 His reporting on a Capitol Hill sex scandal and the resulting changes in congressional rules was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and he received the John Hancock Award for Excellence in Business and Financial Journalism for a series of stories on an international Ponzi scheme.He left the "Post" to become a senior editor at the city magazine "Washingtonian" (1983–92) and also worked as the Washington bureau chief of "Spy" magazine (1992–94).He is a contributing editor with "National Geographic Traveler" magazine and Delta Air Lines' magazine, "Sky."