aNDREW McCORMICK
Hi there — I’m an independent writer and reporter in Washington, D.C. My work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Nation, Columbia Journalism Review, and the South China Morning Post, among other publications. The majority of my reporting focuses on human rights, climate change, and military & veterans’ issues. In 2019, I helped launch Covering Climate Now, a global journalism nonprofit strengthening coverage of the climate story, where I serve as deputy director. I’m additionally adjunct faculty at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.
Before journalism, I was a US Navy officer, which took me from Afghanistan to East Africa, Japan, and the South China Sea. Louisville, Kentucky is home.
SELECTED WORK
The New York Times
The V.A. Made Me Vomit. And That Was a Good Thing. | June 2020 (NYTimes Mag)
They Bonded as Cabbies in the 1980s. Now One Is Helping his Ailing Friend | Dec. 2018
Hot Jazz in a Veterans Club Basement in Harlem | April 2018
The Atlantic
What It’s Like to Report on Rights Abuses Against Your Own Family | March 2019
The Guardian
How Texas voter suppression helps keep climate action off the table | April 2022
Kentucky’s climate is suffering. Can the state slip the industry ties that prevent change? | Sept. 2020
NBC News
West Virginia’s coal powered the nation for years. Now, many look to a cleaner future. | Sept. 2021
Crises collide: Homeless in America when climate disaster strikes | April 2021
Biden weighs Afghanistan withdrawal. Here’s why he should wait a little longer. | March 2021 (THINK)
The Nation
Madness on Capitol Hill | Jan. 2021
Don’t Cheer Trump’s 11-Hour Troop Withdrawals | Dec. 2020
How America Turned on Itself | Oct. 2020
Playing War While Dressed to Kill in Portland | July 2020
America’s New Uyghur Law Is a World-First. What Took so Long? | June 2020
How the Covid-19 Lockdown Is Reshaping Uyghur Activism | May 2020
One Uyghur Man’s Circuitous Journey To Safety | Jan. 2020
More writing from The Nation…
Columbia Journalism Review
What climate justice means to journalists on the emergency’s front lines | Nov. 2022
Reporting on America’s longest war | March 2022
One America News was desperate for Trump’s approval. Here’s how it got it. | May 2020
‘Even if you don’t think you have a relationship with China…’ | June 2019
‘The process is truly flawed’: Reporters set the record straight on US airstrikes | May 2019
‘There is nobody who will cover this’ | April 2019
How extensive restrictions have shaped the story in Xinjiang, China | Oct. 2018
More writing from CJR…
MIT Technology Review
Uyghurs outside China are traumatized. Now they’re starting to talk about it | June 2021
The Delacorte Review
When the Iron Men Returned | Aug. 2020
YES! Magazine
The Young Uyghurs Mobilizing to Keep Their Culture Alive | March 2021
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
How Russia’s military is making Moscow a player in the Asia-Pacific | Sept. 2018
Strangers in their homeland: the Khmerican Cambodians Trump deported | Aug. 2018 (This Week in Asia)
Liu Xiaobo memorial a litmus test of protest fatigue in Hong Kong | July 2018 (SCMP’s Post Mag)
Homeless in Hong Kong: a cycle of despair for evicted street sleepers | July 2018
Hooked on Hong Kong horse racing | July 2018
More writing from SCMP…
The Diplomat
Is Pakistani Agriculture Ready for CPEC? | May 2018
The Stumbling Block to China's Soft Power | April 2018
China's Credit Crunch | March 2018
HIGHLIGHTS
My work has additionally appeared in Grist, Inside Climate News, Politico, Truthout, The War Horse, and more.