I am a staff writer at The Harvard Crimson where I report on the Cambridge city government beat. Here are a few clips of my work, including an 8,000-word feature piece written for The Crimson's magazine and news pieces combining multimedia and data journalism.
FEATURE — Fifty years ago, the Massachusetts corrections commissioner handed the keys to the men incarcerated at Walpole State Prison. They ran the facility for two months — to prove to the world that prisons shouldn’t exist at all. I conceived of the idea for this piece, conducted the archival research, and interviewed more than two dozen people to trace together this story across five decades. I also traveled to Walpole to photograph the prison and acquired all of the archival photos used in the piece.
FEATURE — As Harvard began to make international headlines in fall 2023, its lower-profile neighbor in Cambridge had spiraled into a full-blown upheaval of its own. For this feature, I spoke with more than a dozen Lesley faculty, students, and alumni to document the leadership crisis that the university had spiraled into as it sought to restore stability at a time of declining student enrollment and mounting debt.
EVENT COVERAGE — A protest against two City Council candidates who promoted transphobic and racist content on social media proved to be the most heated moment of the campaign season. I conducted more than a dozen interviews on the scene while also taking photos and filming footage for a video on the protest.
DAILY BEAT COVERAGE — Cambridge became the first known city in the U.S. to require large buildings to reduce their emissions to net zero by 2035 or pay a compliance fee. I sifted through open data sets to calculate and map Harvard and MIT’s emissions. Our reporting revealed that Harvard — one of Cambridge's largest emitters — pushed back against the proposal behind closed doors.
Here are links to a few more of my pieces, some of which unpack 6+ hour long City Council meetings, explain controversial and complicated zoning changes, and scrutinize Cambridge public schools' plans for special education services.