Journalism

Selected reporting on history, heritage, and place

History & Heritage

– Did a female serial poisoner kill hundreds of men in Renaissance Italy? (National Geographic)

– The Story Behind Louis XIV’s Secret Wife (National Geographic)

– How is France Moving the Bayeux Tapestry? (National Geographic)

– The Mysterious Clockmaker Who Claimed to be Marie-Antoinette’s Dead Son (National Geographic)

– France’s Oldest Public Library is Paris’ Best Oasis (The Daily Beast)

– The Apartments of France’s Greatest Mistress Have Reopened (The Daily Beast)

Travel & Place

– France’s “Prettiest Village” Holds History and Secrets (The Daily Beast)

– Roissy-en-France Is So Much More Than Its Famous Sex Novel (The Daily Beast)

– Horseback Riding Marie-Antoinette Style at Versailles (The Daily Beast)

– At France’s Glitziest Spot, Offseason Might Be the Best Season (The Daily Beast)

– The Top Luxury Hotels in Paris (U.S. News & World Report)

Art, Design & Interiors

– Rodin, a Cadaver, and the Scandal That Nearly Derailed Him (The Daily Beast)

– Billionaire’s Unwanted Paris Art Museum Opens with Melting Statues and Talking Mice (The Daily Beast)

– The French Capital’s Most Scandalous Restaurant Reopens (The Daily Beast)

– The Paris Hotel Home to Hemingway & Holocaust Survivors (The Daily Beast)

Selected cultural and institutional writing, including commissioned features for the Hong Kong Design Institute.

– Scenography Unveiled: Nathalie Crinière’s career has been filled with joys, challenges and a few surprises (BODW+)

– Laurent Ungerer’s daunting task of creating a new identity for a Parisian icon (BODW+)

Earlier Reporting

– The Picture of Death: Photographer Izima Kaoru’s Landscapes With a Corpse (Newsweek International)

– New Light Shed on Fact, Fiction of Turbulent French Writer (Agence France Presse)

– Boarding Schools for France’s “Banlieues”: An Old Idea Back in the Mainstream (Agence France Presse)

– For Haiti Earthquake Coverage, Would Less Have Been More? (Link TV, Global Pulse)