‘I wasn’t thinking about anything except wanting to hurt myself.’ Teen suicide attempts soar
Suicides and suicide attempts soar among Florida adolescents.
Homeless Families Are Waiting Longer in NYC Shelters. Here Are Their Stories
11 minute short documentary about homeless single moms in the NYC shelter system.
New York City Shelter Residents Struggle to Use Subsidized Housing Vouchers
Unhoused New Yorkers say they've been unable to utilize the city's housing voucher program because landlords are discriminating against them.
The Journey to create an NFT gallery of art made by people in prison
For the first time, a group of incarcerated artists will be selling their work as NFTs (non-fungible tokens) in a digital art gallery.
New York City Voucher Program Fails Homeless Families
A city-funded subsidized housing voucher known as CityFHEPS is many homeless families ticket out of homeless. But finding a landlord to accept the voucher proves difficult.
NYC's Ukrainian Community Reacts to Unfolding Conflict
For Ukrainians around the world, watching Russia’s attack unfold from a distance has been especially difficult.
The Impact of Recreational Cannabis Legalization on Small Farms
14-minute audio documentary about the impact of recreational cannabis legalization on small family farms in Northern California.
Text Message Service in Spanish
Worked on promoting Mission Local’s text Spanish-language text message service which shared information about free food giveaways, Covid-19 vaccination and testing, rental assistance, and more.
Interview with Daniel Ellsberg at Lawerence Livermore National Laboratory Protest on Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Reported by Clara-Sophia Daly. Aired on KPFA Radio.
Interview with Daniel Ellsberg at Lawerence Livermore National Laboratory Protest on Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Reported by Clara-Sophia Daly. Aired on KPFA Radio.
Fatal Stabbing of 18-year-old Nia Wilson
Breaking news audio story about the fatal stabbing of 18-year old Nia Wilson.
Newsom’s experiment to get rid of public trash bins in San Francisco seems to have failed
An investigative story examining the root of San Francisco’s trash problem.
Instagram Live Interviews
I created an Instagram Live video series where I interviewed elected officials, community leaders, and artists. Here is one interview I did with Honey Mahogany, a drag queen from RuPaul’s Drag Race who is also a legislative aide in San Francisco and the head of San Francisco’s democratic party.
Social Media Posts for News Stories
I designed infographics, wrote captions, and created creative ways to share news stories with a broad audience.
Yolanda López, artist who painted the iconic Virgen de Guadalupe series, dies at 79
I broke the news of the death of Yolanda López, a pioneering Chicana artist, and activist.
‘Fentanyl is where the devil dwells’: notes from 16th and Mission as overdose deaths spike
During the pandemic, (between March 2020 until June 2021), 561 people have died from Covid in San Francisco. By contrast, in the same time frame, 973 people have died from an overdose. Of those deaths, 762 were from fentanyl.
SF Day Labor program’s director tallies grim count of the dead during the pandemic
In the past year, 9 out of 138 members of the San Francisco Day Labor program died.
Read the story in Spanish here.
Instagram Live Interviews
While at Mission Local, created an Instagram Live Video Series, where I interviewed elected officials, artists, and other public officials, allowing our audience to engage with community leaders.