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 2017
The Road Out: When the Service Industry Means Sex Work and Leaving Feels Impossible, Kate Ryan
The Shunned Speak Out: Former Members On Life in the Jehovah's Witnesses and After, Nour Saudi and Joy Notoma
¿Se habla español?, Carlos A. Serrano, Gerardo Del Valle, Estefanía Hernández, Alma Sacasa, and Lidia Hernández
Displaced Once More: Armenians flee Syria to Montreal, Sean A. Shoemaker
The Dangers of Dairies: How immigrant laborers fight for the right to organize in New York's agricultural industry., Matthew Shortall
Food Plight, Pauliina Siniauer, Rahimon Nasa, Lizeth Beltran, and Jeremy Ibarra
Mask On: How Fashion Erased the Politics of Streetwear in 2017, Frances Sola-Santiago
IN LIBERIA: A SILENT HEALTH CARE CATASTROPHE REPLACES A VIRAL ONE, Clarissa Sosin
Spotlight on Superfund: How Are New York’s Most Toxic Waste Sites Doing Under Trump’s E.P.A?, Sarah Stein Kerr
Fighting for Justice, Anuz Thapa
POLICE SAY LEADERSHIP IS IGNORING PTSD., Tiffany Thomas
Sanctuary, Sumeja Tulic
Inside the grassroots money machine, Elizabeth Tung
The Murder of Innocence, Milana Vinn
Of Rats and Men, Thomas S. Walsh
In Brownsville, a Struggle for Revitalization Without Displacement, Katherine Warren
Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad: How Slaughterhouse Safety Hasn’t Kept Up With the Times, Emily Ziemski
Capstones from 2016
Migrant Surveillance: How the Federal Government Monitors Asylum Seekers, Roshan Abraham
New York City’s Affordable Housing Lottery: Inconsistent Screening Methods and Lack of Government Oversight, Donna M. Airoldi
How Drugs and Incarceration Tore One Family Apart, Deonna Anderson
LIBERTARIAN PARTY GROWS...AND SO DO ITS CRITICS, Nicole Andrea Ashley
The Last Gay Man on Earth -- Can the mainstreaming of a culture be responsible for its demise?, Muri Assunção
A Long and Pricey Road to Freedom for New York's Aging Prisoners, Khorri Atkinson
Catering Hall Harbors Immigrant Families Through Underground Employment, Kimberly J. Avalos
Quality of Death People With Terminal Illnesses are Turning to an Age-Old Method to End it All: Self-Starvation, Kazi E. Awal and Alyssa Pagano
The Psychology of Single-Sex Classrooms, Jenna E. Bagcal
Homeless Hotels in New York: Who Benefits from the Industry’s Side Business?, Suman Bhattacharyya
Still Here: Life in a New York Garment Factory, Veronika Bondarenko
How A New York Native American Community Was Polluted For Decades, Tola Brennan
Why we still need to worry about bees, Meaghan Lee Callaghan
US small arms to Syrian Rebels, Roberto Capocelli
The New Pornography: The Rise of Fanfic, Kelly Caputo
Remembering Time, Jonathan Carey
Not on the Menu, Kathryn Casteel and Zameena Mejia
Drug Trafficking and the Presidential Family in Venezuela: The Narco Nephews, Daniela Castro
Broken: How New York Systems Fail Vulnerable Youth and Send Them to Sex Work, Megan Cerullo
Security Districts in New Orleans, Kara Chin and Emily Siegel
Instagram and the Human (Mis)Connection, Johanna Chisholm
NYC Dances, Camila Cibils
India's Dalit Moment, Gabriel Kenneth Carroll Conlon
Roots on the Record, joaquin p. cotler
Head to Head with Concussions in Youth Football, Setrige Crawford and Michelle Simon
In The Wake of Broken Windows Policing How Aggressive Policing Contributed to East Harlem Residents Distrust of Police, Stephanie Daniel, Nicole Lewis, and Kalalea Kalalea
The Price Of Being A Trans-Atlantic Hero: Struggles of a Migrant Mother, Erica C. Davies
The Future of Music: Exploring Noise and Pop with Cienfuegos, Reed Dunlea
