Eileen Markey

CV

Eileen Markey

Bronx, N.Y. 10467

eileenmarkey[at]gmail.com

Journalism

Wall Street Journal, stringer for Greater New York section, covering crime and breaking news. Filed copy on the Leiby Kletzky story and numerous others on tight deadlines and with harsh competition. 

WNYC 93.9 FM New York Public Radio, producer, reporter for It’s A Free Country, WNYC’s politics website. I covered the 2010 election season, filing original stories on voter turnout, primary and election night victory parties and daily campaign news. I repurposed audio interviews and discussed stories on air.

WNYC 93.9FM,  producer, Brian Lehrer Show. Research, prepare and write segments for this premiere public affairs radio show. Tasks include brainstorming topics, booking guests, writing interviews, working with audio and updating show page on WNYC.org                               present

WNYC 93.9 FM,  producer, WNYC newsroom. Working on both Morning Edition and All Things Considered, I write copy for the host, pull and edit audio, conduct interviews and write stories for newscast on very tight deadlines. I’ve also reported from press conferences and covered spot news, writing stories around collected sound.                                                 present

CityLimits.org, contributing editor Housing and Homelessness. Wrote investigative articles on subprime lending, the effect of the foreclosure crisis on working class neighborhoods, shifts in homelessness policy, the failure of national foreclosure prevention programs and the emergence of homelessness as a problem for Haitian earthquake survivors in NYC. 

The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Daily News, The Village Voice, National Catholic Reporter,  freelance reporter. 2005-present    

The Journal News, White Plains, NY.  Freelance writer. Wrote a variety of news and feature pieces for the Westchester County and Southern New York newspaper.                               Sept. 2004-2006

Herald News, Paterson, N.J., staff writer. Criminal Justice reporter. Municipal reporter for City of Paterson. I uncovered abuse at a drug treatment facility, reported on disputes between city hall and the police union and did deep reporting on life in the neighborhoods of Paterson. I am equally conversant in the mayor’s office and on the street corner.                                          2002 – Nov. 2003

Freelance writer, London, UK. Wrote for magazines and filed post-September 11 reaction for the Herald News.  Sept. 01-02

Herald News, Paterson, N.J., staff writer. Municipal reporter for City of Paterson. I exposed a factory that was not paying its workers overtime, reported on federal corruption probe of then-Mayor Martin G. Barnes and fostered relationships with drug dealers and neighborhood activists.                     June 2000 — Sept. 2001

Newsday, Queens, N.Y., intern. Reported on breaking news, did legwork for multiple author stories including the funeral of Patrick Dorismond, who was shot by NYPD and covered the press conference in which Donna Hanover announced her separation from then-Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.                                             Jan. — May 2000

Union-News, Springfield, MA., staff writer. I covered two towns in western Massachusetts, filing daily stories concentrating on local government, schools and suburban sprawl.                                  March — Aug. 1999

The Cambodia Daily, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, assistant editor. Reported breaking news, national politics and general interest for the country’s bilingual newspaper of record.             Aug. — Jan. 1998

The Village Voice, New York, N.Y., intern. Worked for investigative reporter Wayne Barrett. Conducted interviews, did extensive document research and co-authored pre-election cover story on then-Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.                                              May – Dec. 1997                             

Research

Center for New York City Affairs, reported on affordable housing for people with developmental disabilities for a publication of this New School University institute.                                                      Aug. 2007- present

Research assistant for book author. I conducted interviews and dug through municipal and court records for an author who is writing a book about urban renewal policy and the destruction of the Bronx in the 1970s.

June-July 2007

Good Jobs New York, research analyst for subsidy accountability think tank. I researched and wrote a report documenting the revolving door between state and local economic development agencies that give out public subsidies and entities working to secure those subsidies for the New York Yankees’ new stadium.                                                                            Sept. 2006-May 2007

Teaching

professor, Lehman College, CUNY College Now summer journalism program. Taught basic reporting to high school students, emphasizing media literacy, civic education and enterprise reporting. 

Adjunct professor, Department of Communication, College of Mount Saint Vincent, Riverdale, NY Spring 2008 I taught a shoe-leather heavy reporting and writing class to communication majors.

Instructor, West Bronx News Network, Youth Journalism Initiative, Bronx, NY Spring 2008 With the help of another journalist, I taught Bronx high school students reporting and writing in an after school program run by a small coalition of community newspapers.

Education

Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, M.S. May 2000

Fordham University, B.A. Urban Studies/English. May 1998

Honors

2004 Finalist, NYC Chapter, Society of Professional Journalists Best Reporting, newspaper under 100,000 for my story tracing the gun that killed a 15-year old New Jersey boy back to the small North Carolina town where it was bought and resold.