Agriculture
Imperial Valley goes dry as farmers act to protect river. Ag Alert, 2024.
Pears hit fresh market as cannery resets. Ag Alert, 2024.
Heat hurts tomato haul as harvest begins. Ag Alert, 2024.
Farmers weigh options as burn ban nears. Ag Alert, 2024.
Record heat tests worker safety measures. Ag Alert, 2024.
Growers scrap vineyards as wine market dims. Ag Alert, 2024.
Waterfowl return to Sacramento Valley rice fields. Ag Alert, 2024.
Sriracha sorrows fade as new farms harvest jalapeños. Ag Alert, 2024.
California’s other wine region: Making sake in the Golden State. California Bountiful, 2024.
Colorado River crisis tests a proud region. Ag Alert, 2023.
Salinas Valley farmers hit by lettuce virus. Ag Alert, 2022.
Immigration
Biden Administration Faces Backlog of 380,000 Waiting to Immigrate. The New York Times, 2021.
‘Demeaned and Humiliated’: What happened to these Iranians at U.S. airports. The New York Times, 2020.
‘Treated like a terrorist’: US deports growing number of Iranian students. The Guardian, 2020.
Iranian students barred from US: lost money, broken dreams, no answers. The Guardian, 2019.
Features
‘Together unbreakable’: One player’s journey from the Afghan women’s soccer team to UC Davis. The Davis Enterprise, 2021. Winner, Sports Feature Story, California News Publishers Association.
Nagaland’s teachers are renting out their government jobs. HuffPost India, 2018. Winner, Feature Writing, Society of Professional Journalists, Mark of Excellence Awards.