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freelance journalist
Jacob Baynham is the winner of a National Magazine Award in profile writing. The human experience is his broad, beguiling beat. He lives in Montana.
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Featured Stories
The Secret, Magical Life Of Lithium
The element lithium powers our phones and our electric cars. It is also one of the most effective treatments for bipolar disorder. But how much do we know about one of the oldest, scarcest elements in the universe, one on which our future increasingly relies? I wrote the life story of lithium, in five acts,…
Dog Duty
We all know we should pick up after our pets. What happens when we don’t? In this piece for The Pulp, I explore the nitty-gritty of picking up poop, a subject that causes community strife all over the world. Among other things, this story is a reflection on our complicated relationship with rules.
‘In My Country’
Thirty years ago, Ed DesRosier saw non-Native businesses exclusively profiting off of Glacier National Park, which once belonged to his people, the Blackfeet. When he started his own tour company, the Park Service tried to shut him down. Now Sun Tours is the only company that tells Glacier’s story from a Native perspective. I joined…
