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Nick Davidson

@NickGDavidson

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

 Santa Fe, NM
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Joined May 2011
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"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: longreads.com/2026/05/07/und…
Open Season - Longreads

Open Season - Longreads

Colorado’s San Luis Valley was a wildlife poacher’s paradise. Then an undercover federal agent arrived.

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Tom Ward@TomWardWrites7 May 2025
Really interesting from @NickGDavidson for @outsidemagazine outsideonline.com/outdoor-ad…
Thieves Are Making Off With Olympic National Forest's Rarest Trees

Thieves Are Making Off With Olympic National Forest's Rarest Trees

Timber thieves are a slippery bunch. Here's how cops uncovered an underground criminal ring in spanning the Pacific Northwest and cracked down to protect the state's ancient trees.

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Katya Cengel@kcengel10 Apr 2025
Another great read from @atavist this one by @NickGDavidson magazine.atavist.com/the-bal…
The Balloon that Fell from the Sky

The Balloon that Fell from the Sky

Fifteen teams lifted off from Switzerland in gas ballooning’s most audacious race. Three days later, two of them drifted into Belarusian airspace—but only one would survive.

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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. bit.ly/42GPTFL
Thieves Are Making Off With Olympic National Forest's Rarest Trees

Thieves Are Making Off With Olympic National Forest's Rarest Trees

Timber thieves are a slippery bunch. Here's how cops uncovered an underground criminal ring in spanning the Pacific Northwest and cracked down to protect the state's ancient trees.

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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 longformprofiles.substack.co…
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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." magazine.atavist.com/the-bal…
The Balloon that Fell from the Sky

The Balloon that Fell from the Sky

Fifteen teams lifted off from Switzerland in gas ballooning’s most audacious race. Three days later, two of them drifted into Belarusian airspace—but only one would survive.

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"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: longreads.com/2025/04/03/bal…

The Race That Turned to Ruin - Longreads

"Fifteen teams lifted off from Switzerland in gas ballooning’s most audacious race. Three days later, two of them drifted into Belarusian airspace—but only one would survive."

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Brent Crane@bcamcrane5 Mar 2025
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: newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…

Geothermal Power Is a Climate Moon Shot Beneath Our Feet

The center of the Earth is so hot that it could satisfy the entire world’s energy needs. But can scientists safely tap into it?

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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. menshealth.com/health/a62978…
Patients Kept Nearly Dying at a Texas Hospital. No One Suspected an Inside Job.

Patients Kept Nearly Dying at a Texas Hospital. No One Suspected an Inside Job.

How dangerous doctors keep slipping through the system—and how you can protect yourself.

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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. nytimes.com/interactive/2024…
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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. sfchronicle.com/projects/202…
He couldn’t get over his fiancee’s death. So he brought her back as an A.I. chatbot

He couldn’t get over his fiancee’s death. So he brought her back as an A.I. chatbot

The death of the woman he loved was too much to bear. Could a mysterious artificial intelligence website allow him to speak with her once more?

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You know this only makes sense if ancient humans were capable of flight. Or, I guess, aliens. theguardian.com/world/2024/s…
Archaeologists use AI to discover 303 unknown geoglyphs near Nazca Lines

Archaeologists use AI to discover 303 unknown geoglyphs near Nazca Lines

Newly discovered figures dating back to 200BCE nearly double the number of known geoglyphs at enigmatic site

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Multiple editor reads are valuable, but I'm casting my vote for just a single mag editor making actual changes to a draft.
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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.
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I'm such a big fan of Jason Rohrer's transcendent game-designing journey right now. #ProjectSkydrop wired.com/story/project-skyd…
A Game Designer Hid a Gold Trophy in the Woods. Let the Treasure Hunt Begin

A Game Designer Hid a Gold Trophy in the Woods. Let the Treasure Hunt Begin

For years, Jason Rohrer put out bizarre, beloved video games. Now, with Project Skydrop, he launches the real-world treasure hunt of his dreams.

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Can't imagine this going wrong. Then again, this is exactly the sort of ingenuity we need to consider. nytimes.com/2024/09/23/clima…
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What a beautiful and beautifully written love story by @Kelsey_Rex with @atavist. Beware sudden tears with the finals lines! magazine.atavist.com/love-in…
Love, Interrupted

Love, Interrupted

Two women promised they would see the Golden Gate Bridge for the first time once they were together. They had no idea how long that would take.

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Doesn't make much cents to me. nytimes.com/2024/09/01/magaz…
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"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." nytimes.com/2024/08/27/magaz…
Why Is the Loneliness Epidemic So Hard to Cure? (Published 2024)

Why Is the Loneliness Epidemic So Hard to Cure? (Published 2024)

Maybe because we aren’t thinking about it in the right way.

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Another fun, funny, reflective essay at the fringes from the inimitable Leath Tonino @outsidemagazine outsideonline.com/outdoor-ad…
I Went Camping in 120-Degree Heat. The Experience Left Me Amazed—and Terrified.

I Went Camping in 120-Degree Heat. The Experience Left Me Amazed—and Terrified.

As a brutal heat wave enveloped the country this summer, our writer packed up a cooler full of Gatorade and headed to the Mojave Desert

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magazine.atavist.com/coming-… Tough, heartbreaking story from @atavist, and a great read.
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