got to write about running, obsession, guilt, and Baseball Furies. a fun one for the cover of sunday's NYT Metro nytimes.com/2021/09/10/nyr…

profiled someone who works really hard even for an olympian nytimes.com/2021/09/24/nyr…

learned how to shoot at 1,000 yards from a marksman with no arms, for the drive issue of Field & Stream fieldandstream.com/guns/aaron-mie…

The “third place,” a venue for wonderfully inefficient socializing, is being appropriated by a culture of status and productivity, writes allie conti: on.theatln.tc/3Jt2Ahy

got asked to write about hangin out for @theatlantic, and my take is that it rocks theatlantic.com/family/archive…

“Monday and Tuesday, people are looking for something to do after work. And that’s my sweet spot. I want to be their something,” says Leon Dubov, owner of New York City’s only volleyball bar. ✍️: allie conti punchdrink.com/articles/volle…

New from Businessweek: A fascinating saga by allie conti, who goes all the way under the hood of Nikola and Trevor Milton (who's now on trial) to unravel how the whistleblower campaign came together — and the bizarre antics that ensued #longreads bloomberg.com/news/features/…

got to write about motorcycle daredevils, a guy who ran away to the circus when he was 12, and "a lost piece of the magic of America" for the cover of sunday's NYT Metro nytimes.com/2022/09/29/nyr…

Oh, I adore this allie conti story, and I'm quite jealous she did it -- and so well. nytimes.com/2022/09/29/nyr…

at least one person is saying season 1 of vigilante is "unexpectedly sticky" and "almost noirlike" many thanks Nick Quah vulture.com/article/best-t…

paddleball paul is either a folk hero or a villain, depending on your POV. my tale of re-invention and "endless waves of change," for the cover of sunday's NYT Metro: nytimes.com/2023/07/13/nyr…

wrote about a magnet fisherman who will do whatever it takes to support his family. his story of american ingenuity and a live grenade (!) for the cover of sunday’s NYT Metro nytimes.com/2023/12/21/nyr…

sunday's Great Read and NYT Metro cover: my story about sam's restaurant on shoot day, which is when its owner gets to feel like a boss nytimes.com/2024/06/09/nyr…

took a backpack full of cash onto a megabus with the treasure hunters i profiled last december. it felt like a safdie brothers movie waiting to happen but... nytimes.com/2024/06/13/nyr…