Journalist, Human Rights Advocate
News
For seven years, I was one of the main assignment editors on the International Desk of The New York Times, coordinating and editing breaking news coverage worldwide. As day editor from 2021 to 2024, I helped lead its award-winning coverage of the wars in Israel-Gaza and Ukraine.
At the Associated Press, I was New York City news editor during and after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. →
Human Rights
My background also includes extensive experience in human rights and press freedom. I worked for nearly a decade as the editorial director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, a nonpartisan, international nonprofit that defends journalists worldwide. →
Journalist and Advocate
I'm a regular contributor to Assigned Media, an independent news site covering trans people; a member of the Board of Directors of the Accountability Journalism Institute, which promotes evidence-based news coverage; and a contributor to its news site Important Context. I'm also a member of the Trans Journalists Association.→
Recent Articles
- Democrats Lose by Punching Down on Trans Issues, Strategists Say Assigned Media
- Transphobic Ballot Questions Reveal the Right’s Anti-Girl, Anti-Kid Agenda Assigned Media
- New HHS Report on Gender-Affirming Care Rife With False Information Important Context
- As a Gender Critic’s Influence Grew, So Did Concerns About Cis Adolescents in Her Care Assigned Media
- MAGA Attacks Nonprofits. It Took Lessons From Authoritarians. Important Context
- ‘Power and Dominance’: Atlantic and Times Champion Transphobia Assigned Media
- ‘A Shameful Chapter’: How Anti-Trans Disinformation Drowned Out Science and Gripped the Mainstream Assigned Media
- The Heritage Foundation Has a Radical New Project Important Context