Living In The Disneyland Version Of Startup Life

It’s becoming increasingly possible to live where you work. Tiki looks at the rise of “co-living” spaces springing up in cities all over the U.S.

Source: BuzzFeed
Published: Aug 3, 2015
Length: 18 minutes (4,714 words)

How Colleges Stop Depressed Students From Returning To Campus

Some colleges have made it near impossible for students to return after taking medical leave for mental health issues. How can schools balance students’ rights with campus safety concerns?

Source: BuzzFeed
Published: Jun 22, 2015
Length: 12 minutes (3,206 words)

Slumber Party!

The disruptors have found their latest target—the $14 billion mattress industry. Can the new crowd of startups successfully turn the most utilitarian of purchases into a “quirky, shareable adventure”?

Source: BuzzFeed
Published: Mar 31, 2015
Length: 14 minutes (3,590 words)

MC Jin’s Second Chance

More than a decade ago, Chinese-American rap artist MC Jin was on the verge of success after signing a record deal with Ruff Ryders, the label that developed artists like Eve, DMX, and Jadakiss. His first album was panned. Can he make a comeback?

Author: Jean Ho
Source: BuzzFeed
Published: Feb 22, 2015
Length: 15 minutes (3,910 words)

Inconspicuous Consumption

Natalie Shure contracted a serious strain of drug-resistant tuberculosis while volunteering for the Peace Corps in Ukraine. This essay pairs her personal experience—months of quarantine and chemo—with an investigation into the disease’s history, modern politics and ways in which worldwide treatment programs fail patients.

Source: BuzzFeed
Published: Oct 16, 2014
Length: 26 minutes (6,649 words)

Battered, Bereaved, and Behind Bars

Arlena Lindley’s boyfriend beat her and murdered her child—so why was she sentenced to 45 years in prison?

Source: BuzzFeed
Published: Oct 3, 2014
Length: 31 minutes (7,765 words)

I Had a Stroke at 33

Christine Hyung-Oak Lee recounts what happened to her brain, and her life, after having a stroke at an early age.

Source: BuzzFeed
Published: Sep 25, 2014
Length: 17 minutes (4,488 words)

The Down And Dirty History Of TMZ

A profile of TMZ founder Harvey Levin and the tactics he used to create a gossip media empire. Anne Helen Petersen talked to several former employees to provide a behind-the-scenes account.

Source: BuzzFeed
Published: Jul 24, 2014
Length: 31 minutes (7,955 words)

Survivor No. 3

Last summer, 12-year-old Kali Hardig went swimming in a water park in Arkansas and became infected with the waterborne parasite Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba. She became one of the few who has survived the infection.

Source: BuzzFeed
Published: Jul 17, 2014
Length: 25 minutes (6,476 words)

How Selling Out Saved Indie Rock

Not long ago, the idea of selling a song for a commercial would have been seen as career suicide. Now, thanks to the music industry’s implosion and the rise of a new generation of artist-friendly ad execs, bands can barely survive without doing so.

Source: BuzzFeed
Published: Nov 10, 2013
Length: 16 minutes (4,200 words)