Feature Writing
Deep dives, investigations, and science features
Arielle Duhaime-Ross started their journalism career as a science reporter for The Verge in 2014. There, they published news reports and features. They also edited their colleagues' writing. Below are a few samples of their longform journalism work:
Feature writing for VICE News
Scientists think Alabama’s sewage problem has caused a tropical parasite. The state has done little about it.
Raw sewage–soaked lawns are a common sight in and around Lowndes County. “It’s an infectious disease nightmare,” said one parasitologist.
Arielle Duhaime-Ross
New Zealand says millions of mammals must die, but no one’s sure how to kill them
If New Zealand’s government could have its way, no one in the entire archipelago would ever have to see a rat or a possum again. Following a series of efforts to control the pest population, Prime Minister John Key announced in July the launch of “Predator Free New Zealand 2050,” an initiative aimed at eradicating every […]
Arielle Duhaime-Ross
Coal miners are dying of black lung, and a Kentucky law could make it harder to claim benefits
Kentucky is experiencing a black lung epidemic that’s killing miners younger than ever before.
Arielle Duhaime-Ross
Feature writing for The Verge
Memory in the Flesh
A radical 1950s scientist suggested memories could survive outside the brain — and he may have been right
Arielle Duhaime-Ross
In search of a healthy gut, one man turned to an extreme DIY fecal transplant
Josiah Zayner’s gut was making his life hell — so he embarked on an extreme DIY fecal transplant
Arielle Duhaime-Ross