PinnedAgency, inclusion, and empathy as power: The last dispatch from my MA in Engagement JournalismIf you’ve been here awhile, you know that for the last 18 months I’ve been completing my Master’s in Engagement Journalism at the Craig…Dec 13, 2021Dec 13, 2021
Some disabled group home residents are frustrated that their reports of abuse and neglect aren’t…For the last 18 months, I’ve been working with intellectually and developmentally disabled New Yorkers and their families to understand…Dec 16, 2021Dec 16, 2021
In New York, reporting abuse and neglect that happens to disabled people who live in group homes…“I’ve experienced [reports of abuse and neglect] going unfounded, and the abuse continues.”Dec 13, 2021Dec 13, 2021
I hosted a Zoom for members of my journalistic community. Here’s what I learned.I’m Jacqueline Neber, an Engagement Journalism graduate student at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. As I’ve written…May 19, 2021May 19, 2021
Abuse is still happening in group homes for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.As I’ve written in the past, my brother Matt has autism and a visual impairment. That means that one day, he could reside in one of New…Dec 17, 20203Dec 17, 20203
Combatting election misinformation taught me a few things. None of them were surprising.Prior to Election Day, my Social Journalism cohort assisted First Draft News and ProPublica’s Electionland project in uncovering voting…Nov 18, 2020Nov 18, 2020
I have a twin brother, Matt. Here’s why that’s important.In my household we speak two languages: one that probably sounds like your day-to-day conversations with your family, and one that’s…Sep 30, 2020Sep 30, 2020
10:30pm, August 20On my second-to-last night in my hometown I walk up to the grounds of my old elementary school right after sunset. A wooden fence…Aug 21, 2020Aug 21, 2020
Quarantine Day 49On my walk today I wear my Nikes and decide to run, which never happens. I make it two blocks before I can’t get my breathing into a…Apr 27, 2020Apr 27, 2020
The Second Day of the Rest of Your LifeWell, it happened again. In the back of another cab, a guy in his twenties sitting next to me praying the driver will take a credit card…Feb 29, 2020Feb 29, 2020