Project Type: Writing
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A Look Inside D.C.’s Largest Shelter
Collaborative story written for Reporting class with three other student in Spring 2015. All photos accompanying the story were shot by me. Just a 15-minute walk from the home of U.S. lawmakers and the political elite: Welcome to the former D.C. General Hospital, the District’s largest shelter for the homeless. At the Southeast end of Massachusetts…
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D.C. Student Groups Push Schools To Divest From Fossil Fuels
Published on WAMU 88.5’s website when I interned there in Fall 2014. College students across the nation are pressuring university administrators to rid of stocks, bonds and investment funds that support the fossil fuel industry. Last Friday, American University was added to the list of universities saying “no” to divestment after its Board of Trustees…
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Cultivating Community Isn’t that Easy
Investigative story published in American Word Magazine’s Fall 2016 print issue The ideal community garden/farm scenario is two strangers working together to not only grow vegetables but also cultivate a sense of community. D.C.’s 34 community gardens and five urban farms do more than develop meaningful relationships between neighbors. They are beds of environmental education,…
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Art Made to Decay
Published on American Word Magazine’s website. Spring 2016. With towering rainbows made of thousands of thin strings, mountains comprised of stacked index cards, and rolling hills built with old tires, the Renwick Gallery’s WONDER exhibit challenges visitors to let their imaginations take over and see ordinary objects in a completely new way. Artist John Grade’s “Middle…
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“China Revisited” Personal Blog
Personal blog that I updated while studying abroad in Beijing in Summer 2015. Below is one post. 王府井 Tucked in an alley off of Beijing’s walking street, lined with high-end stores like Nike and Zara, lies the less-glamourous but more interesting Wangfujing Snack Street. The street is known for it’s “strange” 小吃 (xiao chī, snacks) including…
Lindsay Maizland 