Capstones
These are the capstone projects of students at The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York. These are culminating projects in the student's main area of interest.These projects showcase the student's competence in converged piece of journalism for their completion of the master's program here at the The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York.
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Capstones from 2019
They Dance To Bring Attention To A War. But Who’s Watching?, Fruhlein Chrys Econar
Healing the Black Mind, Vanessa Etienne
What if the key to climate change is hiding under the sea?, Shira Feder
Shahar's Producing Capstone, Shahar Golan
Black graduates confront another crisis amid protests and pandemic, Jazmin Goodwin
Rise, Fall and Renaissance of Graffiti, Georgina S. Hallowell
Coming Home: Veterans Leaving Service Face a Deadly Identity Crisis, Alexandria M. Hammond
After 31 years in prison, Lee Chalk asks for forgiveness., Jeffery Harrell and Brenda Leon
Discipline or Destiny: A School-to-Prison Pipeline Story, Trayonna Hendricks and Kourtney Webb
boys will be, Victoria Hoffman
The Never-Ending Lap, Ennica D. Jacob and Alexis Reese
Insured and In Debt, Virginia Jeffries
W()MEN, Natalia M. Keogan
Turismo estético, un riesgoso viaje que puede convertirse en una pesadilla legal, Michael Krumholtz
More Than A Century After Problem Emerged, Manhole Explosions Still Injuring Dozens in New York City, Gaspard Le Dem and Gabriel Sandoval
Rural America Faces Roadblocks in Joining the Internet Highway, Spencer C. Lee
A little-known law moves money into America’s low-income neighborhoods — but for whose benefit?, Emily S. Lever
South Bronx Waterfront, Noah Lewis
City on the Edge: New York in the Age of Climate Change, Janelle Little
NY State Marijuana Law Clears the Records of Thousands, But Will It Help Immigrants?, Jaime Longoria and Harsha Nahata
Undocumented Survivors of Domestic Violence Struggle to get Resources in New York City, Florence Mafomemeh
Someday We'll Look Back on This and Laugh, Ben Masten
Off-Label, On Brand: How Psychiatric Drugs Reached Unsuspecting Youths, Charles J. May, Danielle Hyams, and Larisa Karr
Credit disaster, Orla McCaffrey
Aging Intimately, Niamh McDonnell and Giulia Hjort
219 West Editing Reel, Karina Meier
Gay Social Networking Apps are Fueling Crystal Meth Use, Moises A. Mendez II
Finding Justice, Hannah Miller
Making a Million, Mallika Mitra
Feminism: Arrested Development in the #MeToo era, Síle Anne E. Moloney
I Love Fashion Influencing and I Hate it at the Same Time, Nicolette Muro
Trump’s Trade Policies Deflate the American Beer Industry, Megan E. Myscofski
Students with mental health disabilities suffer from discrimination across college campuses, Abigail Nequa Napp
In the Midst of the Apocalypse, Artificial Intelligence can Save Brick and Mortar Retailers, Vrushank Nayak
The Price of Regulating the Self-storage Industry in New York City, Modou Nyang
The MTA Tried To Improve Outer Borough Bus Service, But They've Only Made It Worse, Adwait Patil
Ransomware is Quietly Devastating American Healthcare Facilities, Benjamin Powers
As the hourly minimum wage moves toward $15 across New York State, some say the fight for a decent living is far from over., Barbara Prempeh
Dangerous drivers still on city streets despite thousands of speeding tickets, Liam Quigley
New York State's Landfill Problem, Olivia Raimonde and Chris Polansky
Dirty Water: The Newburgh Water Crisis, Shantal Riley
From Muhammed to The JobUp: Engaging Malemployed Immigrants Through Journalism, Tiziana Rinaldi
GETTING OUT: BRUCE BRYANT’S CLIMB TO REDEMPTION INSIDE PRISON, Rachel M. Rippetoe and Sean Sanders-Mills
Putting a Face to Cancer, Lenn Robbins
WANDA AND ME: THE CONTINUOUS RISE OF PUERTO RICO'S GREATEST PYRAMID SCHEMER, Natalia Rodriguez Medina
Woodhouse, Bianca M. Rosembert, Mankaprr Conteh, and Netsanet Negussie
