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Writer, musician, record label owner, and professor of journalism based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 

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*It’s pronounced “Ven-you-toll-oh Mon-tove-ah-nee”

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Writing

CULTURE

Just One More: Inside the Shadow Evacuation of Kabul for WIRED

A Master Clockmaker, Three Generations in the Making for The New York Times

35 Years After Bull Durham, the Durham Bulls Are Still the Biggest Team in Little Baseball for GQ

Matteo Jorgenson is Big and Getting Bigger in the World's Biggest Bike Races for The Guardian

Evangelizing Hope: Dr. Richard Bedlack's Fight to Find a Cure for ALS for The Assembly

Ydwer van der Heide's Long Ride Down the Mountain for Ski Magazine//Outside Magazine

Race for Coronavirus Vaccine Pits Spy Against Spy for The New York Times (front page, Sunday Edition)

Where Does A 225-Year-Old Warship Get Its Parts? At the Navy's Forest, Of Course for National Geographic

We Indulged our Son During Lockdown. Did that Change Him? for Scientific American

The Afghan Refugees Building America's Submarines for Fast Company

One City's Bold New Experiment to Combat Homelessness for Insider

What Kids Lose Without Snow Days for Vox

Into the Dark Place: Why I Rode 100 Miles Around a 400 Meter Track for Cycling Weekly

From Tragedy to Triumph: Nida Allam's History-Making Journey for The Bitter Southerner (featured on Longreads)

How Mick Jagger Rocked a Plucky Charlotte Dive Bar for Garden & Gun

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TRAVEL

Chasing the Aurora Borealis through Northern Norway for National Geographic

Vulkan: Olso's New Neighborhood, Focused on Sustainable Living for BBC Travel

After My First Backcountry Ski Trip, Resort Skiing Will Never Be the Same for Ski Magazine/Outside

Keep Your Hoagies Out of North Carolina for The Food Section

Lake Annecy: The Hidden Gem of the French Alps for Condé Nast Traveler

A Cyclist's Guide to Greenville, South Carolina for Condé Nast Traveler

The Thrill of Cycling North Dakota's Maah Daah Hey Trail for Condé Nast Traveler

Watching the Tour de France from the Side of a Mountain for Bicycling Magazine

Exploring Ancient Italian Villages, Our Ten-Month-Old in Tow for The Toronto Star

Where Do the Travel Writers Long to Travel? for The Toronto Star

A Day Trip to Tivoli for Travel + Leisure

Boone: An Appalachian Gem for Charlotte Observer

A Muddy Race, A Million Buttes, and One Very Novice Mountain Biker: A Weekend on the Maah Daah Hey Trail for The Radavist

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PERSONAL ESSAY

Coney Island and the New York We Left Behind for Sari Botton's Memoir Land

Getting to Know My Big Sister on the Oregon Trail for Wired

My Family’s Secret Recipe for Immortality for Catapult

Language Lessons at Crook's Corner for The Bitter Southerner

Riding Home for Escape Collective

My Mother the Crow for Salvation South

Maternity Ward. Psych Ward. Repeat. for Open Secrets Magazine

Learning to Love Frozen Again for Disney

Lessons in Waiting for Yes for The Millions

In Search Of: Grandmas for Catapult

That Time Sturgill Simpson Gave Me His Door Money for Cuepoint Magazine

On American Pop in All Its Grotesque Beauty for Talkhouse

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Chapel Hill, NC, USA

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