Multimedia Journalism

When words alone fail, mixed media steps in.

I reported and produced weekly audio new stories to Uptown Radio: a live radio newsroom that operates out of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. I gained experience pitching stories, reporting enterprise and day stories with a TAS-CAM audio recorder, levelling audio, editing tape on Pro Tools, and directing, sound mixing and hosting on a weekly live radio show.

I also have experience conducting “person on the street” vertical video projects for the Forward and Shtetl: The Haredi Free Press. These projects have earned thousands of views on Instagram, TikTok and X. I also love working with photography, data and other mixed media in my reporting. The only medium I don’t know is the Long Island one!

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Audio Journalism Highlights

What ACT UP is Up To

A long-form enterprise story on the AIDS Organization To Unleash Power’s support of pro-Palestinian activism, including interviews with longtime AIDS activists and current ACT UP members.

Last Call at Staten Island’s Oldest Bar

A feature on the closing days of Leidy’s Shore Inn: the oldest bar on Staten Island, and the oldest bar in New York City to be continuously owned by one family.

The Curtain Rises on Princess Peach: Showtime

A curtain-raiser on the first video-game to star Nintendo’s damsel in distress, Princess Peach, in nearly 20 years.

  • "Editors will appreciate how easy you are to work with, how responsive you are to feedback, and how you seem to have a ready stream of ideas at your fingertips."

    Sally Herships and Kerry Donahue, Audio Workshop professors

  • "Sam's writing is natural talent, practice, and a passion for him. The professors as well as his peers were regularly blown away by his writing, and in several cases, they emulated him in their own writing."

    Joanne Faryon, CBC, Reporting professor

  • "Sam was one of the stars of the Covering Religion seminar. His stories on the class website, www.coveringreligion.org, are among the highlights of the site."

    Ari Goldman, Covering Religion professor

  • "Samuel was always very engaged in discussions and a welcome presence in the classroom. His ambition and desire to excel in the field of culture journalism was always palpable."

    Marlow Stern, Culture Writing professor

  • "It will be exciting to see how Sam continues to grow as a journalist, and I hope he can continue to explore data as part of that work. He definitely has a knack for it."

    Giannini Picado, Data journalism professor

Video Project: How has your life changed since October 7?

For the Forward, on the one year anniversary of the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023, my colleague Olivia Haynie and I took to the streets of the Upper West Side to document how New Yorkers lives have changed since the Israel-Hamas war began. We produced three vertical videos for the Forward’s social media pages, which gained over 6,000 views.

Video Project: What does New York’s Haredi community expect from Trump in 2025?

For the publication Shtetl, my colleague Emma Paidra and I travelled to Williamsburg, Crown Heights and Borough Park in Brooklyn to ask New York’s Haredi community what they expect from the incoming Trump administration. We discussed topics like U.S. support for Israel, Trump’s handling of the border and policies surrounding the privatization of education, which we also accompanied with a written piece.