Nick’s feature subjects include chaos at Facebook and his long friendship with Stalin’s daughter.

Selected Writing

Wired
The Unsettling Truth About the ‘Mostly Harmless’ Hiker
January 12, 2021
Wired
A Nameless Hiker and the Case the Internet Can’t Crack
November 2, 2020
Wired
15 Months of Fresh Hell Inside Facebook
April 16, 2019
Wired
The AI Cold War That Threatens Us All
October 23, 2018
Wired
Inside the Two Years That Shook Facebook--and the World
February 12, 2018
Wired
Instagram’s Kevin Systrom Wants to Clean Up the Internet
August 14, 2017
The New Yorker
My Friend, Stalin’s Daughter
March 24, 2014
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