CLIPS
Swimming Upstream
Swimming Upstream: Lewis Pugh swims the English Channel
Science and Islam
A journey across the Arab world talking to scientists and clerics about science and Islam
The Unsinkable Diana Nyad
Diana Nyad swims from Cuba to Florida
An Old World Finds a New Path
Cover story for Afar’s inaugural issue: searching for Berber culture in Morocco
Open Desert
A journey deep into Libya’s Sahara
AWARDS
"The drive, enterprise and professionalism, the clarity of thinking and the ability to translate complex, volatile issues to a general public, and to create a narrative worthy of the time to read it, is characteristic of Pitock’s approach to journalism.”
Patrice Adcroft
Discover Magazine
“He is a writer of élan and zest, and into the bargain is fearless, which is a good thing if you live and die in the sweaty trenches of lifestyle journalism, no place for sissies….Every now and then, you come ...
Christopher Buckley
ForbesLife
"Pitock demonstrates not only a tremendous grasp of thick description but also an uncanny ability to bring meaning to his travel writing.”
Judges from the University of Missouri School of Journalism
THE CYCLE The price of prison in America
Todd Pitock talks to The Cycle hosts about the culture of jails in America, and what the cost is to our wallets and our society at large.