PinnedJacqueline NeberAgency, 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…10 min read·Dec 13, 2021----
Jacqueline NeberSome 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…6 min read·Dec 16, 2021----
Jacqueline NeberIn 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.”7 min read·Dec 13, 2021----
Jacqueline NeberI 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…4 min read·May 19, 2021----
Jacqueline NeberAbuse 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…7 min read·Dec 17, 2020--3--3
Jacqueline NeberCombatting 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…5 min read·Nov 18, 2020----
Jacqueline NeberI 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…6 min read·Sep 30, 2020----
Jacqueline Neber10:30pm, 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…6 min read·Aug 21, 2020----
Jacqueline NeberQuarantine 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…5 min read·Apr 27, 2020----
Jacqueline NeberThe 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…6 min read·Feb 29, 2020----