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Hey there! I’m currently based in New York City as a freelance journalist and graduate student at CUNY’s Newmark J-School, where I specialize in urban, data, and investigative reporting. I’m also the Fix intern reporting climate solutions stories at Grist and a volunteer reporting obituaries at THE CITY’s MISSING THEM project.
I was previously the assistant editor for philosophy and religious studies at Oxford University Press, and an intern with the U.S. Department of State and U.N.C. School of Law's Center for Civil Rights. I received my B.A. in American culture studies, English literature and communication design from Washington University in St. Louis. As an undergraduate, I was the editor in chief of two collegiate magazines, a radio show host and DJ at KWUR 90.3 FM and a Lynne Cooper Harvey scholar in American culture studies.
You can probably find me eating Ben & Jerry's and plotting my next day trip upstate.
My full portfolio, including sample clips and data visualizations is available at annadeen.com. Feel free to reach me with any tips at [email protected].
Warren Palmer III earned a degree in horticulture and a landscaping license while incarcerated, which explains his uncanny ability to rattle off plants and their medicinal properties. He especially likes aloe vera, which he mentions often. It reminds him of his grandfather and life in the country: birds chirping, chickens scratching in the yard, family, and innocence.
Joe Hamilton loves delving into his family history, although that wasn't always the case. His interest emerged in 2007 when, a few years before retiring from the Defense Department, he began visiting his county register of deeds office, examining gravestones and deciphering a genealogy written in the pages of an old Bible.
If you've noticed more people rooting around their yards for dandelion greens or picking fruit in the local park, there's a good chance it's because of Alexis Nikole Nelson.
Domingo Morales will be the first to tell you that composting changed his life. It all started in 2015 when the Brooklyn resident spotted a flier for Green City Force — an AmeriCorps sustainability training program aimed at youth within the New York City Housing Authority.
The COVID-19 pandemic has limited access to fine dining and highlighted inequities across the food industry. In response, Brooklyn-based dining collective Both And, a three-year-old culinary project founded by a team with Michelin credentials, is expanding access to its pay-what-you-wish fine dining meals, adding takeout and delivery options, and incorporating community support into its growth.
Brandon Smith remembers his first wildfire vividly as something out of the Avengers. He was on a crew combating one of the many blazes that scorched California in 2012. Adrenaline pumping, he toiled alongside professional firefighters for 20 hours. The only difference between them?
Black Americans played essential, if largely unsung, roles in the creation of our National Park System. Buffalo Soldiers - six Black regiments that served primarily out West after the Civil War - were among the first rangers, with some 500 serving in Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks.
Large numbers of people have come out to vote early in the city's mainland borough. But will the large distances between early-voting sites keep some voters away? For the first time, registered voters in New York City are able to vote in a general election in one of three ways: early voting in person, voting in person on Election Day, or mailing in or dropping off an absentee ballot.
Though digital performing has allowed the organization to reach wider audiences and incorporate accessible elements like closed captioning, there are drawbacks to not being in person. Palmquist notes that some of her students don't have the use of quiet spaces or reliable Wi-Fi.
A data visualization of candy types based on data collected by FiveThirtyEight. The chart was created with Adobe Illustrator and informed by a project style guide I created.