Through Addictvillage Jonathan has written adventure news stories from Latin America, about topics ranging from U.S. deportation of illegal immigrants[1] to hidden cocaine labs in the Colombian jungle[2] to "eco barons" in Chile.

[3] In 2011 Franklin published a book about the 2010 Copiapó mining accident called 33 Men: Inside the Miraculous Survival and Dramatic Rescue of the Chilean Miners.

Franklin's experiences and insider accounts became the basis of a 60 Minutes TV program about the miners, an article in People magazine, and a series of audio lectures on the BBC.

"[4] In 2015, he published 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea, based on the account of José Salvador Alvarenga, the Salvadoran fisherman who spent 14 months adrift in the Pacific Ocean.

[5] In 2021, he published A Wild Idea, a biography of the American Douglas Tompkins who founded The North Face and Esprit clothing company, who then moved to Chile and bought up large tracts of land in Patagonia for conservation.