I’ve written about a lot of things, including film and TV, local news, politics, pop culture, technology, climate change, and more. I’ve also been known to have a knack for covering weird, niche stuff.
Freelance writing
- Selling Sunset Creator Adam DiVello on How the Show Chooses Its ‘Fun and Aspirational’ Soundtrack
- The Dropout Turns A Podcast About Elizabeth Holmes Into a Hulu Series. Here’s What to Know (TIME)
- Where Cheer Season 2 Finds All Your Favorite Navarro Cheerleaders (TIME)
- How the Real Estate Sales on Selling Sunset Actually Work (TIME)
- Stick It celebrates the brutal beauty of gymnastics (Vulture)
- On House Hunters: Comedians on Couches, HGTV Roasts Itself (Vulture)
Pittsburgh City Paper
Features
- Local TikTok mortician @Beforethecoffin gives a peek behind the death industry
- Preserving Pittsburgh: How Pittsburgh’s 3-year-old archive department is working to make the city’s history more accessible
- The simple pleasures and difficulties of life on a houseboat
- ASMR YouTuber LilyWhispers relaxes viewers with care and crinkling
Film
- Hallmark releases another Hanukkah movie aimed at people who have never heard of Hanukkah
- The Assistant shows how abuse of power can be cloaked in the mundane
- The Lighthouse is as engrossing as it is gross
- Senegalese romantic drama Atlantics paints a haunting picture of love and loss
- Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again exists outside of space and time. It doesn’t know sense or logic; only joy, love, and ABBA
News
- How a CMU press release led to public and private backlash against two former Trump appointees
- Job losses and financial insecurity are taking a toll on mental health during the pandemic
- Police escalate protest outside Mayor Peduto’s house with pepper spray, projectiles, and apparent kettling
- How the pandemic has shined a light on the fissures in Pittsburgh’s already-precarious housing situation
Weird stuff
Hannah Lynn 