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Hilary Potkewitz
FREELANCE WRITER
Gotham Gigs: A park ranger at Ellis Island discovers her own family's history
By HILARY POTKEWITZ As a ranger with the National Park Service, Danelle Simonelli sports a uniform five days a week: green pants, a...
How to Pack for Weeks on an Offshore Oil Rig
WHAT'S IN YOUR BAG? By HILARY POTKEWITZ Kyle Bardsley spends a lot of time at sea, but he rarely goes swimming. “That’s frowned upon....
Why 4 a.m. Is the Most Productive Hour
By HILARY POTKEWITZ Most people who wake up at 4 a.m. do it because they have to—farmers, flight attendants, currency traders and postal...
Extreme Testing for Hydrogen Cars
WHAT'S IN YOUR BAG? By HILARY POTKEWITZ Jackie Birdsall pushes vehicles to their limits for a living. As a senior automotive engineer for...
When You Run Into Your Ex on the Job
By HILARY POTKEWITZ Gene Caballero recalls feeling confident as he walked into his interview at Dell’s call center in Nashville, Tenn. He...
Grave Situation for City's Funeral Homes: New Yorkers Just Aren't Dying Like They Used To
By HILARY POTKEWITZ After 40 years of working in Williamsburg, Keith Senko thought he’d heard and seen it all. He grew up in the family...
A French Cheesemonger's American Adventures
WHAT'S IN YOUR BAG? By HILARY POTKEWITZ Laure Dubouloz misses some of the cheeses from her childhood home in Annecy, in the French Alps....
Here’s the Pitch: the Perfect Bat for Each Baseball Player
WHAT'S IN YOUR BAG? By HILARY POTKEWITZ Walking into a Major League Baseball clubhouse, James Sass knows what every player wants from him...
A Biologist Works to Reconcile Bats and Wind Energy
WHAT'S IN YOUR BAG? By HILARY POTKEWITZ Tim Hayes’s early interactions with bats on his grandparents’ Indiana farm didn’t scream “future...
San Diego Sailor Trains for His First Olympics
WHAT'S IN YOUR BAG? By HILARY POTKEWITZ Most days, Caleb Paine spends a few hours suspended off the side of his boat, inches from the...
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