Author: Zach
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Discussing the state of Trump’s business on Trump, Inc.
Last month it was honor to appear again on ProPublica and WNYC’s Trump. Inc podcast. This time it was for a half-hour chat with host Andrea Bernstein and David Fahrenthold of The Washington Post about the state of the Trump Organization now that its leader has lost his government side hustle. And in the past…
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New York Times cited 1100 Pennsylvania as a key source for its deep dive on Trump’s D.C. hotel
The New York Times’s blockbuster investigation last fall of how Trump “earned millions as a gatekeeper to his own administration” relied on 1100 Pennsylvania: “The Swamp That Trump Built” by Nicholas Confessore, Karen Yourish, Steve Eder, Ben Protess, Maggie Haberman, Grace Ashford, Michael LaForgia, Kenneth P. Vogel, Michael Rothfeld, and Larry Buchanan Other recent articles…
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Chatting with the BBC about the impact of Jan. 6 on Trump’s businesses
On Thursday, I joined “BBC News with Katty and Christian” to discuss the impact of January 6 on Donald Trump’s business empire/
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More media mentions for 1100 Pennsylvania
Here are a few outlets that recently cited 1100 Pennsylvania’s reporting: “Ransacking the Republic” by Walter M. Shaub Jr. for The New York Review of Books “Donald Trump golfs with NFL great Brett Favre at Bedminster club” by The Guardian “Trump’s properties: A playground for white nationalists, Groypers and other far-right loons” by Roger Sollenberger…
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, 1100 Pennsylvania is donating 25 percent of all subscription revenue to the Restaurant Workers Relief Program. The Lee Initiative, founded by James Beard Award winner Edward Lee, and Maker’s Mark’s Restaurant Workers Relief Program have “turned restaurants across the country into relief centers with local chefs for any restaurant worker who…
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1100 Pennsylvania brings more MSNBC appearances, freelance articles, media references
While not as busy as the Trump Hotel D.C..’s lobby, the past couple of months have been eventful for reporting on the hotel’s customers. Earlier this winter, I shared some of 1100 Pennsylvania’s reporting in prime time on MSNBC with “All in with Chris Hayes.” And then a few weeks later I was back on…
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NBC News published my opinion on the Trumps selling the D.C. hotel’s lease
In late October, the Trump Org announced it was considering selling the lease to the Trump Hotel D.C. I had thoughts. And today NBC News’s opinion section, Think, published them: “The Trump family’s Washington hotel is one of the worst swamps in D.C. Selling it won’t help.”
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Politico, Daily Beast published my articles last week
Last week, I contributed articles to Politico and The Daily Beast about, yes, the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C.: “What I’ve Learned Staking Out Trump’s Washington Hotel” for Politico “President Trump Is in the Private Hospitality Business, and Business Is Booming in D.C.” for The Daily Beast
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My Trump Hotel D.C. feature for ‘Condé Nast Traveler’ took top honors for investigative reporting in Lowell Thomas competition
My 5,550-word look at the Trump Hotel D.C. for Condé Nast Traveler, “Inside the World’s Most Controversial Hotel,” just took top honors for travel news/investigative reporting in the 2018–2019 Society of American Travel Writers Foundation’s Lowell Thomas awards. Here’s what the judges, faculty members at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, said about the…
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Staking out the swamp for Vanity Fair
As part of its annual new establishment spread, last week Vanity Fair published my feature on, yes, the Trump Hotel D.C.: “Power Tripping in the Swamp: How Trump’s DC Hotel Swallowed Washington”