I would be lying if I said that I accomplished everything that I wanted to do in 2020. Even before the pandemic, there were lingering questions about my work at CUNY Newmark. I knew that I wanted to center my work on court-appointed counsel and their clients. I grew up…

As New York State began to feel the ripple-effects of the novel coronavirus, the court system took steps to slow its spread. All new civil and criminal trials were postponed until further notice to avoid clustering 12 people into a jury box, along with everyone else in the courtroom. …

Jacobin Magazine published an article last year that still grabs my attention to this day: “Under Neoliberalism, You Can Be Your Own Tyrannical Boss.” The underpinning of Meagan Day’s article was that the idea of market competition had taken such root in American society that younger generations of people were…

For a social journalist, there is a balance of two crucial goals — firstly, the journalist must cultivate and maintain a good working relationship with the community they work in, and secondly, to provide as extensive a look into their coverage as possible. The social journalism program at the Newmark…

Over the course of my Community Engagement class this semester, we have been challenged to reject the “view from nowhere” — a position of supposed “objectivity” that purports to present an isolated series of facts without making a judgement call. Our readings for this week included a piece from Trusting…

The traditional role of the media has generally been that of a stage crew for a theater production. Taking stock of the set pieces and props provided by the company, the crew carefully rushes to place the necessary items on-stage in time for the next scene. …

In an ideal world, people would offer help to whoever they came across without fear of that help turning against them later. We do not live in an ideal world. When a reporter arrives on the scene of a developing story, or enters a community to search for a story…

People tend to see reporters during the best and worst times in their lives: either in a moment of triumph that a publication wants to record for future generations, or a moment of misfortune that can range from mild inconvenience to a personal tragedy. News, after all, is made when…

One of the worst things about being a journalist is the cutting room floor. Whatever you are working on, there will always be something you wanted to share with your audience that can’t make it. This isn’t about when a source doesn’t want you to share something — asking to…