Sam Lee

A non-exhaustive sampling of work I've done: 

• On The Rugged Road, Priority Magazine, Nov 2019
  Travel feature on the North Coast 500, a road trip around Scotland’s northernmost tip.

• Toxic Toys, Bad Vibrations, The Riveter, Sept 2017
  Longform feature on the largely unregulated, sex toy industry in the U.S. and in which I purchase a suspect vibrator off the Internet.

• Saving Jamaica Bay's diamondback terrapins, Mongabay, Feb 2017
  Feature on the declining terrapin population in NYC and why it matters.

• Transgender Latinas team up against discrimination, NPR's Latino USA, Nov 2016
  Feature on the transgender Latina community's efforts to combat workplace discrimination.

• Science and environmental reporting, Grist, summer 2016

• What communicating only in emoji taught me about language in the digital age, Quartz, August 2016

• Old Favorites, New Faces, Epicure Singapore, August 2016
  NYC's iconic Jewish cuisine-- and its ongoing renaissance -- is the city's real attraction.

• Who Needs Coffee? Mate in Patagonia, Roads and Kingdoms, July 2015
  A short personal essay on Argentina's national drink -- mate -- in the Patagonian wilderness.

• Food and Fortune in Singapore, Roads and Kingdoms, April 2014
  An essay on the nationalistic underpinnings of lohei, a raucous Chinese New Year ritual.

• Back to Bistro Basics, SC Global, March 2014
  A roundup of Singapore’s best French bistros.

• The North Stars, SC Global, March 2014
  Dispatches from the frontiers of New Nordic cuisine.

• The Last Kelongs of Southeast Asia, Modern Farmer, December 2014
  A report on the last remaining fishing stilt structures in Malaysia and Singapore.

• An Art Rebel Heads East, LUX magazine, May 2014
  A Parisian museum's latest outpost in Singapore and how it will radically change the art scene there.