Funicular Tragedy for the New York Times, September 2025

Our latest story for the @nytimes "Funicular Tragedy Rattles Lisbon's Sense of Itself" made the front page of the US edition yesterday and of the International one today.
Great reporting by Jason Horowitz and Tiago Carrasco, with a fantastic edit by @boshnaqmona .

"For more than a decade, Lisbon has been the place to be.
After economic near-death experiences in the early 2010s, Portugal used tax breaks, golden visas and inclusive social and immigration policies to attract foreign investors, digital nomads and surf-happy expatriates who formed a cosmopolitan class living it up on the low cost of living. Luxury towers and hotels sprouted up over long-abandoned areas and graffitied streets often inhabited by poor immigrants who supplied cheap labor. The city’s most handsome neighborhoods, with their tiled facades and parks filled with people drinking cocktails at cafes over the sounds of bossa nova and English, became a modern-day Casablanca for creative types. About 30 percent of Lisbon’s population is not Portuguese.
That dreamy image of Lisbon as an innovative city on a hill suffered a jarring disruption this month. An iconic funicular — beloved by tourists for its old Lisbon charm — sped out of control on a steep incline and crashed into a wall. The accident killed 16 people, mostly foreigners." writes Jason Horowitz.

You can check out the article here.