Esther Bergdahl

Joined: Dec 7, 2015

Esther Bergdahl is a freelance journalist living in Brooklyn, New York. Past favorite reporting projects include singing the heavy metal of folk music, playing with sci-fi movie tech that's coming to the real world and meeting a man who once stole an airplane. You can read about those and more at estherbergdahl.com.

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