List of City Limits Journalists and Reporters

1. David Brand

Designation Senior Reporter/editor Author Bio David Brand is a senior reporter/editor covering housing and homelessness. Prior to joining City Limits, he served for three years as the editor of the Queens Daily Eagle, a daily print newspaper covering the World’s Borough, and has written for The Nation, CityLab and Gothamist. He is the co-host of City Watch, a one-hour weekly program on radio station WBAI. Before his career in journalism, Brand worked as a licensed social worker.
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2. Jeanmarie Evelly

Designation Executive Editor Author Bio Jeanmarie Evelly was named City Limits' Executive Editor in February 2021. Prior to that, after joining the staff in 2018, she served as youth program manager/reporter, deputy editor and managing editor. She came to City Limits as a veteran metro reporter, having served as a reporter/producer at DNAinfo.com New York covering Astoria and Long Island City. She spent several years reporting for community newspapers in the Bronx, including the award-winning Norwood News. She holds a B.A. in English from SUNY New Paltz, a master’s degree from the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and an MFA ...in poetry from CUNY Queens College. She lives in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.more
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3. Cody Lyon

Designation Journalist Author Bio Cody Lyon is a New York City-based journalist.
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4. Chris Janaro

Designation Journalist Author Bio Janaro is a recent graduate from CUNY’s Craig Newmark School of Journalism, where his assigned metro beat was Queens’ Community District 14 in the Rockaways. His freelance work has delved into national housing market issues, including those related to the VA Home Loan Program. Janaro joins City Limits as part of the Newmark Veterans in Journalism Fellowship Program, a partnership between Military Veterans in Journalism (MVJ), the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN), and the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY that places fellows in host newsrooms for nine months as t...hey begin their careers in journalism.more
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5. Daniel Parra

Designation Editor/reporter Author Bio Daniel, City Limits' Spanish-language editor/reporter, is a seasoned investigative reporter from Colombia. He has worked as a freelancer for more than seven years and has covered war, politics, religion, culture, fashion, and beers. Daniel loves poetry, short stories, and long-form journalism.
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6. Liz Donovan

Designation Reporter Author Bio Liz Donovan is a reporter covering climate, health and the environment. Donovan is a corps member with Report for America, a national service program of The GroundTruth Project that places journalists in local newsrooms to cover under-reported topics. Donovan previously worked as a Global Migration Project Fellow with Columbia Journalism Investigations, and as a youth journalism instructor at The School of The New York Times. She is a graduate of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and Sciences Po School of Journalism. You can follow her on Twitter at @LizDonov.
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7. Mariana Simões

Designation Climate / Environment Reporter Author Bio Mariana Simões joined City Limits in January 2023 covering climate and the environment. She is a Brazilian investigative journalist covering climate, politics and urban issues in Brazil and the United States. Her work has appeared in global outlets like The New York Times, The Economist, Vice, Aljazeera, USA Today and others. She coordinated award-winning multimedia projects for Brazilian investigative news agency, Agencia Publica, and ran Brazil’s first cultural center for journalism. Simões is a Columbia University J-school alum.
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8. Tatyana Turner

Designation Reporter Author Bio NYCHA reporter @CityLimitsNews, past @chicagotribune @baltimoresun Let’s chat ???? ****@citylimits.org
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9. Doug Turetsky

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10. Jarrett Murphy

Designation Contributing Editor Author Bio Jarrett is a contributing editor at City Limits. He served as City Limits' investigations editor from 2007 to 2010 and editor-in-chief/executive editor from 2010 to 2021. He grew up in New Britain, Connecticut, graduated from Fordham University in the Bronx, and later received a diploma in public financial policy from the London School of Economics and a masters in economics from the New School. Before coming to City Limits, he worked at WFUV-FM, the Hartford Advocate, CBSNews.com and the Village Voice. Jarrett won the 2007 James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism, the 2007 PASS Award... from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency and the Deadline Club's 2011 award for best coverage of issues affecting minority groups. A little league coach and the bass player/vocalist for Fort Indy, a rock band, he lives in the Norwood section of the Bronx with his wife and two sons.more
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11. Roxanne Scott

Designation Author Author Bio Reporter + Audio Producer. 2024 @APFFoundation fellow writing about floods. Adjunct professor at CUNY @newmarkjschool. Plebeian from Southeast Queens.
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12. Rachel Fee

Designation Author Author Bio Brooklynite, mom of 3 NYC public school boys, affordable housing advocate and always rooting for NY. Tweets my own.
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13. Norman Oder

Designation Author Author Bio Watchdog journalist, writes Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Report, about controversial #Brooklyn real estate project #AtlanticYards #pacificparkbk #BarclaysCenter
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14. Robert Gangi

Designation Author Author Bio Social, Racial Justice Advocate. He/him/his. End Racist "Broken Windows" Policing/Real Affordable Housing/Free fare for Low-Income NYers/Small Class Sizes.
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15. Gail Robinson

Designation Author Author Bio Writer/editor covering education, social justice, politics in NYC & beyond. RT means it piqued my interest.
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16. Mariam Hydara

Designation Author Author Bio Gambian???????? NYC| BU’24 ???? I say a whole lot of nothing
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17. Daniel Parra Mejia

Designation Reporter Author Bio Reporter @CityLimitsNews and @limites_una (en Español). Focused on stories around #Immigration and/or #Latinx Tips, ideas, ???? ****@CityLimits.org
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18. Emma Whitford

Designation Deputy Editor Author Bio deputy editor @CityLimitsNews covering housing. before that, @RealEstLaw360. way before, @Gothamist.
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19. Mariana Simoes

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20. Sadef Ali Kully

Designation Staff Writer Author Bio Journalist. New York. RTs ≠ endorsements
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