Work Highlights
Dan Bernstein
Battle of the Bookies: Gaming Savants Face Wall Street's Best (Sportico)
Prediction markets are pitting sportsbook oddsmaking veterans and their algorithms against financial firms. I investigated an underdiscussed battleground for the industry: market making.
READ THIS STORYKalshi Takes Compliance PR Tour Amid Prediction Market Backlash (Sportico)
After hiring a new head of communications in late 2025 with a background fighting PR fires at Meta, Kalshi began to go on the offensive to sway public opinion about prediction markets. I broke down the strategy.
READ THIS STORYKalshi's Parlays Bring Limitations, Losses to Most Retail Bettors (Sportico)
Introducing parlays to prediction markets was a difficult task—and one that strained some of Kalshi's talking points about its exchange being peer-to-peer. This report explained in layman terms how RFQ parlays work—something no other publication had done.
READ THIS STORYKalshi's Trading Arm Muddles 'Peer-to-Peer' Claims (Sportico)
I was the first reporter to dig into the existence of Kalshi Trading, the affiliated trading arm of Kalshi Inc. that offers bets to Kalshi Exchange retail users.
READ THIS STORYKalshi Says Its 'Odds' Hats and 'Bet' Ads Don't Make It a Gambling App (Sportico)
Using transparency documents from Google and Meta, I looked into how Kalshi's advertising and media relations seemed to offer conflicting messages.
READ THIS STORYA New Target for Sports Bettors: Doctors With Injury Info (Sportico)
When prominent athletes such as Joe Burrow get injured, the doctors working with them must contend with gamblers seeking information.
READ THIS STORYBehind the Demise of On-Field Bullpens in MLB and Their Lasting Imprint on the Game (Sporting News)
The definitive deep dive into a quirk seen at MLB stadiums for decades that has finally disappeared, with player interviews and historical news clippings.
READ THIS STORYHow Online Chess Became a Pandemic Coping Mechanism, Like It Did Centuries Ago Offline (Sporting News)
Chess exploded in popularity early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, both in terms of users playing online and people watching grandmasters compete on Twitch streams.
READ THIS STORYA Series of Life-Threatening Events Didn’t Halt J.C. Jackson’s NFL Dreams (The Diamondback)
My favorite (and one of my last) stories written in college about Maryland sports. I learned a lot about reporting from working on this over the course of two months.
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