Twenty years a foreign correspondent. Now writing from Washington.
I’ve reported from Iraq, Pakistan, Lebanon, and the wider Middle East for Reuters, TIME, the Daily Beast, and the Associated Press. I now write from Washington, D.C., where my work is split between foreign affairs and the changing business of journalism itself.
Where to read me
From Iraq and Lebanon to the platforms reshaping newsrooms, my work follows power where it moves: through wars, rights struggles, technology, and the business of journalism itself.
A newsletter on Iran, the Middle East, and the things harder to see from a distance.
Dispatches, analysis, and the kind of context that doesn’t fit in a 700-word filing. Free to read; paid subscribers fund the work. Read it on Substack →
A publication about how AI is changing newsroom work.
Reporting and analysis for editors, publishers, and working journalists trying to figure out what AI actually changes about the job. Case studies, workflow guides, tool reviews. The audience is practitioners. Visit MediaCopilot.ai →
Iraq’s Kurds Are Caught in the Crossfire of a War They Didn’t Start
For Iraqi Kurds, the math has not changed in a century: They are surrounded by larger powers with warring interests. Read the story →
Everything else — Reuters, TIME, the Daily Beast, and on.
Reporting, commentary, and editorial work from two decades of journalism, organized as searchable collections. Useful for editors checking range, or anyone curious about the back catalogue. Browse selected articles →
About
My career has moved between institutions and independence: Reuters, TIME, the Daily Beast, Stanford, and a reader-funded experiment in Iraq that anticipated much of today’s direct-to-audience journalism. Now I write from Washington about the next rupture: AI, platforms, and the business of news.
Contact
Story tips, interview requests, the rest — email is the fastest way to reach me. I read everything; I reply to what I can.