Writing
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This article was a joint effort between myself and Kraig Klein. It was originally posted on The Osprey. A bill meant to bolster the graduation rate of the Hempstead School District of Long Island, New York by creating a special panel of monitors has been trapped in limbo since July, leaving both residents and faculty members waiting to see
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This article was a joint effort between myself and Paige Cornicelli. It was originally posted on The Osprey. There is a slideshow embedded on the original post. Environmental law organization Earthjustice filed a lawsuit against the EPA last Thursday over the repeal of a ban on the insecticide sulfoxaflor, which is known to harm honey bees and other pollinators. The
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This article was a joint effort between myself, Fred Wu and Virain Palta. It was originally posted on The Osprey. Two lawsuits filed two weeks apart against the NHL franchise New York Islanders and Belmont Park in September aim to stop the construction of a new stadium, hotel and mall in Elmont. The first of the
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This article was a joint effort between myself and Eric DiCrescenzo. It was originally posted on The Osprey. The annual “Making Strides for Long Island” breast cancer awareness walk at Jones Beach raised $2.6 million this past Sunday. The walk was the largest of many events on the Island aiming to promote breast cancer awareness. Charities and medical
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This article was a joint effort between myself and Aaron Viltres. It was originally posted on The Osprey. Residents of Bellport Long Island should expect fewer knocks on their doors if a proposal made last Monday at the Town Board meeting is approved next month. The proposal made by the board of trustees aims to enable
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This article was a joint effort between myself and Jedine Daley. It was originally posted on The Osprey. The original piece includes an interactive graphic. Gene Perceval, 79 years old, looked over the materials for his presentation one last time. The face shield, pepper spray, plastic knife and pocket alarm were all in order. His plastic sheets
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This article was a joint effort between myself and Pamela Wong. It was originally posted on The Osprey. The original piece includes an interactive graphic. The Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County hosted their fifth annual Historic Harvest Day at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center this past Sunday. The festival aims to educate children about
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My father arrived home from his job as a UPS driver just before 11 p.m. Without greeting anybody, he unlaced his work boots and took off his brown company-issued button down shirt. “Long day again?” I asked. “Yeah,” he said. “Another long one.” He walked into the kitchen of our Holtsville home and set his
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This piece was originally published on Stony Brook Transformed. Cheng-Shiaun Lee sat in his office at Stony Brook University’s Center for Clean Water Technology, resting his elbows on the only clear spot on his desk. His neatly parted hair, thick-rimmed glasses and plain gray sweater complimented by a red lanyard around his neck didn’t match the
Design
During my time at the Safina Center, I designed and wrote content for three annual reports, which were printed as 32-page booklets. Click the covers to read the full reports.
Video
Safina Center Annual Celebration: During my time at the Safina Center, I helped produce events at the Explorers Club in New York City. This video features the program from the 2025 event, where Safina Center Fellows shared presentations about their work with the audience. This was filmed and recorded by Michael Werner and Luis Muga, and edited by me.
AON Gaming: This piece was made as a final project for a multimedia journalism class at Stony Brook University. The venue this video was recorded in has since closed.
Destress with Dogs: This was a short video story I filmed and produced for a class on video journalism at Stony Brook University.
Bubbles Bio Piece: I made this video in high school as part of a competition to make a short documentary based on a competitive Super Smash Bros. player. The winner would be flown out to California for “Even Bigger Balc,” which was one of the largest Project M tournaments at the time. I made it to the final voting selection of the competition, but did not win. I still went to the event, and I participated in a panel about esports content creation.