He has written for the magazine about a range of subjects related to jihadism, crime, conflict, and human rights, mostly in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.
[1] Six months later, he used the stipend from appearing on the show to fund his first trip to Kilis and the Turkish-Syrian border, to learn how to be a war correspondent.
[5] Taub's work in Kilis culminated in his 149-page long senior thesis, titled "Fools and Philosophy on the Fringe of War", completed under the supervision of Gideon Rosen.
[14] Taub also received the American Society of Magazine Editors Next Award for Journalists Under 30,[15] and was named one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 in Media.
[16] In 2018, his work on a convergence of crises in the Sahel[17] won the George Polk Award for Magazine Reporting[18] and the Prince Albert II of Monaco and United Nations Correspondents Association Global Prize for coverage of Climate Change.