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A freelance journalist covering health, fitness, and wellness for publications like GQ, Nat Geo, & Wired. Bringing you a weekly digest about the nyc fitness scene (The Rundown NYC) and provide media insights for PR/journos (Off The Record.)
Outdoors. Style. Textiles. Dispatches from a PNW journalist interested in all three.
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