Locked Out: Thanks to State Policies, Minorities Are Being Left Behind by the Cannabis Industry, Nikitha Sattiraju and Evelina Nedlund
The Unsung History of Prince Hall Freemasonry, Ann Seymour
Feeding the Future Meat Doesn’t Come Cheap, Lukas C. Southard
Beyond the Elevators: How the New York City subway system can better serve blind, deaf and cognitively disabled people, Ethan B. Stark-Miller
FLOAT, Frida Sterenberg
How New York City Is Failing Students With Special Needs—and Why Minority Kids Have It the Worst, Pamela Subizar
A New Breed of Cop: Keeping Kids on the Straight and Narrow, Michael Tashji
Clemency gives a renewed sense of hope to a man incarcerated for 39 years, Annie Todd and Stephanie Chukwuma
The Rockaway Project - Townes, Diara Jepris D. Townes
Not just yet: Despite grinding it out in Silicon Valley, Asians are least likely to lead big tech companies, Karishma Vanjani
The Women Against Violence Experiment (W.A.V.E.): social journalism solutions to help immigrant women protect themselves against abuse, Isadora Varejao
Whatever Happened to the Movie Theme Song?, Luka Vasic
One Salvadoran Mother Was Determined to Bring Her Son to the U.S. Legally— It Took 24 Years, Maggie Veatch
Google has a labor problem, and it’s not just coming from its employees, Daniel Whateley
The Miss America Pageant Should Restore Prioritizing the Evening Gown Segment, KEISHEL WILLIAMS
Postpartum Pains, Lakea Youngblood
Getting it right: New York can make its ‘inevitable’ marijuana industry accessible before it’s too late, Kelly Zegers
Capstones from 2018
Country's Unwanted Children, Amr Alfiky
BIASED, Janessa M. Andiorio Ms.
Island of Harm Reduction, Trevor T. Boyer
The New World of Pet Prosthetics, Anna Brooks
Transgressed Bodies, Estephani Cano Martinez
Art That Heals, Christina Cardona
The Saint of the Sick & the Poor, Itzel Castro
Immigrants at New Jersey detention center struggle to get basic care, Lea Ceasrine
Inside C3: Portrait of a Megachurch, Andrew Chandler and Reece T. Williams
Suicide Watch: How Netflix Landed on a Cultural Landmine, Shabnaj Chowdhury
Sleep Paralysis: Dreams, Demons and REM-Atonia, Joshua G. Christensen
Reimagining Essex Street Market, Madeleine M. Crenshaw
Trade Rout: As Trade Tensions Built Between U.S. And Canada, This American Border Town Felt The Freeze, Matt Cutler and Isaac Carey
The Fight Before the Fight: Weight-Cutting in Mixed Martial Arts, Michael T. DeSantis
What can we learn from rapper and provocateur, Azealia Banks?, Robert A.R. Dozier
America's New Favorite Food, Laura E. Duclos and Sshiva Tejas M
Women are being cut during childbirth without need or consent, Molly Cora Enking
Telling the Good News, Allyson R. Escobar
The Diaspora at Home, Ivan A. Flores
A.V.O Boyz: The Rise of Afrobeats Through Dance, Oumou Fofana
Politically-connected Nonprofit Makes Millions Putting Homeless Families in Unsafe Homes, Benjamin Foldy
Visiting the "Golden God": Roundtrip from Chinatown to the Blackjack Tables, Katherine Fung
Democracy Later, Dave A. Gentile Mr
Linda Collazo: A Bronx Aria, Jose A. Giralt
Amenazado en Venezuela, en espera en EE.UU., Hernan Goicochea and Juan Garcia
“I felt scared, like I was nobody”: Native American athletes and fans face widespread racism at sport events, Kalen Goodluck
As the Clothing Industry is a Major Polluter, Sustainable Fashion is Rising, Gabe Herman
Public Charge Proposal Spawns “Chilling Effect” Within Immigrant HIV Community, Say Service Providers, Karina Hernandez
Jason Jones se propone acabar con la ley de sodomía en el Caribe, Maite Hernandez and Isvett Verde
Dios, drogas, dinero: ¿quién gana con el traslado de adictos de Puerto Rico a EE.UU.?, Claudia E. Irizarry Aponte and Eliana Y. Perez
Make Art Conservative Again, Gurami Jamaspishvili
Trapped in the Towers, Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky
A Mother and Son Are Reunited After 18 Years, Comice Johnson
New Roots: A Transracial Adoption Story, Scarlett Kuang
The Gentrification of Drag, Kyle Kucharski
NIMBY: Not In My Backyard, Ariama Long