May Jeong

New York

Freelance Contributor at Freelance

writer @VanityFair / @princeton incoming / also writing book / winner of nat’l int’l magazine awards / previously 🇦🇫 / send tips 2 may_jeong@condenast

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Aug 6, 2024 | sidmahanta.com | Maura Ewing |Abigail Pesta |Patrick Radden Keefe |May Jeong

[SELECTED EDITED FEATURES & ESSAYS]Clemency Under Fireby Maura Ewing // New York Review of Books He Was Young, Gay, and Sold For Sex. How Jose Alfaro Escaped a Trafficking Nightmareby Abigail Pesta // Rolling StoneParty RevolutionbyAnastacia Galouchka // Stranger's GuideThe Passion of 964 Park Place by Ari M.
Midnight Highway: What I Didn't Say About the Fort Hood Deaths — Off Assignment

Oct 3, 2023 | offassignment.com | May Jeong

One thing to know about me is that I am an enthusiastic but terrible driver; I really only drive on assignment. On the Texas interstate that day in late 2020, heading north, my mind was filled with concerns over the rules of the road. I was filled, too, with a sense of nervous anticipation for what I would find in Killeen, who I might call once I made it there, and what I might learn from them and, if I got lucky, about myself.