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A new kind of non-voter is becoming involved in politics: one who cannot vote but is nonetheless active in political campaigns. Both young people and non-citizens are volunteering with presidential campaigns in this election cycle.
   
I reported and co-produced a multimedia master’s thesis on New York City’s female taxi drivers, incorporating video, text, audio, and info graphics. "Women in Transit" tells the story of the women who make up 0.3% of the city's 45,900 licensed drivers.
   

I produced and edited an issue of an online magazine, NYC24.com, covering New York City news.
 

I covered the story of a gay Guyanese immigrant, Dane Solomon, who suffered persecution in his home country and recently gained asylum in the United States.

 

 
 

Capoeira, the Afro-Brazilian martial art, came to the U.S. three decades ago, and non-Brazilians have embraced the art and outnumber Brazilians practicing the sport in New York City.

 
 
New York City has been trying to cut the 'kill rate' in city animal shelters, and hopes to be 'no-kill' by 2015.
 
I produced multimedia content for WNBC.com as a WNBC Next intern between November 2007 and May 2008.
 

My blog, Junction Blvd, documents current events in Queens, N.Y.

 
 

I reported on the changing demographic in Corona, Queens, for New Media Newsroom, in the fall of 2007.

 

Jehovah's Witnesses from across the country volunteered their time to come to Corona, Queens, and help renovate the neighborhood's Kingdom Hall. Read the full story in the Queens Chronicle.

 
 

The Louis Armstrong House in Corona, Queens, celebrated its fourth anniversary as a museum in September 2007 and while it receives visitors from around the world, it struggles to attract residents from the Corona community. Read the full article in the Queens Courier.

 
 

In 2004, while working as a freelance writer for the Durango Telegraph in Durango, Colo., I covered a story about a young man who, after spending several years in youth detention centers, developed a love for cycling and was able to turn his life around.

 
 
I wrote a bi-weekly opinion column regarding the build-up to the Iraq war in the fall of 2002 for the University of Pennsylvania's Daily Pennsylvanian.