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Tom Dunkel is an award-winning freelance journalist with more than 25 years of experience reporting for major newspapers and magazines.

He has written about politics, adventure travel, sports, and health; worked in formats ranging from long narrative features and profiles to columns and essays. He climbed Mount Kilimanjaro with a world-class mountaineer, hiked the Arizona desert with Senator John McCain, spent months taking notes on a community of elderly nuns, and drove Bruce Willis' 1970 Dodge Charger while Willis rode shotgun.

Inside you will find a large sample of clips, both serious "reportage" and some funny business. Browsers are welcome.

Tom's writing credits include...

National Geographic Traveler, Washington Post Magazine, The Baltimore Sun, Smithsonian Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Slate