Michael Tortorello

Michael Tortorello is the editorial director of Sahan Journal.

As a writer, Michael spent 10-odd years contributing to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, often writing about homes and gardens—though rarely the beautiful homes and stately gardens of the glossy shelter press.

Going indoors, Michael has written about the way people express their identity through their homes: young adults with autism; a self-governing community of previously unhoused people; teenagers who film their bedrooms.

When curiosity has gotten the better of him, Michael has contributed science-driven reporting in short hits for NewYorker.com and longer features for Consumer Reports and Politico Magazine.

As an editor, Michael has helped lead coverage of local arts, food, and news at the alt-weekly City Pages and, later, at Minneapolis.St.Paul magazine.