Hi, I'm Zach

I’m a freelance journalist, researcher, and writer living in Chicago. My work focuses on public health, mental health, addiction, drug policy, criminal justice, and really anything I find interesting. I also review books, movies, and TV shows. I write a newsletter, which you should totally subscribe to. I also do ghostwriting. I’ve helped write and edit books; edited academic manuscripts and government reports; and I’ve been hired as a sensitivity reader for scripts.

My writing has been featured in a wide variety of news outlets and magazines: Harper’s, New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Slate, WIRED, The Nation, Scientific American, The New Republic, Politico Magazine, New York Magazine, Vulture, VICE, Undark Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, and many more. I’ve also guest appeared on many podcasts (Chapo Trap House, True Anoon, etc.) and news shows (The Young Turks, The Majority Report, etc.).

Click around and read some clips. You can hire me to write for you. For any inquiries, shoot me an email: zachary.siegel1 [AT] gmail.com. I’m on Twitter (er, X): @ZachWritesStuff.