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“(One of) the best unsung investigative journalists working in print in the United States… Yeoman specializes in becoming a part of his subjects’ lives; he works hard to dispel the image of the parachute journalist who drops in, grabs the story, and runs.”

— Columbia Journalism Review

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Current Work

Between Place and Party
The Assembly
Charles Graham has rejected party orthodoxy, gone internet viral, and run a dozen points ahead of the Democratic ticket. His congressional race highlights the challenge for rural Democrats.

Birds of a Feather
Audubon Magazine
Avian DNA holds secrets that reveal where birds migrate and their resilience to climate change. The Bird Genoscape Project aims to unlock them.

The Youngest Operative
Border Belt Independent
At 17, Cutler Bryant is a key political strategist in Robeson County, N.C., where Lumbee voters are in the forefront of a hard shift to the Republican Party.

The State of the Union,
According to Biden’s Worried Supporters

The Washington Post
Even among those who voted for the president, there is concern that things are not going as they’d hoped. (Shared byline.)

The Contested Swamps of Robeson County
The Assembly
One of North Carolina’s most diverse counties has become an environmental-justice crucible. The struggles are raw and intense. (Plus this news story about the battle over a poultry-waste plant.)

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