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Team

  1. Overview
  2. Team
  3. Ethics & Funders
  4. Careers
  5. Pitch Us
  6. Contact
Akash Mehta
Editor-in-Chief
akash@nysfocus.com
Rebecca Klein
Publisher
rebecca@nysfocus.com
Sam Mellins
Senior Reporter
sam@nysfocus.com
Maha Ahmed
Senior Editor
maha@nysfocus.com
Chris Bragg
Albany Bureau Chief
cbragg@nysfocus.com
Lee Harris
Contributing Editor
lee@nysfocus.com
Alex Arriaga
Audience Engagement Editor
alex@nysfocus.com
Chris Gelardi
Criminal Justice Investigative Reporter
chris@nysfocus.com
Colin Kinniburgh
Climate and Environmental Politics Reporter
colin@nysfocus.com
Spencer Norris
Investigative Reporter
spencer@nysfocus.com
Arabella Saunders
Economic development reporter
arabella@nysfocus.com
Miles Freeman
Development Officer
miles@nysfocus.com
Julia Rock
Reporter
julia@nysfocus.com
Bianca Fortis
Education Reporter
bianca@nysfocus.com
Neil DeMause
Interim Managing Editor
neil@nysfocus.com

Board of Directors

  • Oskar Eustis (board chair), the artistic director of the Public Theater
  • Simeon Banister, president and CEO of the Rochester Area Community Foundation
  • Ron Chernow, biographer and journalist
  • Lizzie Weinreb Fishman, media and brand strategist, former Associate Dean for Communications at Columbia Journalism School
  • Patrick Gaspard, president and CEO of the Center for American Progress
  • Susan Restler, co-founder of Knowledge in the Public Interest
  • Rex Smith, former editor of the Albany Times Union