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Student Work

A story Jeremy Fassler ('21 M.S.) wrote for his first-semester reporting class on how the pandemic has led to thousands of performers losing health care coverage was published on the front page of the New York Times.

The Virus Cost Performers Their Work, Then Their Health Coverage

For NPR's All Things Considered, Masha Udensiva-Brenner, '21 Part-time M.S., reports on a gay Azerbaijani asylum-seeker caught in the backlog during the Trump era. The story began as her master's project.

Trump Years Were Terrifying For Gay Asylum-Seeker

For Covering Education, Cayla Bamberger, '20 M.S., wrote about the crucial role school libraries play in students' lives.

What’s Missing When the School Library Closes?

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For the 2020 Covering Education course, Jenna Gyimesi, '20 M.S., reported on the difficulty of recording attendance — and making that attendance meaningful— as NYC schools went remote during the pandemic.

Attendance is More than a Number

The 14 students in Prof. Joanne Faryon's Spring 2020 Cross-Platform Investigative Journalism course produced this investigative podcast on forgotten news stories from 1990s NYC.

Shoe Leather Podcast

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With ninety days left before he ages out of foster care, Alex has to get it together, or risk going back to the world he’s trying to escape. A film by Christina Shaman and Anakha Arikara, both '19 M.S. Documentary.

Aged and Confused

Diana Chan and Christina Kelso, both '19 M.S. Documentary, highlight the struggle of a student and principal at a unique Brooklyn school that teaches students to counsel each other through their mistakes.

In Circles

For her master's project, Adiel Kaplan, '18 M.S. Stabile, examined the dubious benefits of wilderness therapy for adolescents in crisis.

Does Science Support the ‘Wilderness’ in Wilderness Therapy?

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For Guardian US, Hibah Ansari and Lila Hassan, both '20 M.S. Stabile, reported on American Muslims preparing for Ramadan under COVID-19 lockdown.

American Muslims face a lonely Ramadan during lockdown

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Clare Alison Bryan, '20 M.S. Stabile, reported on tourists who get arrested at New York's LaGuardia and JFK Airports for unwittingly violating gun laws for the Fall 2019 Reporting course. The article was published by The Queens Daily Eagle.

Hundreds of gun-toting tourists have been arrested at NYC airports

For her master's project, Claire Marie Porter, '20 M.S., wrote about intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP), an under-the-radar disorder that occurs in about one percent of pregnancies and can lead to stillbirth. The story was published on the front page of The Washington Post's Health and Science section.

Joanne Faryon and LynNell Hancock's Fall 2019 M.S. Reporting section produced a multipart investigation of the Bronx housing court that looked into the lack of legal resources for tenants and other issues.

Housing Injustice: Struggling for Shelter in Bronx Housing Court