David has written hundreds of stories for the New York Times, Bloomberg News, the Texas Tribune, the Atlantic, the New Republic, the Washington Post, the Columbia Journalism Review, the Toledo Blade and the New Haven Independent. Here are some highlights.
From the Pulitzer-winning series:
Secret Deals, Foreign Investments, Presidential Policy Changes: The Rise of Trump’s Crypto Firm, New York Times
Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches, New York Times
Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash in On A.I. Frenzy, New York Times
Crypto beat:
Their Crypto Company Collapsed. They Went to Bali, New York Times
The Wolf of Crypto, New York Times
How to Not Get Kidnapped for Your Bitcoin, New York Times
How Crypto Lobbying Won Over a President, New York Times
Longform
The Cryptocurrency Scam That Turned a Small Town Against Itself, New York Times Magazine
The Tech Guys Are Fighting. Literally, New York Times
This Man Did Not Invent Bitcoin, New York Times
He’s Lost His Marriage, His Followers and His Lamborghini, New York Times
What Happens When Crypto Meets Ted Lasso, New York Times
The Three Abductions of N: How Corporate Kidnapping Works, New York Times
How to Win Back Loved Ones Lost to Extreme Views, Bloomberg Businessweek
America’s Trumpiest Attorney General Isn’t Letting a Little Staff Revolt Stop Him, Bloomberg Businessweek
The Missed Business Opportunity That is Pro Tennis, Bloomberg Businessweek
U.S. Businesses Are Fighting Insurers in the Biggest Legal Battle of the Pandemic, Bloomberg Businessweek
How World Soccer Daily Went Up in Smoke, Howler Magazine
Food and retail beat:
Building the Perfect Meal with Sheep Lungs and a Suitcase, New York Times
Labor Fight Collides With the Pandemic at Trader Joe’s, New York Times
Working at Equinox: ‘It’s Very Hunger Games,’ New York Times
An In-N-Out Burger From Heaven and How It Fell Back to Earth, New York Times
15 Minutes to ‘Mayhem’: How a Tweet Led to a Shortage at Popeyes, New York Times