Who am I?

I am a Washington D.C.-based journalist with more than a decade of experiencing covering politics and policy. I most recently worked as Washington bureau chief at The Independent before I was laid off. Prior to that, I worked as an associate editor at The Washington Post and The Hill. I’ve worked as a reporter at MarketWatch, National Journal and Roll Call. I’ve written two books about autism: We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation (2021) and Manly While Stimming: Autism and the Myth of the Masculine Ideal (2027).

Why am I here?

After parting ways with The Independent, I want this to be my home base as I figure out what’s next. But I don’t want The Political Spectrum to be a place where I comment about the news. In addition to covering campaigns and politics, this place will serve as a space to write about the intersection between autism and public policy that characterized my books. I want it to be a space that reports the news, covers what matters and explains it in a way that makes sense. I hope you become a paying subscriber or contribute to the campaign travel fund via Ko-Fi.

What can you expect?

This will be a space that not only reports about politics and the inner workings of campaigns and Washington, but a place that explains why this matters. Furthermore, I hope to host live video chats and a mail bag. Let’s get started!

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