My longform piece on "Vexit" took weeks of research and was published at over 3,000 words. It went viral, was shared over 10,000 times on Facebook and Twitter, received over 200,000 impressions and generated tens of thousands of comments. It became so controversial that Curbed opted to disable comments on the piece. It led to me being interviewed by NPR (KPCC) and asked to go on Good Day LA.
A month after the Curbed piece was published, the LA Times published their own piece on "Vexit" on the front page.
10 Worst Landlords in LA
Another hit for Curbed was my investigation into bad landlords in Los Angeles. Months of research paid off in a major way. The piece went viral throughout the city, and is now used as a tool for disenfranchised tenants to avoid and identify abusive landlords.Within three days of publication, Curbed was threatened with lawsuits by no less than five of the ten landlords we identified. Which was, as my editor said, "always the mark of a great story."
But the story doesn’t end here. Due to threats of litigation from the landlords named in the article, Vox Media decided to remove the article in question from Curbed. So much for standing up for the little guy!
To avoid litigation myself, I cannot link to the archived version. But let’s just say the internet never forgets.
To avoid litigation myself, I cannot link to the archived version. But let’s just say the internet never forgets.