization of everything. The Camry went first, toward hybrid-only production, and you can get both the Tacoma and Tundra either as a hybrid or a gas truck. But their cash cow, the RAV4, which in 2024 stole the crown from the Ford F-150 as the most popular vehicle in America, is now solely sold as a hybrid, and that’s a pretty big deal. Sort of?
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Reporting for a now-defunct "newspaper" in Virginia. But I landed a Sunday cover photo on the Washington Post, and that launched me.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes. I've even used a pencil.

How is social media changing news?

Pro and con. There's more information, but value? If we can't get paid to write more than 140 characters, info alone won't help society.
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