About Me
Hello and greetings! I am currently a Senior Editor for Digital Content Strategy at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
In 2019, I became a Senior Producer at AJ Impact, the business vertical for Al Jazeera Digital. My work focused on climate, macro-economics, trade, and geopolitics. I did reporting on sustainable investing, humane technology, tax policy, and US sanctions. I was deployed to cover the New Hampshire presidential primary, COP25 Climate Conference in Madrid, and the UN General Assembly.
I’m co-founder of the Samaritan Cookbook, a cross-cultural project to bridge Middle East divisions — part of the One Sem venture spanning food, language, music, and heritage. Our book was published by Wipf and Stock and is available on Amazon.
Other publications that recently ran my work: The World (a co-production of PRX & GBH) and Digital Trends.
I have written articles on criminal justice reform for Arnold Ventures and I was a digital content editor at Open Society Foundations, a global philanthropy network.
In 2017, I worked on a few freelance projects. A contributor to HuffPost, I wrote about national politics, foreign policy, and immigration. I also launched a podcast, Air Brooklyn, on iTunes and Soundcloud.
During the 2016 presidential election, I directed a social media marketing campaign and voter documentary initiative covered by CNN, Reuters, NPR, and the New York Times.
From the launch of 24-hour U.S. cable news channel Al Jazeera America (AJAM) in mid-2013 through its finale in 2016, I worked as a Planning Editor. I edited online news features, commissioned articles, curated special topic sections, managed the newsletter, and produced multimedia infographics, in addition to coordinating coverage between the broadcast and website. My own focus ranged from global geopolitics and national security reporting.
As an Online Producer at Al Jazeera English (AJE) in Doha, Qatar, from 2010 to 2013, I did multimedia reporting for the international news website. My work involved writing copy on the news desk, building aggregated coverage pages, co-managing our video platform, producing data interactives, creating slideshows, generating maps, liaising on innovative digital projects, and minimizing the editorial-technical gap.
Before joining Al Jazeera, I was a web journalist at Worldfocus, a week-nightly WNET international news program. The PBS-syndicated show aired enterprise stories from around the world, discussed key issues with experts, and aggregated clips from TV channels across the globe.
I’ve done TV interviews on AJAM, Deutsche Welle, and i24. Audio programs that interviewed me include the Marc Steiner Show on WEAA, the Alan Colmes Show on Fox News Radio, the Leslie Marshall Show on TalkUSA Radio, The Take on Al Jazeera, and John Pienaar’s show on Times Radio.
My insights have appeared in the NY Daily News, Gothamist, and Montana Public Radio. And professors have invited me to present guest lectures at New York University, CUNY, and the University of California, Berkeley.
I received a master’s degree in New Media from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in 2009. My coursework focused on internet reporting, interactive storytelling, video editing, and Flash design. I also studied photography, radio production, feature writing, and media in China.
In 2007, I researched the caste system as a Fulbright scholar at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai. My research looked at socioeconomic mobility in India from the vantage point of cultural geography.
I also worked as an intern reporter at Haaretz and the Baltimore Sun. I received a BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) from the University of Pennsylvania with a minor in French.
During my free time, I enjoy cities, music, and travel. Here are some videos I made on language-learning and favorite foods in the #PolyglotOrNot series, and a feature piece, Searching for Don Menachem, on discovering my roots. I live in the Big Apple with my wife and our daughters.