[me, in the media]

[audio]

[Labor Heritage Power Hour / February 27, 2025]

Patrick Dixon of Georgetown University interviews me about the nature of working in the fast food business today.

[Proof by America's Test Kitchen / September 2, 2020]

In which the great, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Marcia Chatelain interviewed me about KFC. I've always been too nervous to listen to it, but people tell me I'm in there.

Rethinking International Agricultural Development

[Global Get Down - A Global Affairs Podcast by IRSA / December 2, 2022]

Siera Vercillo and I spoke with students at the University of British Columbia about farming in Africa.

[video]

How Bill Gates is playing both sides of the climate crisis

[The Guardian / September 18. 2025]

A rundown of Bill Gates' fat stakes in oil & coal

What is Bill Gates planning with his latest investments?

[This Is Revolution / March 4, 2025]

Talking about the Gates Foundation Trust's stake in oil, gas, and coal.

The REAL Reason Fast Food Has Taken Over America

[More Perfect Union / February 28, 2025]

A video by Meagan Day on how Welfare Reform helped the fast food industry.

Why Did California Vote Down the Minimum Wage Increase ft. Alex Park

[This Is Revolution / December 9, 2024]

Talking about recent legislative victories & ballot challenges to low-wage labor.

Management by stress, lean production, and fast food

[TikTok + Economic Hardship Reporting Project / September 30, 2024]

A TikTok by c.a.i.t.l.y.n on the nature of fast food work, based on a my story for Jacobin.

Fast Food and Automation ft. Alex Park

[This Is Revolution / September 19, 2024]

Talking about the bleak present and darker future of fast food labor.

[print]

Fast food is local food, says journalist who took pictures of McDonald's all over the world

[CBC / January 31, 2025]

A story by Sheena Goodyear about how fast food outlets can be local restaurants.

GRAPHIC: Midwestern land-grant schools received at least 42% of ag research grant money, data shows
[Investigate Midwest / August 17, 2023]

A story by Talia Duffy, with more details on some of my research on the money behind university agriculture departments.

U.S. Universities Aren't Getting Enough Funding to Tackle Agriculture's Climate Impact
[TIME / February 1, 2023]

A story by Aryn Baker on some of my research on the money behind university agriculture departments.

Journalism's Gate keepers
[Columbia Journalism Review / August 21, 2020]

Tim Schwab's excellent story on how the Gates Foundation seeks to control the narrative about its work. Featuring a story about my work for De Correspondent. Tim later expanded on this story in his 2023 book The Bill Gates Problem.

The Gates Foundation Tries to Defend Its Investment in Private Prisons

[The Stranger / April 10, 2014]

A story by Ansel Herz's on the outrage that followed my story revealing that the Gates Foundation's had put money down on private prisons.

Meat Makes the Planet Thirsty
[The New York Times / March 7, 2014]

An editorial by James McWilliams, professor of history at Texas State University, referencing a Mother Jones graphic I co-produced.

[me, in the media]

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[print]

Fast food is local food, says journalist who took pictures of McDonald's all over the world

[CBC / January 31, 2025]

A story by Sheena Goodyear about how fast food outlets can be local restaurants.

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GRAPHIC: Midwestern land-grant schools received at least 42% of ag research grant money, data shows [Investigate Midwest / August 17, 2023] A story by Talia Duffy, with more details on some of my research on the money behind university agriculture departments.

U.S. Universities Aren't Getting Enough Funding to Tackle Agriculture's Climate Impact [TIME / February 1, 2023] ​ A story by Aryn Baker on some of my research on the money behind university agriculture departments.

The Gates Foundation Tries to Defend Its Investment in Private Prisons

[The Stranger / April 10, 2014]​

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A story by Ansel Herz's on the outrage that followed my story revealing that the Gates Foundation's had put money down on private prisons.

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Meat Makes the Planet Thirsty [The New York Times / March 7, 2014] ​ An editorial by James McWilliams, professor of history at Texas State University, referencing a Mother Jones graphic I co-produced. ​

Why Macalester student says international prof plagiarized him [Minnesota Public Radio / October 11, 2010] A profile, of sorts.

GRAPHIC: Midwestern land-grant schools received at least 42% of ag research grant money, data shows
[Investigate Midwest / August 17, 2023]

A story by Talia Duffy, with more details on some of my research on the money behind university agriculture departments.

U.S. Universities Aren't Getting Enough Funding to Tackle Agriculture's Climate Impact
[TIME / February 1, 2023]

A story by Aryn Baker on some of my research on the money behind university agriculture departments.

[The Stranger / April 10, 2014]

Meat Makes the Planet Thirsty
[The New York Times / March 7, 2014]

An editorial by James McWilliams, professor of history at Texas State University, referencing a Mother Jones graphic I co-produced.

Why Macalester student says international prof plagiarized him
[Minnesota Public Radio / October 11, 2010]

A profile, of sorts.