Life coaching -- rising in popularity should it be regulated? A look into the life and work of emerging life coaching star Gina DeVee, Victoria R. Edwards
A Cost of Doing Business: Defense Contracting Fraud, Shane M. English
LGBT in Colombia: a War Within, Monica Espitia
The Rise of the Rams, Anthony P. Falco
Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center: A Residence For Children With Severe Disabilities, Tatiana D. Flowers
Riding the Mind Lightning, William A. Fortuna
Hidden Jews of The Balkans, Joshua A. Futtersak
Why the Business of Love is Bull$hit, Deanne Gaston
As The World Watches, George Goss and Nicholas Perez
Broken PROMESA: Puerto Rico Sinks, But the Life Rafts Can’t Save Everyone, Nico A. Grant
The Blurred Lines of Cultural Appropriation, Jaja Grays
American Milk: The Raw Deal, Dan Heching
SPEND YOUR STUDENT LOANS ON A VACATION. NO ONE IS WATCHING., Raul A. Hernandez and Morten Buttler
‘You’re Nobody Till Somebody Kills You’: How Tupac Shakur Secured His Place in the Hall of Fame, Joseph Devin Holt
Closing The Teacher Diversity Gap, Emily Holzknecht
The 11 Percent: Black Conservatives in America, Janae M. Hunter
The Post Banishment Films of Jafar Panahi, Christopher L. Inoa
WOOF, Joseph D. Jaafari
Little Data on Whether Charters Make a Difference When College is the Goal, Erica Jackson
Shepherds, wolves and lizards: Exploring the truck stop sex trade during the last days of the American trucker, Joshua Keefe
Breakdown: Treatment Gaps in New York City's Mental Health System, Christine Brink Kjeldgaard, Noah Caldwell, Mary Hanbury, Mike O'Brien, Joanna Purpich, and Anthony Izaguirre
Long Odds: Inside The Process of Applying for Affordable Housing Through NYC’s Lottery System, Scott Klocksin
The Pop Behind Pop-Ups, Lauren Klose
Toxic Toys, Bad Vibrations, Samantha Lee
Drink Me and Abort Your Baby: The Herbal Abortion Tea, Maya Lewis
How I Made an $880 Jacket for $37, Hayley Lind
Crossing Borders, Jarrett Lyons
A New Era of Islamophobia: Muslim Women Fight to Find Place After Trump Fueled Hate, Doha Madani
Running for Ayotzinapa: A father's marathon to find his son, Gustavo Martínez
Wildlife Finds its Way Back to Polluted Newtown Creek, Suzanna Masih
NYC Waterfronts, Pollution and Access, guglielmo mattioli
Tracing the Rise of Food Mash-ups, Jennifer Mennella
Homeowners in East New York: Hanging on to Community and Property After Rezoning, Angely Mercado
Arresting Survival, Mariya Moseley
Cord Cutters, Brandon Nix
The Children of the Angel Guardian Home, Maria Elena Perez
Different Names for Bullying, Marco Poggio
No Hindu Left Behind is a Tall Order, Even in America, Rheaa Rao
PREYING ON THE DESPERATE, Karen M. Savage
Natural Burial: Being Green in Life, Now in Death Too, Brandon C. Shaik
No Place Like Home: Tenant Harassment and the Frailty of Housing Court, Adam M. Shrier
On East Jerusalem streets, Palestinians say settlements trump social media as source of violence, Jad Sleiman
The Assault On Medicaid Could Endanger Millions Of Americans, Jeremy S. Smith
The Promise of Cooperatives Falls Short for Immigrant Women, Lisa Thomson
VIDIGAL NIGHTS: Big Dreams in a Small Favela, Christina Thornell
Haiti's Political Notes, Tadia Toussaint
The Rise and Fall of Airbnb in New York, Nomin J. Ujiyediin
Takun J Fought the Gbagba, zach e j williams
Overmedicated: Foster Kids in Crisis, Mary E. Wilson
Flight of the Freshwater Fish, Michael H. Wilson
Capstones from 2015
The Sixty-Six Percent, Natalie Abruzzo
Living With Coyotes, Owen H. Agnew
White Faces in a Black Movement: Why Their Voices Matter, CHAUNCEY L. ALCORN
The War At Home, Joseph A. Altobelli Mr.