Journalism

In addition to his work as a newspaper reporter, screenwriter and novelist, David also is a contributor to national publications, among them The Atlantic, where his exposé detailing how the FBI pursued the wrong suspect in a string of anthrax murders was honored by the American Society of Magazine Editors in 2011 as a National Magazine Awards finalist in Feature Writing. He is also a contributing editor of Air & Space Smithsonian.

"The First U.S. General to Call Trump a Bigot"
The Atlantic

"California’s Camarillo Airport is Nirvana for Small Airplanes"
Air & Space Smithsonian

"We Built This City"
Air & Space Smithsonian

"Meet the Jets Competing to Become the Next Air Force Trainer"
Air& Space Smithsonian

"Vietnam, the CIA, and the World’s Fastest Aircraft"
Air & Space Smithsonian

"Cameramen in Vietnam"
Air & Space Smithsonian

"The Missile Men of North Vietnam"
Air & Space Smithsonian

"Crime Pays"
United Airlines Rhapsody magazine

Air Boomtown: Gulfstreams and Dassault Falcons crowd the skies over Williston, North Dakota.
Pacific Standard magazine

The pilots and fans dedicated to prolonging the stardom of the venerable Beech 18.
Air & Space Smithsonian

Emissary: Never send a man to do a robot's mission
Air & Space Smithsonian

California's Medical Marijuana Morass
Miller-McCune