The Brooklyn Review
As Editor-in-Chief, Fiction, of The Brooklyn Review during the 2024-2025 academic year, I curated and edited multiple short stories by emerging and established writers, as well as author interviews and works of visual art. I also oversaw the magazine’s budget, print production, digital production, submissions manager, and staff of 15-plus editors and readers. For my work on The Review, I received the 2025 Bonnie Perlsweig Mintz Award for Editing.
The Brooklyn Review is a small literary magazine with a notable history: Edited by Brooklyn College’s Creative Writing MFA students, it was founded in 1983 by beat poets Allen Ginsberg and John Ashbery. The annual 110-page magazine is distributed in coffee shops, bookstores, bars, and libraries throughout Brooklyn.
PROJECTS
Reported Feature: Exercise Is Good for You; Instagram Complicates It. For this heavily researched magazine-style article, I interviewed multiple women and influencers about their experiences with Instagram fitness communities. Some developed medical conditions and eating disorders after participating in viral wellness fads like competitive bodybuilding and clean eating. This article was associated with my undergraduate coursework.
Podcast Series: Working Syracuse is a podcast that explores how the city’s people find meaning in their jobs. For this collaborative project, I photographed and interviewed a tattoo artist, mailman, and superintendent; wrote a script; and narrated an episode. The series is a Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence finalist. This project was the capstone of my journalism studies at Syracuse University.