With a café in New York City and a new cookbook, Beejhy Barhany is bringing the stories and flavors of Ethiopian Jews to the States
Smithsonian Magazine online, September 2025
This College Student’s Weather Forecasts Have Won Fans Across North Carolina
If a storm’s coming to the Tar Heel State, Ethan Clark has it covered.
Garden & Gun, August 2025
Inside the Ludwig Drums Factory
Ringo Starr made Ludwig drum kits popular, but the instrument makers of Monroe, North Carolina, keep them that way
Oxford American, May 2025
Spencer Horsman attracts sell-out crowds at his Illusions Bar & Theater
He was an 8-year-old ventriloquist. Now he stars in a Baltimore magic show.
After performing with celebrity magicians and enduring daring TV escapes, Spencer Horsman attracts sell-out crowds at his Illusions Bar & Theater.
The Washington Post, March 2025
Can trauma be inherited through genes?
A life-altering experience “doesn’t just die with you,” one expert says. “It has a life of its own afterwards.”
NationalGeographic.com, June 2024
Honorable Mention, Outstanding Science Article, American Society of Journalists and Authors

There Weren’t Enough Black Food Festivals, So This Couple Started Their Own
Greg and Subrina Colliers’ BayHaven Food & Wine Festival is amplifying Black culinarians.
Bon Appetit, October 2021
Can Spiritual Directors Help?
Nondenominational “spiritual companions” offer to connect clients to the divine in their everyday life.
The New York Times, January 2021







