Work samples of Adam Auster

• "Recommendation: Mass. Ave. Bus Lane Should Be Permanent," from my local transportation blog, The Word on the Street. (AP stylebook)

• "Mercury Progress: Up in Smoke," a feature story by Richard Freisner (concept developed, and article heavily edited, by me) in the February, 2020, issue of Interstate Waters, a semiannual publication that I created and edited. (Chicago Manual of Style)

Richard and I worked together to say something new about the EPA's 2011 cap on airborne mercury emissions, in which NEIWPCC had played a key role. I wrote most of the current-day context, and a sidebar on the second page. The story showcases the organization’s strengths, role, and thought leadership.

• A Better Mass Ave campaign. Website and print materials for a local ballot campaign.
  

• "Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid," in Parting Shot, a regular editorial department in Interstate Waters. (Chicago)

A one-page primer on the emerging science of PFAS, for policy makers and the interested public.

Editorial, design, and production support

• Whitfield, R., Brown, F., and Hart, D. M., "Pathways to Decarbonize the PVC Value Chain in 2050," George Mason University Center for Science and Energy Policy, 2022.

• Kelly, Henry C., "New Technology Options to Decarbonize Petrochemical Production," George Mason University Center for Energy Science and Policy, 2023.
  

Further work samples

• "The Meaning of 'Waters': A Divided Supreme Court Creates a Legal Thicket," a feature story I wrote and published in the March, 2018, issue of Interstate Waters. (Chicago)

This story was part of a broader effort to showcase NEIWPCC as a trustworthy source of information about public policy, in this case related to the Clean Water Act. See also “The Docket,” an editorial department that I created and wrote, included in this excerpt.

• "The orchard on Argilla Road," blog post in my food blog, Adam's Apples.

• Interstate Waters magazine. A complete sample issue (September 2019) of the semiannual print magazine I created for NEIWPCC to showcase long-form content. (Chicago)

• All in a Year's Work: NEIWPCC 2018 Annual Report. (Chicago)

The perennial challenge of an annual report is to find fresh ways to present material that repeats, in form if not fact, every year. The 2018 report comprises a twelve-page timeline that shows eleven dimensions of data for every month of the year.