The Daily Beast logo on the top of one of my stories.
In early 2010, I began contributing reported features and essays to Tina Brown’s online magazine The Daily Beast, which later merged with Newsweek magazine. As always, my writing focuses on TV and culture. What else is there?
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essays
- ‘Here Comes Honey Boo Boo’ Blows Up! / 10.21.12
- The Faking of House Hunters and the Realness of Reality TV / 6.21.12
- I Love Ivanka Trump! / 5.4.12
- Bachelor Finale: Ben Flajnik, Courtney Robertson & a Terrible Season / 3.13.12
- How Project Runway Made it Work / 7.27.11
- How Celebrity Apprentice Prepares Trump for the Presidency / 4.24.11
- Happy 25th Birthday, Golden Girls! / 11.12.10
- Why Survivor Has Survived / 2.11.10
reported features
- Shark Tank’s Sneak Attack! / 5.11.12
- Whale Wars Season Premiere: ‘We’ve actually won,’ said Paul Watson / 6.2.11
- The Real World’s Dustin Zito on His Gay Porn Past / 4.27.11
- Beyond Scared Straight’s Real-Life Controversy / 2.24.11
- Survivor Spoiler Exposes Russell Hantz as His Source / 2.1.11
- Reality TV’s Animal Activists / 8.28.10
- Harry Potter and the Plotless Theme Park / 7.15.10
- Reality TV Scams: Is Winning Worth It? / 6.14.10
- Reinventing the Nature Documentary / 3.19.10
- Reality TV and Porn Collide / 1.27.10