Gene’s work has appeared in some 40 publications, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, Newsday, Moment, U.S. News & World Report, National Geographic Traveler, Philadelphia, Boston, Washingtonian and Bethesda magazines, Columbia College Today, Chesapeake Bay Magazine, Columbia Journalism Review, and CQ Researcher.
He has written personal appreciations of Ben Bradlee, E.L. Doctorow and Tony Mendez (played by Ben Affleck in the 2012 Academy Award-winning Best Picture film Argo). His NY Times “Square Feet” features have focused on commercial real estate and development. He has also reviewed books and written extensively on historical and current issues of race and racism.
Featured
Tough Guy: The Life of Norman Mailer
Jason Epstein: An Appreciation
Montgomery County's Best Read Resident
Wannsee: The Road to the Final Solution
From the Fruits of War: The Artistic Garden of Eric Finzi
Top Trends in Digital Sales and Marketing Strategies
Drafted: A Memoir of the Sixties
Solar Energy Solutions Continue to Gain Momentum
The crucial absentee ballots that ended slavery in Maryland 156 years ago
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Race Matters
A Madman’s Will: John Randolph, 400 Slaves, and the Mirage of Freedom
Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement
The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
The crucial absentee ballots that ended slavery in Maryland 156 years ago
The Slave Uprising That Maryland Seems to Want to Forget
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Profiles
Montgomery County's Best Read Resident
Why a longtime Bethesda restauranteur is feeding people for free
Jason Epstein: An Appreciation
A Pioneer in the Field of Gay History
An Ode to Charlie Koiner, the last farmer of Silver Spring
Bill McPherson: An Appreciation
Jason Epstein: Publishing Icon, Perennial Student
Dan Press '64 Fights for Native American Rights
Katharine Weymouth: An interview with the Post publisher in the Post Bezos Era
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Media
Lessons from a Washington Post labor dispute
Merchants of Truth: The Business of News and the Search for Truth
Forty Years Ago, I Likely Ended a Judge’s Career. Do I Regret It?
Applying Standards: Media Owners and Journalism Ethics
Katharine Weymouth: An interview with the Washington Post publisher in the Bezos Era
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Book Reviews
Into the Groove: The Story of Sound from Tin Foil to Vinyl
A Madman’s Will: John Randolph, 400 Slaves, and the Mirage of Freedom
Tough Guy: The Life of Norman Mailer
Rip Van Winkle's Republic: Washington Irving in History and Memory
Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement
The Fifties: An Underground History
Wannsee: The Road to the Final Solution
The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
Drafted: A Memoir of the Sixties
The Enduring Civil War: Reflections on the Great American Crisis
Nuance in the Fight between Good and Evil
1941: The Year Germany Lost the War
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Other
The Dread Disease The 1918 flu pandemic in Montgomery County, Md.
Katharine Weymouth interview with former Washington Post publisher
Miracle Man July-August 2020 Bethesda Magazine
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