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<div dir="ltr">Damon Tabor’s work has focused on conflict, drug trafficking, black markets, and the environment. His stories have appeared in <u><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/03/14/general-butt-naked-the-repentant-warlord" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The New Yorker</a></u>, <u><a href="https://harpers.org:2087/archive/2011/02/like-butterflies-in-the-jungle/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Harper’s</a></u>, <u><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/putins-angels-inside-russias-most-infamous-motorcycle-club-56360/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rolling Stone</a></u>, <u><a href="https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/environment/weed-whackers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Outside</a></u>, <u><a href="https://www.wired.com/author/damon-tabor/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wired</a></u>, and <u><a href="https://www.mensjournal.com/travel/the-ivory-highway-20140213" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Men’s Journal</a></u>. His writing has been noted in Best American Travel Writing and his Rolling Stone article “Border of Madness” was the basis of the Academy Award-nominated documentary Cartel Land. Most recently, he produced <u><a href="https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/the-trade/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Trade</a></u>, a five-part documentary about the opioid epidemic, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and aired on Showtime. He holds a Master’s of Science from the Columbia Journalism School and is a recipient of a <u><a href="https://www.whiting.org/content/damon-tabor" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant</a></u>. He is currently at work on a forthcoming book for Penguin Random House.</div>
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Damon Tabor

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