Sarah Spoon reports on Mott Haven for BronxInk.org. She recently graduated from Emporia State University in Kansas where she worked as editor at The Bulletin, the campus newspaper for two years. Sarah can be contacted at ses2277@columbia.edu or on @sarahespicer on Twitter.
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Lila Hassan covers Morris Park, Woodlawn Heights, and the rest of District 11. Prior to BronxInk.org, Lila was the senior Middle East/North Africa associate at a prominent human rights watchdog, conducted in-depth research on abuses as MENA intern, as well as provide strategic planning and support as both a communications intern and assistant. Her previous employment includes Thomson Reuters (Cairo), the International Rescue Committee (NYC), The Daily Sabah (Istanbul), Reporters Without Borders, RSF (Paris), among others. Fluent in Arabic and French, Lila can be reached atlh2996@columbia.edu or on Twitter @lilahass.
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Lauren Peace covers Pelham Parkway (Bronx Community District 11). She began her journalism career as a reporter for the Democrat and Chronicle/USA Today Network in Rochester, N.Y., where she helped lead in-depth coverage of a sexual harassment case at the University of Rochester. The case was included in Time’s POY issue. Originally from West Virginia, much of Peace’s writing explores inequality and perception attached to gender and place. Send her story tips at Lmp2207@columbia.edu.
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Ian Hodgson covers Hunts Point for BronxInk.org and is a graduate student at Columbia Journalism School. Before entering journalism, he worked in finance and economics in Chicago. Ian previously covered housing policy and environmental justice for the South Side Weekly, a nonprofit weekly based in Chicago. He can be reached by email at ian.hodgson@columbia.edu or on Twitter @ianhodgson0.
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Alixel Cabrera covers Highbridge. She worked at Diario La Verdad and Cronica.uno where she reported macroeconomics and politics in Maracaibo, Venezuela. She’s now a student at Columbia graduate school of journalism. Contact her at asc2232@columbia.edu or @Alixelcabrera on Twitter.
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McCaffrey Blauner covers Bronx Community District 3 for BronxInk.org. He is a NYC native and graduated from Brooklyn College with a bachelor’s degree in History. Previously, he worked doing research for a number of major news outlets, including CNN, NBC, and Vice News. He has written for various New York publications like Chelsea News, The Downtowner, and City & State. He can be reached at mb4652@columbia.edu
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Hibah Ansari covers Hunts Point for bronxink.org. She is currently a graduate student at the Columbia Journalism School. She recently graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she covered state government for the nation’s largest independent student newspaper. Hibah can be contacted at ha2547@columbia.edu or on Twitter @AnsariHibah.
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Georgia Gee is a reporter and investigative journalist, covering Mott Haven for bronxink.org. Before moving to New York to study at Columbia Journalism School she earned a BA in English Literature at University College London. She was News Editor of its main media outlet and founded a student newspaper on campus, whilst working freelance reporting for a number of UK national platforms. Contact her at gmg2127@columbia.edu
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Anastassia Gliadkovskaya covers University Heights for bronxink.org. She is a recent graduate of The King’s College in New York City, where she studied journalism. This past summer, she was a DJNF business reporting intern at Industry Dive, a D.C.-based trade publication, where she covered higher education and food. She intends to pursue investigative data reporting, and is currently earning her M.S. in investigative journalism at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.
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Ian Karbal covers Highbridge and Concourse for Bronx Ink. A Chicago native, he began his career covering that city’s west side for the nonprofit publication, AustinTalks. Since then, his work has taken him across the state of Illinois. His investigative work in southern Illinois made him a finalist for the 2018 Peter Lisagor Awards by the Chicago Headline Club. He won the National Newspaper Association’s 2019 Freedom of Information Award. Follow him at @iankarbal.
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Ciara Long is a reporter covering Morrisania for Bronx Ink. She was previously a freelance journalist in Brazil, writing about politics, policy, culture and the environment for publications including Foreign Policy, World Politics Review, Christian Science Monitor and OZY.
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Christina Saint Louis covers University Heights for Bronx Ink. She has previously reported for City & State and WQCS, an NPR member station in South Florida. She is a recent graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University, and now a master’s student at Columbia Journalism School.
Twitter: @cnsaintlouis;
c.saintlouis@columbia.edu
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Zachary Cassel covers Soundview. He was born and raised in Indiana, where he studied liberal arts at Wabash College and graduated in 2015. He has worked in retail, hospitality and freelanced in Chicago. He studies at Columbia Journalism School. Please reach out by email at zdc2110@columbia.edu.