September 2011
2 posts
The Info
This is the homepage of Neal Ungerleider. I report on international innovation for Fast Company and freelance for numerous other publications.
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The links below are a selection of my past work; for a full bibliography or text of stories not...
The Awl
Israel’s Yuppie Revolt: A short guide to the “social justice” protests in Israel, why Israelis are jealous of the Arab Spring and about what happens when upwardly mobile professionals need their parents to help with the rent.
Fast Company
The Netflix Of Terrorism: Terrorist organizations are nothing if not publicity hounds. Web video tends to be the preferred way they get messages across and recruit sympathizers. Now private company IntelCenter, has assembled one of the world’s largest collections of streaming terrorist videos for viewing on demand.
Astronaut Ron Garan On His Harrowing Landing, Innovations In Outer Space,...
April 2010
1 post
92nd Street Y Blog
Talking Primates with Dr. Frans de Waal: An extended discussion with one of the world’s most well known primatologists about bonobos, “anthropodenial” and the difference between a capuchin monkey and a CEO.
An Interview with Neil Gaiman: Two guys named Nea(i)l talk over the phone about punk rock, tattoos and Star Trek. The ironic twist? One of them is a bestselling author and...
Budget Travel
Where It’s At (and When): A layperson’s guide to finding warehouse parties in Barcelona and Indian-style pizza in Oakland.
BlackBook
Porcetta, Haggis and Padma: 16 hours spent at the Fancy Food Show, the world’s largest gourmet food tradecon. Celebrity photo-ops, haggis potato chips and 2500 kinds of cheese… what’s not to love?
FishbowlNY
Ex-ABC Analyst Faked Obama Interview?: Of lying Frenchmen and scandal allegations. Philly TV Anchor’s Wild, Cop-Attacking Night: In your average journalism career, you come across a few stories that are solid gold. This is one of them. The New York Times Gets Rickrolled: Sometimes an internet meme can take a well-respected newspaper by surprise. This was one of those occasions.
Forbes Traveler
11 Classic American Dishes: If you needed even more reasons to be patriotic, here are 11 of them.
America’s Most Expensive Hamburgers: Where the (expensive) beef is at.
Awesome July Fourth Meals: From sea to shining sea, a guide to the best holiday dining around.
America’s Classic Bars: Whether it’s a beer-and-a-shot in Brooklyn or Capitol Hill’s favored spot for...
Foreign Policy
The Way To America’s Heart Is Through Its Stomach: How the gourmet food industry is offering a chance for some of the world’s smallest states to enhance their brand profile in the USA.
Mediabistro
So What Do You Do, Michael Calderone? An interview with ex-New York Observer reporter/current Politico media maven Michael Calderone. So What Do You Do, Tony Ortega? Village Voice EIC Tony Ortega has a yen for Flight of the Conchords. We approve of this hobby.
Jewcy.com
When Rockets Hit Your Home: When you go to grad school abroad, you assume you’ll have good stories when you return. Unfortunately, sometimes you’re right.
Life in the Tel Aviv Bubble: A guide to waiting out geopolitical conflicts via coffee, Cuban sandwiches and cognitive dissonance.
We Are All Converts: Reviewing Shlomo Sand’s ‘The Invention of the Jewish People’:...
Gridskipper
Fareed Zakaria’s Fantasy Island: Once upon a time, a cultured media icon and a fabulously rich rock star decided to create a beach resort for the culturati. It failed.
Deconstructing Wagamama: A look inside the rabidly popular London-based restaurant chain written before their Stateside launch.
Havana’s Chinatown: Havana’s Cuban-Chinese community, restaurants under communism...
MenuPages
Baghdad’s Chinese Restaurant:When the city around you is a warzone, sometimes you just need comfort food. Fight For Your Right To Foie Gras: It’s animal rights activists vs. restaurant owners in a battle royale. Sasha Issenberg Interview: A chat with author Sasha Issenberg of The Sushi Economy, one of the best books we’ve seen in a while.
Philadelphia City Paper
New Year’s in Beersheva: The best way to learn about the difference between Grad rockets and Katyushas is to have both of them fired at you.
Witout Borders: In which your humble correspondent tracks the cheesesteak to the furthest reaches of China and Eastern Europe.
Slate
Who’s who in the Middle East rap game: Hip-hop, politics and the live music jones in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
War is Gaga: A history of military humor from Iraq and Afghanistan on the internet.
Real Princes, Real Persians: A look at Iran’s surprisingly vibrant video game industry and at the young developers who are fighting the Mullahs, piracy and western...
True/Slant
CIA Suicide Bomber Was… A Blogger: Not only that, but this particular jihadist also wrote Caliphate fanfic.
Dubai Debt 101: A Beginner’s Guide: A simple explanation of how years of limitless construction compounded by unusual accounting and planning put the brakes on the City of Tomorrow.
The United States’ Secret War in Yemen: Before an African terrorist with overstuffed...
Wired/Wired.com
Hard Science, With a Twist: A guide to the best science-themed bar nights in the United States. Yes, science-themed bar nights. The Rocky History of Rockers in Videogames: Since those halcyon days of Pong, video games have come out starring everyone from Michael Jackson to Aerosmith to the Thompson Twins. Here’s a screenshot-filled look back at the classics.
January 2006
1 post
World Press Review
Screen Wars: How a spat between Silvio Berlusconi, Rupert Murdoch and Muammar al-Gaddafi almost sparked an international incident.