Selections from 400+ published works, and examples of editorial leadership.
Full CV upon request.
Traditional reporting
It’s not just coral. Extreme heat is weakening entire marine ecosystems in Florida. (Grist; Online: Sept. 18, 2023)
Idalia Brings Surge of Seawater, but Less Damage Than Feared (The New York Times; Online: Aug. 30, 2023; Print: Aug. 31, 2023, Page A1)
Cedar Key Residents in the Path of Idalia Prepare for the Worst (The New York Times; Online: Aug. 29, 2023; Print: Aug. 30, 2023, Page A9)
Rising Temperatures Threaten More Than Misery for Oldest Americans (The New York Times; Online: July 8, 2023; Print: July 9, 2023, Page A18)
Inside OceanGate’s Doomed Titanic Dive: Flouted Regulations and Murky Finances (Rolling Stone; June 28, 2023)
Orlando Journalist Is Mourned as Local Newsrooms Face More Danger (The New York Times; Feb. 23, 2023)
In an Orlando suburb, Bolsonaro supporters remain loyal to their new neighbor (The New York Times, Jan. 9, 2022)
After Hurricane Nicole, Condo Owners Grapple With Living Beachside (The New York Times, Nov. 11, 2022)
Hurricane Nicole Causes Four Deaths, Forces Evacuation of Unsteady Buildings (The New York Times, Nov. 10, 2022)
Lost in the crowd: When a pandemic takes away the friends we didn’t know we had (The Charlotte Observer, Feb. 24, 2021)
Being the Background Friend: What It Feels Like, and How to Overcome It (Rewire, Dec. 25, 2020)
About one-in-five U.S. adults know someone who goes by a gender-neutral pronoun (Pew Research Center, Sept. 5, 2019)
A growing number of American teenagers – particularly girls – are facing depression (Pew, July 12, 2019)
The share of women in legislatures around the world is growing, but they are still underrepresented (Pew, March 18, 2019)
In 116th Congress, at least 13% of lawmakers are immigrants or the children of immigrants (Pew, Jan. 24, 2019)
18 striking findings from 2018 (Pew, Dec. 13, 2018)
Many minority students go to schools where at least half of their peers are their race or ethnicity (Pew, Oct. 25, 2017)
More U.S. households are renting than at any point in 50 years (Pew, July 19, 2017)
Number of women leaders around the world has grown, but they’re still a small group (Pew, March 8, 2017)
‘Dorkin in York’: The city’s freestyle BMX history (York Daily Record, April 21, 2016)
Snow storm was deadly for dozens in Pa., Md. region (YDR, Jan. 27, 2016)
Home on the range: To whom do the Montana lands belong? (The Riveter, May 29, 2015)
Former Spring Grove cross country runners get second wind with induction into Hall of Fame (YDR, May 8, 2015)
Invasive fish spread across NW Montana (The Western News, Aug. 5, 2014)
Data reporting & visualization
Q&A: No justice for civilians killed by the state in Colombia (The New Humanitarian, Nov. 11, 2020)
Long road to peace: An Indigenous protest movement emerges in Colombia (TNH, Oct. 21, 2020)
Venezuelan migrants left in the lurch as COVID-19 stalls regional reforms (TNH, Oct. 15, 2020)
Change in the humanitarian sector, in numbers (TNH, Sept. 9, 2020)
Forced displacement and violence fester four years after Colombia peace deal (TNH, July 15, 2020)
Is a new Plan Colombia putting a fragile peace at risk? (TNH, July 15, 2020)
Briefing: Coronavirus and the halting of asylum at the US-Mexico border (TNH, June 29, 2020)
The shadow war on the Venezuela-Colombia border (TNH, May 5, 2020)
Nearly two-thirds of U.S. secondary schools have sworn officers on site – but not all the time (Pew, May 1, 2018)
Millennials are the most likely generation of Americans to use public libraries (Pew, June 21, 2017)
U.S. private prison population has declined in recent years (Pew, April 11, 2017)
Fewer Americans plan to watch inauguration this year than in 2009 (Pew, Jan. 18, 2017)
For many Americans, Election Day is already here (Pew, Oct. 21, 2016)
Editorial leadership
— Founded and edited independent projects, including a short-term online magazine, a photo essay newsletter, and more
— Formalized a reporting stream on Colombia at a nonprofit international news organization
— Led data visualization strategy and creation for “Change in the humanitarian sector, in numbers,” an in-depth data-oriented look into the aid industry
— Wrote and managed the publication of Pew Research Center’s popular annual “striking findings” articles from 2016, 2017 and 2018
— Co-led breaking news for newsroom-wide coverage of a record-breaking blizzard: York County closes in on record snowfall
Abigail (A.W.) Geiger 