Jasper Davidoff is a reporter, producer, and cruciverbalist.

I'm* currently producing puzzles and games at The New Yorker.

Previously, I was the editorial fellow at Audubon Magazine, where I fact-checked and reported stories on birds, science, and culture. I've also recently reported on garbage disposals, death cafés, periodical cicadas, and state flags for The Christian Science Monitor and 99% Invisible. My crosswords have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and Puzzmo.

I'm based in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Evanston, Illinois. I studied anthropology and music at Pomona College. When I'm not writing or puzzling, I might be playing sax, clarinet, melodica, or slide whistle, birding, or slicing up my farmer's market haul.

Check out more of my reporting and my indie crosswords. Get in touch over email or Bluesky!

What's on tap

📚 Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

🔊 Mélusine by Cécile McLorin Salvant

📺 The Rehearsal (HBO)

🎙️ The Divided Dial (On The Media/WNYC)