@tfsohn

Journalist, Correspondent for Outside Magazine.

 Brooklyn, NY
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Joined February 2011
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The window of opportunity would only last a few hours. Our aquatic biologist, Eric Gardunio, knew it was the best (& maybe only) chance to save a very rare native fish from the nearby Gold Mtn Fire. Staff would have to go into the fire zone + get out fast. Could it be done?
A burned forest after a wildfire with smoke rising above a steep canyon and large burned trees on the hillsides.

ALT A burned forest after a wildfire with smoke rising above a steep canyon and large burned trees on the hillsides.

A hand holding a golden colored trout above a bucket of creek water with another couple fish in the bucket below.

ALT A hand holding a golden colored trout above a bucket of creek water with another couple fish in the bucket below.

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Trump administration defends Biden-era rejection of Pebble mine by EPA

The developer of the copper and gold prospect asserted the court filing is “surprisingly short-sighted” and “reads like it was written by an Obama/Biden/Anti-mining/Anti-oil/Anti-development coalit...

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Wrote a piece. lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n02/…

Christian Lorentzen · I’m always in the club: Peter Matthiessen in Paris

‘When you’re 23, it seems pretty romantic to go to Paris with yr beautiful young wife to serve as an intelligence...

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Scientists have scrambled to stage necessary Alaska fish surveys, but data analysis, salmon research and other services will be impacted, officials told the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. Via @AlaskaBeacon adn.com/business-economy/202…

NOAA firings, cuts will reduce services used to manage Alaska fisheries, officials say

Scientists have scrambled to stage necessary fish surveys, but data analysis, salmon research and other services will be impacted, officials tell the North Pacific Fishery Management Council.

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Good summary of the sad decline of Outside Magazine, a magazine so many of us loved, and one to which I've been a proud contributor for over two decades. newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…

The Decline of Outside Magazine Is Also the End of a Vision of the Mountain West

After its purchase by a tech entrepreneur, the publication is now a shadow of itself. A letter signed by its illustrious contributors says as much about a way of life as it does about the media...

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Also this one: cjr.org/news/outside-magazin…

Inside ‘Outside.’

Layoffs, acquisitions, and a contributors’ revolt.

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Beautiful essay from @AntonioDeLoeraB on why El*n and DOGE have the National Parks in their crosshairs: because they are a successful and popular instance of public ownership. compactmag.com/article/why-n…

Why National Parks Matter

The National Parks System has long been dubbed “America’s Best Idea.”

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Outside in its heyday was one of the best magazines that ever existed. I'm proud I got to be part of that. It was thriving before the pandemic, and I firmly believe it would have thrived again post-pandemic if it had remained a stand-alone brand. What a waste.
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As you may have heard, most (not all) of the people who produce Outside magazine (and the website) were laid off on Thursday. The ex-ME has a complete archive of issues going all the way back to the 1970s. If anybody knows of a library that might want to house these, lemme know.
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In one of the strangest chapters of my life, I spent several months in the trenches of Big Headlight, looking to understand just how and why headlights became brighter than the sun. Answers, graphs, penis sketches—it's all here, on the brand new @ringer: theringer.com/2024/12/03/tec…
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When the U.S. government sent the Tsukamoto family to an incarceration camp in 1942, one neighbor stepped up to save the farms they left behind, giving them something to come home to. bit.ly/3VccFT3

During World War II, This Farmer Risked Everything to Help His Japanese American Neighbors

When the U.S. government sent the Tsukamoto family to an incarceration camp in 1942, one neighbor stepped up to save the farms they left behind, giving them something to come home to

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I tagged along on a surreal trip to a conflict zone in Azerbaijan with a group of explorers known as the world's Most Traveled People. No matter that the war there wasn't over yet. outsideonline.com/adventure-…

Is Traveling to Every Country in the World a Worthy Cause? This Group Thinks So.

I tagged along on a surreal trip to a conflict zone in Azerbaijan with a group of explorers known as the world’s Most Traveled People. No matter that the war there wasn’t over yet.

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“I’m like an undercover cop in a world where undercover cops don’t exist.” Wild @GQMagazine story about a professional whistleblower who scans social media for execs who seem like frauds, pretends he’s an investor, and then reports to the SEC. gq.com/story/how-to-make-mil…

How to Make Millions as a Professional Whistleblower

A little-known provision in US law permits anyone to blow the whistle on financial fraud—and potentially take home a percentage of the funds collected. One undercover sleuth has made a wild career...

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A breathtaking achievement by @itscaitlinhd and @lynseyaddario. It's not just an urgent story of human suffering, but one that seems almost impossible in its reporting challenges. They scaled boulders and forded rivers to bring you this story. Read it. theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…

Seventy Miles in Hell

The Darién Gap was once considered impassable. Now hundreds of thousands of migrants are risking treacherous terrain, violence, hunger, and disease to travel through the jungle to the United States.

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Brain tumors shrinking overnight. I wrote about it: nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…

Good News About Brain Cancer

Immunotherapy is making tumors melt away.

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Thanks @planetmoney for talking with me about international bike theft and my story for @WIRED . A voice made for print! npr.org/2024/06/25/119796542…

Tracking the underground bike theft economy : The Indicator from Planet Money

A few years ago, bike enthusiast Bryan Hance got a tip. A whole bunch of expensive bikes that were stolen in the Bay Area had suddenly turned up ... for sale on a Facebook page in Mexico. The...

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My first book review for the @nytimes! I recommend the book in question: a highly entertaining biography of a real-life 1920s "prince of thieves," by @DeanJobb nytimes.com/2024/06/25/books…

What Happened to the Well-Mannered Cat Burglar? (Published 2024)

In “A Gentleman and a Thief,” Dean Jobb vividly recounts the life and times of the notorious criminal — and tabloid fixture — Arthur Barry.

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In a Digital Age, High-End Outdoors Magazines Are Thriving in Print nytimes.com/2024/06/16/busin…

In a Digital Age, High-End Outdoors Magazines Are Thriving in Print (Published 2024)

Titles like Adventure Journal, Mountain Gazette, Summit Journal and Ori are aimed at “people who just don’t want to be on their phones anymore.”

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Wonderfully told and meticulously reported true crime story from @chrisasolomon for @WIRED, about a bike theft ring running from Silicon Valley to Mexico to points beyond, and still going! Bravo to Chris and Bryan Hance of @BikeIndex. wired.com/story/silicon-vall…

The West Coast’s Fanciest Stolen Bikes Are Getting Trafficked by One Mastermind in Jalisco, Mexico

“We have people stealing all over the world.” A digital sleuth named Bryan Hance has spent the past four years obsessively uncovering a bicycle-theft pipeline of astonishing scale.

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NEW: A phenomenal bit of true crime writing. Heartbreak. Suspense. Do-gooders. Bad dudes. For four years, @chrisasolomon followed a massive international bike-theft ring swiping millions of dollars in bikes—and it ain’t over yet! wired.com/story/silicon-vall…

The West Coast’s Fanciest Stolen Bikes Are Getting Trafficked by One Mastermind in Jalisco, Mexico

“We have people stealing all over the world.” A digital sleuth named Bryan Hance has spent the past four years obsessively uncovering a bicycle-theft pipeline of astonishing scale.

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