Alumni on the Move: Spring 2025
Covering Wildfires, Exposing Injustice and Leading Newsrooms.
At the Heart of the Story
Bess Kargman, '08 M.S., premiered her latest documentary, “Diane Warren: Relentless,” telling the story behind one of the most prolific songwriting careers in history.
2024 Joan Konner Fellow Olga Loginova, '19 M.A. Science, completed the final episode of her podcast “Leaving the Island,” a series on climate change-induced community resettlement, set for release on March 10 across all podcast platforms.
Julia Vargas Jones, '24 M.A. Politics, provided on-the-scene coverage of the wildfires in Los Angeles for CNN.
Lizzie O’Leary, '03 M.S., reported on how commercial flights can fall victim to GPS spoofing as the host of Slate's What Next: TBD podcast.
Caroline Shin, '10 M.S., wrote a piece for Eater on the growing number of halal restaurants in Astoria, Queens, centered around “Little Egypt.”
Kara Swisher, ’85 M.S., participated in a thought-provoking discussion with Dean Jelani Cobb at a CJS alumni reception in San Francisco.
Yona TR Golding, '23 M.S., published a piece in CJR challenging anti-Palestinian speech from Israel.
Honors and Promotions
Sara Aridi, '15 M.S, joined The New York Times Early Careers team as a journalism education editor.
Valentina Caval, '17 M.S. Stabile, joined The New York Times on the Reporter Video team.
James Madore, '88 M.S., received a New York Press Club award in the NYC Metro Business Reporting category for his Newsday article "Wind Farm Windfall."
Neha Tara Mehta, '12 M.S., was named a 2025 Documentary Film Fellow for the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma.
Author Fiona Davis, '00 M.S., spoke with Untapped New York about the inspiration for her latest historical fiction novel, “The Stolen Queen.” According to Untapped, her CJS training is evident in “the accuracy of the details in her books.”
Tamia Fowlkes, '23 M.S., is one of 20 journalists welcomed into the National Press Foundation’s 2025 Widening the Pipeline Fellowship, “designed to support journalists of color staying in — and leading — the newsrooms of tomorrow.”
Mehboob Jeelani, '14 M.A. Politics, joined Rest of World as its Asia Editor.
Pranshu Verma, ‘19 M.S., was named Bureau Chief in New Delhi for the Washington Post.