Academic, News and Documentary Sites

2020-2026 

   REPORTS, ARTICLES, EDUCATIONAL MEDIA

 

The CELL – Comparative Educational Leadership Lab

I produced the CELL lab site, an award-winning platform for leadership in education. I produced it over several years with an international group of academics working in the field of leadership in education. I shot photos and videos and produced multimedia case studies of educational leadership for the site.

 

Advertising Boost Initiative

For this report, I analyzed the trends in ad spending by city agencies on a wide range of community media and drew key conclusions for the report on whether the city was meeting its mandate. I built the site and created all the data visualizations.

 

Why Black Media Matters Now

This report is a comparative content analysis of the Black press and U.S. mainstream media during the COVID-19 pandemic and the nationwide protests of racial injustice. I produced the report site and the data visualizations.

 

C-VILLE Weekly: Inside the Uncanny World of Competitive ESP

This cover story explores diverse subcultures probing the nature of mind, intuition and human perception. Using the inaugural Psi Games—a public competition in mindsight, remote viewing and precognition—as its lens, the piece contributes to a broader research project on growing interest in latent mental abilities, the societal role of intuitive practices worldwide and the friction that arises when lived experience seems to challenge scientific consensus. This piece served as the weekly newspaper’s cover story and appeared online.


MULTIMEDIA NEWS SITES

 

Columbia News Service

columbia news service

I completely redesigned this news site in Fall 2022 and then serve as a digital producer.

 

The Bronx Journal

I have been the managing editor and site producer of this multimedia news platform at Lehman College since 2010.

 

City Newsroom

I created, designed and produced this video news site for the City Newsroom.

 

NY City Lens

ny city lens

I created and was the digital editor of this award-winning multimedia news site, NYCityLens, and associated special projects. I also did a major redesign of the site in 2022 to make it more engaging and visually dynamic.

 

Mott Haven Herald

I redesigned and produced this Bronx news site and merged it with another, The Hunts Point Express.

 

Climate Correction

I created this environmental portal news site in 2022 and have served as the digital producer since.

 

Audio Docs

audio docs

I created this environmental portal news site in 2022 and have served as the digital producer since.

 

Narrative Podcasts

I created this podcast site in 2020 and have served as the site producer since.

 



Documentary Sites

These sites I built as a producer and faculty adviser.

 

Trash & the City

I was a faculty adviser and producer for Trash & The City about New York City’s relationship to garbage and the impact of new trash laws.

 


Money Moves

money moves

I produced this site about campaign contributions in the Bronx borough president race and the races for City Council Districts 8 and 17.

 

Aftershocks: The Bronx Braces for Trump 2.0

aftershocks

I was the producer of the site about the 2024 presidential elections.

 


Election ’24: New Yorkers Look to the Future

I designed and produced this site about the 2024 presidential elections

 

How We Love In NYC

how we love in NYC

I was a faculty adviser, site producer and graphic designer for this site about how New Yorkers find love in the city despite its reputation as “the worst city for dating.”

 

Pets at Risk
Pets at Risk

I produced this investigative site about veterinary care in the U.S.

 

South Bronx Business Battle Back

I produced this site which explores how new ventures were sprouting in the Bronx and community support remained strong amidst post-pandemic challenges.

 

Day Care Danger
day care danger

I was a faculty adviser and producer on Day Care Danger: How a patchwork system fails kids and families in New York and beyond.

 

Hard Lessons

I produced the site Hard Lessons, which explores the way New Yorkers are responding after COVID-19 wreaked havoc on New York’s already-struggling education systems.

 

Next New York
next new york

I produced the site Next New York which explores how New Yorkers were innovating and adapting to life post pandemic, focusing on the people determined to rebuild the city they love.

 

On the Waterfront
On the Waterfront

I was the producer of this site, a story about how the monumental transformation of the Harlem River waterfront is inspiring both dread and excitement in the South Bronx.

 

The Return

I was a producer and faculty adviser for this documentary site that covers how New Yorkers are slowly returning to normal after a year of living with COVID-19.

 


The Bronx is Buffering

Bronx is buffering

I was a faculty adviser and co-producer of this story about Bronx residents who struggled without access to reliable broadband, particularly during the pandemic.

 

Dead Wrong

dead wrong

I produced this site Dead Wrong: How Deceitful Funeral Operators Take Advantage of Mourners.

 

Things Fall Apart

I was a producer and faculty adviser for this documentary site that covers the chronological shutdown of New York City due to the coronavirus.

 


PhotoBridge

photobridge

I was the producer of the site Photobridge, a photojournalism site for the NYCity News Service. The project explores the immigrant journey in two of the world’s great cities.

 

Queens Street Name Stories


Queens Name Stories

I was a faculty adviser and producer of this audio journalism site.

 


When Home Is School
When Home is School

I was a faculty adviser and co-producer of this investigative site about homeschooled children.

 

2016-2019

 

   REPORTS

 

State of Latino News Media

latino media

I was the producer of this bilingual crowdsourcing site which presents information about media outlets for a directory and research report. In addition to the building the site, I created the central interactive map of news sites and the data graphics.



Documentary Sites

Climate Countdown

I was the producer and a faculty adviser on this site that reveals the growing urgency of addressing global warming in the New York City area and the consequences if changes are not made.

 


Food Plight

I was a producer and faculty adviser for this investigative site that used inspection data from the New York City Health Department of the city’s schools. I produced the site and co-produced the interactive map.

 

Killing Rikers

I was a producer and a faculty adviser on the documentary site Killing Rikers, an investigation of the people and culture of the controversial jail as the city considered its closure.

 

Nightshift: The Other 9 to 5

I was the producer and a faculty adviser on this documentary site, an in-depth exploration of the New York City nighttime economy.

 

The Guns of New York

I was a producer and a faculty adviser on this documentary site, an in-depth look at how the lives of New Yorkers are impacted by firearms.

 

The End
the end

I was a producer and faculty adviser for this site that explores how New Yorkers are approaching death and funeral rituals in the 21st century.

 

Lovenomics

Lovenomics

I was the producer and a faculty adviser on this documentary site, which explores the costs of finding love in New York City.

 

Ladies’ Luck

ladies luck

I was a producer and faculty adviser for Ladies’ Luck, a site that explores women and games of chance. The reporting reveals a significant gender gap in hiring, along with sexual harassment of workers and players.

 

Invisible Hands

I was a producer and a faculty adviser on the documentary site Invisible Hands, which explores how undocumented immigrants shape New York City’s economy.

 

Failure to Yield

I was the producer and a faculty adviser on this site that examines challenges facing Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Vision Zero plan to eliminate all traffic-related deaths by 2024.

 

Sex, Apps & Bingo
sex apps bingo

I was a faculty adviser and producer for Sex, Apps — and Bingo – that explores the search for love after age 50.

 

The Maternity Divide
The Maternity Divide

I was the producer of the site and data visualizations in this investigative site that uses city data and state hospital inspection reports to delve into the disparate treatment of pregnant women in the city.