RECENT NEW YORK TIMES COMMISSIONS:

Ava Sasani, Afghan Women Who Aided U.S. Military Wait for Asylum in America, 2023
Ben Weiser, Lola Fadulu and Kate Christobek, E. Jean Carroll, 2023
Ben Weiser and Tracy Tully, After Student’s Suicide, an Elite School Says It Fell Tragically Short, 2023
Lola Fadulu, To Die on Her Own Terms, a Connecticut Woman Turns to Vermont, 2023
Sarah Blesener, For Newly Arrived New Yorkers, a Chance to Celebrate, 2022
Stefanos Chen, He Says His Landlord is Harrasing Him to Leave a $450-a-Month Apartment, 2022
Chelsia Rose Marcius, Hundreds of Women Set to Sue New York Over Allegations of Prison Sex Abuse, 2022
Ashley Southall, This Police Captain’s Plan to Stop Gun Violence Uses More Than Handcuffs, 2022
Sharon Otterman, As the Baby Formula Shortage Drags On, Moms Are Pumping for the Cause, 2022
Michael Powell, How It Feels to Be an Asian Student in an Elite Public School, 2022
Jodi Kantor, The Amazon that Customers Don’t See, 2021
Denise Grady, A Few Covid Vaccine Recipients Developed a Rare Blood Disorder, 2021
John Leland, What Zoom Does to Campus Conflicts over Israel and Free Speech, 2021
Alix Strauss, ‘I Know I’m Not Alone’: The Importance of Mentors Right Now, 2021
Matt Richtel, How the Pandemic Is Imperiling a Working-Class College, 2020
Roni Caryn Rabin, Coronavirus May Pose a Risk to Younger Patients: Strokes, 2020
Alan Feuer and William K. Rashbaum, ‘We Ran Out of Space’ : Bodies Pile Up as N.Y. Struggles to Bury its Dead, 2020
Alan Feuer and Jan Ransom, What Note From Jury Could Mean as Weinstein Deliberations Resume, 2020
Charity Robey, Deer Population Meet Its Match: Women Who Hunt, 2020
Domino Kirke, You Birth How You Live, 2020
Andy Newman, Her Job Requires 7 Apps. She works Retail. 2019
Roni Caryn Rabin, She Told Police a Pediatrician Abused Her. Why Was He Never Charged? 2019
Tracey Tulley, Owe Lunch Money? Don’t Plan on Going to Prom, 2019
Sandra E. Garcia, We Hug The Block, 2019
Joseph Goldstein, She Was Arrested at 14. Then Her Photo Went to a Facial Recognition Database, 2019
Caitlin Dickerson, ICE Launches Raids Targeting Migrant Families, 2019
Rich Rojas, She Fought For Stronger Sexual Abuse Laws - Her Son was the Reason, 2019
Tracy Tullis, A Multimillion-Dollar Payout at the Carwash, 2019
Annie Correal, She Was Like You and Me - A Death and Life in the Bronx Opioid Crisis, 2019
Christina Goldbaum, Behind the Counter, a New Political Force, 2019
Korey Kilgannon, Fur Helped Build the City, Now Its Sale May Be Banned, 2019.
James Poniewozik, On Night 2, The Democratic Debate Wakes Up and Shakes Up, 2019
Nikita Stewart, How a Garden for the Poor Became a Playground for the Rich, 2018
Liz Leydon, In Echo of Flint, Mich., Water Crisis Now Hits Newark, 2018
Liz Leydon, A Water Crisis in Newark Brings New Worries, 2018
Luis Ferré-Sadurní, Finding a Home After a Fire, 2018
Abby Ellin, A High School Education and College Degree All in One, 2018
Alyson Krueger, Herbs from the Underground, 2017

RECENT PORTRAIT COMMISSIONS:

The New York Times, An Attack Over Vogueing Resonates Painfully With a Renowed Drag Performer, 2023
The Guardian, A Game Changer, the War on Abortion Rights in the US, 2023
Tages Anzeiger, Susanne Bartsch, 2022
Telegraph Magazine, The Doctor Who Can Literally Feel Other People’s Pain, 2022
The New York Times, Biden is Pushing a Climate Agenda. Gina McCarthy Has to Make it Stick, 2021
The New York Times, ‘A Slap in the Face’: Black Veterans on Bases Named for Confederates, 2020
The Wall Street Journal, Photos: For Nurses Day, Tales From the Coronavirus Frontlines, 2020
The New York Times, Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks Find Opposition Within: Staff Scientists, 2020
The Wall Street Journal, Harvey Weinstein Accusers Look for Closure at His Sentencing, 2020
The Atlantic, Classical Music Has a God-Status Problem, 2020
The New York Times, You Birth How You Live, 2020
New York Magazine, The Last Residents of Hotel Bossert, 2019
The Washington Post, How a 7th-grader’s Strike Against Climate Change Exploded into a Movement, 2019
The New York Times, Supporting Students with Brain Injuries, One Campus at a Time, 2019
The Wall Street Journal, A New Stage for Huey Lewis’s Revival, 2019
The Wall Street Journal, Looking for a Road Map for Retirement? Good Luck with That, 2019
Bloomberg Businessweek, The Art of Crowdfunding War, 2019
Bloomberg, Goldman Alumni Still Think They Can Fix Wall Street with Crypto, 2018

RECENT PROJECT COMMISSIONS:

ProPublica, NYC Schools Call 911 on Students, 2023
Wall Street Journal, Sanctioned Drug-Use Sites Reach a Crossroads as Funding Runs Out, 2022
ProPublica, How Prenatal Screenings Have Escaped Regulation, 2022
ProPublica, Mental Health Beds for New York Children Disappearing, 2022
ProPublica, The Liberty Way, 2021

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