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Playboy

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My journalism in Playboy consists of two in-depth feature stories.

feature stories

  • Reality on the High Seas / March 2012 / Activists came to the Faroe Islands with a documentary crew in tow, hoping to shut down the local whaling operation. But it’s complicated: the whales keep the Islanders’ culture alive. Winner of the Society for Professional Journalists’ Sunshine State Award for magazine feature reporting.
  • The Curse of Reality TV / July 2011 / No TV genre leaves more human wreckage in its wake, but who’s at fault—the shows themselves or the people they attract? I reported from the set of Hoarders and the home of a Survivor cast member.

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Hi! I'm Andy, a writer and teacher who obsessively and critically covers reality TV and unscripted entertainment, focusing on how it’s made and what it means. Learn more about me.

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