Student Work | Columbia Journalism School

Woman in cubicle wearing headset: Image via Vox story

For her master's project, Francesca Regalado, '18 M.S. Stabile, looked into working conditions in the Phillippines-based call centers that service Amazon customers in the U.S. Her investigation, published on Vox, found a poorly regulated industry where employees sometimes work 24-hour shifts and face hazardous working conditions.

Close-up of hands using smartphone app: Image via NYT story

For her master's project, Tess Riski, '19 M.S. Stabile, investigated Nurx, an online app that allows women to order birth control pills. After connecting with two Times reporters also looking into the company, her story on the risks of using the “Uber of birth control” was published in The New York Times.

Protest with Spanish sign; in foreground: Man with chain prop around mouth

For the Spring 2018 session of Reporting in Conflict Zones, Clara Wend McMichael, '18 M.S., wrote an analysis for Global Comment on the high-cost U.S. "kingpin strategy" of capturing or killing the heads of Mexican criminal organizations.

Mexico’s kingpin strategy: A costly failure

Man standing in street with I Voted sticker, from Documented NY story

On primary election day September 2018, students in the Reporting section taught by Profs. Ann Cooper and Samir Patel spoke with immigrant voters across New York City. Their street reporting was published by Documented, a site devoted to immigration issues in New York founded by CJS '16 alums.

For his master's project, Darkhan Omirbek, '19 M.S., profiled a 102-year-old Kazakh woman living in Virginia after fleeing her homeland during the Soviet collectivization project in the 1920s and then fleeing Soviet power again after the Soviet Union's military intervention in Afghanistan in 1979.

Man and Child atop Stairs: Image from Documented NY Story

For the Spring 2019 Gender and Migration course, Andrea Salcedo, '19 M.S. Stabile, Cristina Baussan, '19 M.S., and Theodora Yu, '19 M.S., reported on young immigrants affected by the Trump administration's change to the age limit for SIJS, or Special Immigrant Juvenile Status.

a man and a boy holding hands in front of yellow tape and flowers

For Dale Maharidge's Fall '18 Reporting course, Calab Galaraga, '19 M.S., reported on the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, the refugee-focused global Jewish nonprofit that the Pittsburgh synagogue gunman discussed on social media shortly before his deadly attack. The piece was published in The Times of Israel.

three members of BTS in suits, one speaking into mic

As part of the Fall 2018 Reporting class, Chaewon Chung, '19 M.S., wrote about the K-pop industry and the Korean government’s efforts to monetize on its international popularity despite critics who accuse its stars of misogyny. The piece was published in Korea Exposé.

BTS: Generational Icons or Misogynists?

Theodora Yu, '19 M.S., reports on the Flushing, N.Y. matchmaker known as "Madame Lee" whose once-vibrant matchmaking business is plummeting under increasingly strict U.S. immigration policies.

A Chinatown Matchmaker. An Immigration Crackdown. Who Decides What Love is?

For Prof. Sally Hership's Radio Workshop, Ali Swenson, '19 M.S., reported bill introduced in the New York State Capitol that would split the state in three.

Do Upstate & Brexit Share Similar Separatist Forces? One Bill in Albany Says 'Yes'

Sarah Blaskey, '17 M.S. Stabile, traveled to Central America to follow the trail of illegal shark finning companies that not only violate international covenants but are also guilty of employing slave labor.

Hunting the ghost fleet

Columbia Journalism School's Sarah Wyman Searches for a Better Way of Living with Dementia

After the death of her grandfather from complications of vascular dementia, Sarah Wyman, '18 M.S., searched for a better way of living with the disease. This is what she found.

Life Outside the Lines - Creating Art with Dementia