Buzz's short nonfiction pieces have appeared in a number of top US magazines, including Vanity Fair, Sports Illustrated and The New York Times Magazine. 

Some of Buzz's finest journalistic work has appeared in Vanity Fair, where he has been a contributing editor for more than a decade.   The articles, which reflect Buzz's  depth and range as a writer, include subjects as varied as the issue of alleged fabrications in the nonfiction bestseller Running with Scissors; the Duke University lacrosse scandal; radio personality Don Imus; Pete Rose; the brutal killing of a gay soldier at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky; and the first in-depth profile of former Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman in the aftermath of the O.J. Simpson trial.  Buzz's VF piece about fabulist-cum-reporter Stephen Glass provided the basis for the 2003 film “Shattered Glass,” directed by Billy Ray.  His August 2007 Vanity Fair article “Gone Like the Wind,” about the saga of 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, was optioned by Universal Pictures for a film to be directed by Peter Berg.

A sampling of Buzz's magazine pieces:

"Gone Like the Wind," Vanity Fair, August 2007

"My Right Arm," The New York Times Sports Magazine Play, June 3, 2007

"Don Imus's Last Stand," Vanity Fair, February 2006

"Shattered Glass," Vanity Fair, September 1998