print & Digital

I've published pieces in the Las Vegas Weekly, Desert Companion, and A Beautiful Perspective.

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The weight loss drug shortage is over — and some patients are 'panicking'

Patients taking the affordable, off-brand versions of popular weight loss drugs made available during shortages are considering their next steps.

Streaming was made to escape ads. Now they're back with a vengeance

Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video and other major streaming services are counting on advertising to become a key and growing revenue source.

Heat waves are getting longer. One state is trying to protect workers most at risk

California became the third state in the country to implement and enforce heat safety protections for indoor workers.

Drug names: Branding a molecule

The corporations and agencies in charge of naming medical discoveries.

Brain biopsies on ‘vulnerable’ patients at Mount Sinai set off alarm bells at FDA, documents show

This two-year investigation was produced in collaboration with students at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York who have since graduated. Audrey Carleton, Bruce Gil, Emily Nadal, and Zachary Smith contributed to this report.

Algorithms: A mirror built by data

Recommendation algorithms are everywhere. They constantly suggest us new music, TV shows, dinner, and even potential romantic partners — and for the most part they can be pretty good at predicting what we like. How?

Migrant Teens Worked in Risky Jobs in New Bedford Seafood Processing Plants

The Public’s Radio interviewed more than two dozen migrant teens who described working long hours cutting heads off salmon, picking bones out of cod, and cleaning lobsters in New Bedford seafood processing plants.

U.S. Cities and States Are Suing Big Oil Over Climate Change. Here’s What the Claims Say and Where They Stand.

There are at least 20 pending lawsuits filed by cities and states across the U.S., alleging major players in the fossil fuel industry misled the public on climate change to devastating effect.

Rappler and Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Maria Ressa Face Legal Setbacks

Rappler, the independent news site co-founded by the Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist Maria Ressa and subject of the 2021 FRONTLINE documentary A Thousand Cuts, has been hit with major legal setbacks in recent weeks. In late June, the Philippine government took steps toward shutting down the website. Then, on July 8, the country’s Court of Appeals upheld a cyber-libel conviction against Ressa, Rappler’s CEO.

Kendry Martínez Wants To Be An Example of Hope For Other Trans Sex Workers

Kendry Martínez was nervous to perform on a stage for the first time in months. Dressed in black, she lip-synched and expertly danced to a cumbia remix by the Honduran group Chicas Rolands. The energy of the about 50-person crowd at Luna’s Kitchen and Bar in Jackson Heights pushed her to perform even better.

Residentes del Alto Manhattan solicitan silencio

El ruido fuerte es común en los vecindarios de Washington Heights e Inwood. Caminando por ciertas calles de esos vecindarios se puede escuchar una mezcla de canciones de Bad Bunny, Celia Cruz y Marco Antonio Solís viniendo de bocinas portátiles en casi cada esquina. Pero algunos residentes de estos barrios afirman que este año ha sido el más ruidoso de todos.

TRANSPARENCY: HOW OKRS CAN RESTORE PUBLIC TRUST

“Many of our leaders and too many of our fine institutions are failing us,” proclaimed venture capitalist and author of Measure What Matters, John Doerr, during a talk at the Commonwealth Club of California in October.

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I worked as a news producer for UNLV's 91.5 FM The Source where I prepared headline news reports and produced the stations's public affairs show Our Metropolis. I also hosted my own music show La Alternativa for three years.

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How recommendation algorithms shape everything we interact with online

Quartz reporter Bruce Gil explains the formulas that influence what we stream, shop, and see online.

After Ayotzinapa

In 2021, I interned at Reveal from Center for Investigative Reporting. While there, I helped produce a 3-part series on the disspearane of 43 college students in Iguala, Mexica in 2014. I assisted Senior Reporter Anayansi Diaz-Cortez by logging and indexing tape including hours of audio diary entries from Mexican Special Prosecutor Omar Gomez Trejo. I also helped assemble and mix early cuts of the series’s episodes, as well as, build newsreel montages and audio scenes.

Audio Profile: Kendry Martinez

Final project in my Audio Documentary course at the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism. This audio doc profiles an activist, sex worker in Jackson Heights, Queens.

events

I also have experience working in events. I worked as a marketing assistant at the Life is Beautiful Festival from 2014-2015. Recently in 2018, I worked as a contractor for the Emerge Impact + Music Conference.

Emerge impact + music CONFERENCE 2018

At Emerge I worked as a research assistant for the impact portion of the festival where I pitched and researched candidates for the festival's speaker series. I developed content for Impact showcases including interstitial material, presentations, and videos. I also wrote scripts and background notes for the showcase hosts and assisted with overall event coordination including talent handling and visual assets management.

life is Beautiful 2014-2015

My primary responsibility was to coordinate between the marketing team and app-development team at Aloompa to design and build the festival app. In addition, I helped schedule meetings and calls with potential sponsors and community partners. I also answered inquiries both through email and social media accounts.