The Justice Department plays a central role in nearly every important political, legal and constitutional conflict. It’s also my assignment desk.
One of the greatest challenges of covering a vast and complex department is simply deciding what to write about, and how that coverage can best serve the public interest.
I was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y. — in Sheepshead Bay and Brighton Beach — where my parents ran an ice cream store under the Ocean Parkway stop of the elevated Q line.
After graduating Brooklyn College, I took a job at the weekly Downtown Express in Lower Manhattan, where I was schooled in my trade by Jan Hodenfield, a brilliant and generous editor who had been one of Rolling Stone’s first staff writers.
I’ve worked at many places subsequently: The Birmingham Post-Herald, City Limits, The Daily News, Bloomberg, Newsday and Politico.
In 2017, I joined The Times, where I’ve covered the White House, Congress, politics, poverty, housing, trade, and, now, the Justice Department. My most fulfilling assignment, however, was writing obituaries about some of the extraordinary, if lesser known, people who died during the pandemic.
As a Times journalist, I share the values and adhere to the standards of integrity outlined in The Times’s Ethical Journalism handbook. I strive to be scrupulous about accuracy, context and confidentiality.
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