I am a business reporter for Axios and a former reporter for USA Today and the Detroit Free Press.
I've written three nationally published nonfiction books:
—BRIDGE BUILDERS: BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN A POLARIZED AGE (2021, Polity Press): I set out to meet Americans who are bringing people together despite their differences, whether it's politics, race, religion, class or culture. In the book, I tell their stories and examine what we can learn from them. I used this truly invigorating experience to turn out a solutions-oriented book that illuminates a different path in the face of rigid polarization.
—AFTER THE FACT: THE EROSION OF TRUTH AND THE INEVITABLE RISE OF DONALD TRUMP (2018, Prometheus Books): This nonpartisan book explores the post-fact era brought about by our collective transfer of trust from professional journalists to social media, technology, and ideological groups, enabling Donald Trump to trample the truth en route to the White House.
—DETROIT RESURRECTED: TO BANKRUPTCY AND BACK (2016, W.W. Norton & Co.): This book chronicles the largest Chapter 9 bankruptcy in U.S. history.