DAVID ALM 

I am a Brooklyn-based writer and editor, and I teach journalism at Hunter College of the City University of New York. 

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My profile of Rachael Rapinoe was featured in the Best Sports Writing 2024 edition from Triumph Books, and ​my work has frequently been selected by Longreads editors for its Weekly Top Five, Editors' Picks, and Best Features of the Year lists. My features for Runner's World have been the cover stories of the print magazine in the U.S., Spain, the U.K., and South Korea. 

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Early in my career, I wrote about new media art and culture, and ghostwrote two books with the late Hillman Curtis, who was often referred to as the "Michael Jordan of web design." Both books have been taught at design and filmmaking schools across the country. 

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I spent 13 years as the editor for a strategic risk and business intelligence advisory, where I helped analysts, executives, and advisors, including former heads of state and veteran intelligence officers, craft actionable essays and reports on geopolitical and economic matters. In 2026, I became a senior editor at Edutopia, the George Lucas Educational Foundation. 

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As a professor, I specialize in magazine and feature writing, creative nonfiction, and media literacy.