NBC News • 16th May 2022

Preserving the history of America’s ‘secret war’ in Laos

We don't teach it in US schools, but during the Vietnam War, the CIA led a "secret war" in neighboring Laos. Here's the story of a Lao-American group working to preserve the truth about this chapter of American history.

Washington Post • 11th October 2021

A high-tech, low-cost push to track sharks, rhinos and other species amid climate change

The story of a dude, a mysterious shark, and the little tracking devices that will revolutionize our insight into the private world of animals.

The Economist • 24th July 2021

Floating wind turbines could rise to great heights

It was always known that you could make wind turbines float. But recent technological advances suggest that you might even be able to make money doing it.

NPR Goats & Soda • 5th July 2021

Shoot That Invisible Ball! How A Top Wheelchair Player Keeps Up Her Game In Lockdown

Cambodia's lockdowns have kept Sinet An and her teammates off the court. Fortunately, there's Zoom. (Photo credit: Cindy Liu)

The Economist • 20th May 2021

Why are hundreds of huge stone jars scattered across north-east Laos?

20th-century conflicts delayed research on Laos' perplexing Plain of Jars. Peacetime has afforded archaeologists the space to pursue answers.

Vice • 15th March 2021

Criminal Gangs Are Cashing In On Humanity’s Plastic Crap

It's the new hustle in organized crime: plastic.

Travelfish • 5th February 2021

Laos: The Messenger. A long read.

A profile of Anan Bouapha, who has emerged as a voice for the LGBTIQ community in Laos.

Preachy • 14th December 2020

How to become a confused-ass Muslim

An essay on faith, family and double selves.

Washington Post • 28th October 2020

How investors are coming up with the green to save the ocean blue

"Green" financing is big business, and it's finally coming to oceans. Could it be a game-changer for seas battered by climate change and overfishing?

The Economist • 1st September 2020

Interview on The Economist's "Intelligence" podcast

I was interviewed by The Economist's Intelligence podcast for my piece on Laos' famous ant-egg soup.

The Economist • 15th August 2020

Urban Laotians pay handsomely for ant-egg soup

Laos is changing, and so is the way Lao people eat. Will ancient favorites like ant-egg soup have a future?

Cleveland Review of Books • 28th April 2020

Terrible Satisfactions: On Nick Gulig's "Orient"

A review of Orient, a poetry collection by the Thai-American writer Nicholas Gulig. The work examines what it means to be American in an era of never-ending war.

The Economist • 25th January 2020

Vietnam grapples with an unexpected surge in solar power

How Vietnam's solar sector exploded forward from a standing start.

Washington Post • 20th January 2020

Laos once considered the letter R a Western interloper. The Internet helped bring it back.

A story about history, and politics, and change.

SBNation.com • 22nd November 2019

How ‘Sikh Heritage Night’ at a Kings game sparked a movement against bigotry

This is the story of how "Sikh Heritage Night" started in one man's head, then spread to sports arenas all around America.

The Guardian • 26th July 2019

Moves to improve press freedom in Malaysia met with cautious optimism

For most of a century Malaysia's media has been under heavy state control. That may be about to change.

WIRED UK • 11th April 2019

This floating solar farm is a dam clever climate change weapon

Why is Thailand combining solar panels with dams? Meet "floatovoltaics".

Columbia Journalism Review • 17th December 2018

Malaysia’s R.AGE builds a business from advocacy journalism

I profile a team of Malaysian reporters experimenting at the digital -- and ethical -- edge of news.

E&E News • 16th July 2018

SHALE@10: In N.Y., farmers think about what might have been

Ten years ago, "fracking" wasn't considered a partisan grenade in New York, and aspiring governor Andrew Cuomo was open to it. What changed?

E&E News • 12th July 2018

OFFSHORE WIND: Nascent American industry could fully arrive under Trump

Donald Trump could have crushed offshore wind. Why didn't he?