noah davis
writer. editor.
Noah Davis
I write for The New Yorker, GQ, Men's Journal, New York, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Details, Sports Illustrated, Men's Fitness, Playboy, and many others.
I am a full-time freelancer as well as deputy editor at American Soccer Now, Grantland's United States national team columnist, a staff writer at The Classical, and a senior editor at Street Fight.
Previously, I’ve been on staff at Business Insider and mediabistro.com. I’ve reported from the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, a coup in Honduras, and the 2012 Euros in the Ukraine. I also ended up running film festivals in India and Brazil.
Mostly, I just keep saying yes.
Archives by Publication
Grantland • The Awl • Pacific Standard • Outside • The Classical • Sports Illustrated
Curriculum Vitae
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
FREELANCE WRITER, New York, NY January 2005 – Present
Print: GQ, Men's Journal, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Playboy, Details, Men's Fitness, Time Out New York, The Onion AV Club, Howler, 8x8, The Blizzard, Americas Quarterly, Lexus Magazine, Cigar Aficionado, Open Skies (Emirates Inflight Magazine), Penthouse, Afar, Diverse, Co-Ed, Design Bureau, Green Street Soccer
Online: The New Yorker, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, New York, Wired, Grantland, Deadspin, The Verge, Buzzfeed, The Classical, The Awl, Run of Play, Complex, Weather.com, This Recording, The Hairpin, Nerve, Paper, Guyism, PopMatters, Business Insider, mediabistro.com, MLS Soccer, Good Men Project
MEDIABISTRO.COM, New York, NY; Contracted freelance work August 2008 – Present
Interview biggest names in media; write twice-weekly Revolving Door newsletter sent to 100,000+
Co-editor, FishbowlNY.com May 2008 – August 2009
Write eight posts/day; break news; linked by Perez Hilton, Gawker, HuffPo, Portfolio, NYO Associate editor October 2006 – July 2008
Assign, write, edit, produce articles;edit Daily Media Newsfeed, sent to 125,000 people
BUSINESS INSIDER, New York NY; Associate editor March 2011 – December 2011
Write, produce, edit error-free copy; break news; interview editors and publishers
Aggregate content while providing commentary on the media stories of the day
MLSSOCCER.com, New York, NY; Contributing editor September 2010-August 2011
Cover the United States National Team for Major League Soccer’s website.
Report on site from Colombia, Guatemala, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles
GOAL.COM, New York NY; Contributing editor June 2006 – August 2010
Cover the United States National Team for international soccer site with 10 million uniques
Write 3,000 words/day while reporting from 2010 World Cup in South Africa
DRAFTMAG.com, Phoenix, AZ; Web editor September 2008 –June 2010
Edit the leading beer magazine’s website; assign articles, write six items per day, shoot video
Traffic increased 400 percent during tenure
SPORTSILLUSTRATED.COM, New York NY; Columnist March 2009 – March 2010
Write a weekly column about the MLS and World Cup preview articles
Co-host weekly soccer podcast with editor Jonah Freedman
NBC OLYMPICS, New York, New York; Researcher July 2008 – August 2008
Provide research for the soccer and basketball telecasts of the 2008 Olympics
TIME OUT NEW YORK, New York, NY; Sports editor November 2005 – January 2007
Research and produced weekly sports column appearing in the Around Town section
EDUCATION
BATES COLLEGE, Lewiston, ME May 2005
B.A. Rhetoric, (minor: Philosophy);
Honors: Dean’s List (Spring 2003)
Activities: Bates Squash team (2002-2005), Chase Hall Committee, Bates Fishing Club
UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, New South Wales, AUS July 2003 - December 2003
Contact Me
Based in Brooklyn, NY but always willing to travel.
774-644-4220
noah.e.davis@gmail.com