Nick Davidson

Journalist, Storyteller, Radio Producer. Also: musician, yogi, martial artist. Stories @outsidemagazine @atavist @TrlyAdventurous @highcountrynews

[Longreads @Longreads]

"Crooked cops, judges, and county employees accepted poached meat as gifts and arranged cover-ups. People in the valley who opposed poaching mostly stayed silent."

A look inside the new @atavist story, by Nick Davidson: https://t.co/XpdO6h5pdw

[Tom Ward @TomWardWrites]

Really interesting from @NickGDavidson for @outsidemagazine

https://t.co/hI7SfUNNOv

[Katya Cengel @kcengel]

Another great read from @atavist this one by @NickGDavidson
https://t.co/SKrdy5lh1r

[Outside Magazine @outsidemagazine]

Timber poaching is one of the biggest threats to old-growth forest in the Pacific Northwest. This team of detectives is using new forensics technology to track down the thieves.
https://t.co/kaSGeQU79w

[How I Make Money Writing @longformprofile]

Edition #67 features fantastic long reads from:

@BilgeEbiri @michaelwwaters @johngitt @skurutz @bananapeele @katie_prout @xpatriciah @Al_Peeair @embot @liz_crampton @Lawrence_Ukenye @mkerrhardy @kaylawebley @NickGDavidson

https://t.co/LJyOxhizJ6

[The Atavist Magazine @atavist]

Ballooning's biggest race pushes teams to fly as far as possible before landing. Thirty years ago, two of those teams drifted into Belarusian airspace. Only one survived.

From @NickGDavidson comes Atavist no. 161: "The Balloon that Fell from the Sky."
https://t.co/e9yWsk57wo

[Longreads @Longreads]

"Since the race’s inception, nine pilots had perished from mountainside crashes, unexpected plummets, or rogue lightning storms."

An excerpt from the new @atavist story, "The Balloon that Fell from the Sky," by @NickGDavidson: https://t.co/Cn2GwiTx0t

[Brent Crane @bcamcrane]

Just 2% of the heat 4 miles beneath America could meet the country’s energy needs 2,000 times over. We’re finally figuring out how to reach it.

My @NewYorker investigation into geothermal energy’s incredible potential: https://t.co/K1eR7ksepT

[Brent Crane @bcamcrane]

Dangerous doctors are surprisingly difficult to dislodge from the U.S. medical system. For @MensHealthMag, I investigated one particularly deranged and tragic case in Dallas. https://t.co/6c7k4gPLZH

[Nick Davidson @NickGDavidson]

A riveting tale of love and war from @satopol that reads like a novel. Easily the best thing I've read in @NYTmag of late.

https://t.co/aMgF7YpNTU

[Nick Davidson @NickGDavidson]

An old story from the phenomenal @jfagone, but this is among my favorite reads lately. Hard to imagine an AI tech story with more humanity at its core. Brought me tears more than once.
https://t.co/reDaFUyGIc

[Nick Davidson @NickGDavidson]

You know this only makes sense if ancient humans were capable of flight. Or, I guess, aliens.

https://t.co/rr7jfdDNej

[Nick Davidson @NickGDavidson]

Multiple editor reads are valuable, but I'm casting my vote for just a single mag editor making actual changes to a draft.

[Brent Crane @bcamcrane]

In editing, one common issue I see across mags is "editor telephone": when multiple layers of editors add, remove or rearrange copy in such a way that the original flow or meaning is jumbled. As the writer, it feels odd being asked by one editor to edit what another editor added.

[Nick Davidson @NickGDavidson]

I'm such a big fan of Jason Rohrer's transcendent game-designing journey right now. #ProjectSkydrop

https://t.co/GMFEccir2X

[Nick Davidson @NickGDavidson]

Can't imagine this going wrong. Then again, this is exactly the sort of ingenuity we need to consider. https://t.co/86Xda6sk0C

[Nick Davidson @NickGDavidson]

What a beautiful and beautifully written love story by @Kelsey_Rex with @atavist. Beware sudden tears with the finals lines!

https://t.co/4ZN5qyVljq

[Nick Davidson @NickGDavidson]

@elonmusk Outrage is less powerful but more profitable than joy. I'm sure you and your algorithms knew that.

[Nick Davidson @NickGDavidson]

Doesn't make much cents to me.
https://t.co/bS6uzfnQOQ

[Nick Davidson @NickGDavidson]

@nbj914 @atlasobscura Congrats, Nick! Great publication!

[Nick Davidson @NickGDavidson]

"Squint, and you can see it: a scenario in which the loneliness crisis today is really a mass period of acclimatization. It’s a bridge, an evolutionary step, during which we make our peace with certain trade-offs and realities."
https://t.co/GZDaN0jFeH