selected works
Scoops
Ukrainians are scrubbing open-source maps to keep intel from Russia’s army | Rest of World, April 2022
“Disinformation influencers” for hire, only $15 a day | Rest of World, September 2021
345,000 sensitive legal documents from the Philippines government have been exposed online | Rest of World, April 2021
How vaccine misinformation spreads in Spanish on Facebook | Rest of World, January 2021
As cases of Covid-19 surged, Facebook sent its content moderators in India back to work | Rest of World, October 2020
Ebola responders in Congo confront fake news and social media chatter | The New Humanitarian, May 2019
Features
Meet the off-screen workers who keep the adult webcam industry running | Rest of World, April 2022
“I wanted to buy a marine aquarium”: Why people around the world are flocking to OnlyFans | Rest of World, April 2021
“The despair and darkness of people will get to you” | Rest of World, July 2020
The Philippines’ Underground world of abortion drug-sellers | Rest of World, June 2020
'No chance against China': Gas deal worries Filipino fishermen | Al Jazeera, November 2018
In Public Housing, a Cannabis Catch-22 | CannabisWire, June 2018
In-depth reporting
“It’s a bloodbath”: U.S. companies are pillaging Latin America’s tech talent | Rest of World, January 2022
Facebook may be dangerously unprepared for Libya’s upcoming presidential election, documents show | Rest of World, November 2021
Training self-driving cars for $1 an hour | Rest of World, August 2021
Workers in the Global South are making a living playing the blockchain game Axie Infinity | Rest of World, August 2021
Tech contractors are organizing and facing violent threats in the Philippines | Rest of World, July 2021
In Congo’s Ebola zone, Misinformation persists even as cases slow | The New Humanitarian, January 2020
Ebola response in Congo leaves locals at greatest risk | The New Humanitarian, June 2019
As Ebola cases rise, so do worries of a cross-border epidemic | The New Humanitarian, May 2019
EXPLAINERS
In Ukraine’s cyber-war with Russia, who is a civilian and what is a war crime? | Rest of World, March 2022
Humanitarian organizations keep getting hacked because they can’t spend to secure data | Rest of World, February 2022
Fifty percent of Facebook Messenger’s total voice traffic comes from Cambodia. Here’s why | Rest of World, November 2021
New laws requiring social media platforms to hire local staff could endanger employees | Rest of World, May 2021
Why women and children are at greatest risk as Ebola continues to spread in Congo | The New Humanitarian, September 2019
Startups Took Over Earth, and Now They’re Headed to Space — With Creepy Pepsi Ads in Tow | OneZero, April 2019
Moonshine Cannabis | CannabisWire, March 2019
How death disappeared from Halloween | Washington Post, October 2018
How Long Will Amazon Need Those 50,000 HQ2 Employees? | The Washingtonian, March 2018