CONDÉ NAST TRAVELER
Inside the World’s Most Controversial Hotel
The Trump International Hotel Washington, DC was expected to take its place among the crown jewels of DC’s travel scene. Now it’s also become a magnet for protestors, a West Wing Annex, and—possibly—the center of a constitutional crisis.
FAST COMPANY
Why Instagram Is the Best Window into Trump-Era Corruption
Twitter may be the president’s id, but the image-sharing platform better reflects the ethos of the Trump era—the conflicts of interest, the naked ambition.
THE DAILY BEAST
Trump’s D.C. Hotel Gave a Sweetheart Rate to a Pro-Immigrant Worker Group
The group happened to be lobbying for policies that benefit the president’s other businesses.
ABOUT
Zach Everson
I’m a Washington, DC-based journalist, most recently contributing to The Daily Beast and Fast Company, least recently to Gawker Media and some content farms. Interested in the Trump International Hotel Washington, DC of late. Download my résumé.
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Email: z_everson@protonmail.com
Somebody hire @Z_Everson and keep him on the beat! He’s an essential voice covering the Trump Hotel in downtown D.C.
– David Fahrenthold, journalist, Washington Post
FOX NEWS
Trump Uses D.C. Hotel Opening to Plug Brand Triumphs
Republican nominee Donald Trump celebrated the under-budget and ahead-of-schedule opening of his D.C. hotel.
THE DAILY BEAST
Trump Hotel Settles Millions in Liens for Unpaid Work
In one case, a contractor was paid after getting a phone call from “Trump.”
FAST COMPANY
How Trump’s D.C. Hotel Works to Help Swamp the Drain
Amazon Web Services was among the sponsors of a recent conference at the hotel, raising concerns about conflicts of interest.
Trump Hotel D.C. Sightings
A Twitter thread in the thousands covering what’s happening at the Trump Hotel D.C.
LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE
The Deerslayer
What happens when an Obama-loving, latte-swilling, self-described liberal elitist who’s never fired a gun at a living creature—and thinks poorly of those who have—is persuaded to try deer hunting in Kentucky? He ends up with a pair of antlers on his wall.
BACKSTREETS
Trust, Faith and Fear on Veterans Day in Norfolk
It was Veterans’ Day and Bruce Springsteen was playing in Norfolk, VA, home of the world’s largest naval station. Normally my brother, the first person in my house growing up to own a Springsteen recording, would have sat next to me at the show. Only he’s an F-14 pilot deployed in the Persian Gulf.
EATER
Former Server: Lynn’s Not Quite Paradise
A landmark Louisville restaurant shutters after my reporting calls into question the legality of its tip-pooling policy.
CONDÉ NAST TRAVELER
11 Questions about the Future of Space Travel Answered
Space tourism will happen. It’s just a matter of when—and how.
MEDICAL NEWS
“The future of the VA Medical Center in Louisville”
This front-page feature on a contentious issue won the Society of Professional Journalists’ Louisville chapter’s award for best healthcare reporting in 2010.
Trump Hotel DC is a ridiculous place, nobody has been doing a better job documenting it than @Z_Everson.
– Anthony DeRosa, digital production manager, “The Daily Show”
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Mussel and Burger Bar Guest Taster
…@Z_Everson, one of the very best chroniclers of Trump’s DC hotel, just a few blocks from the West Wing.