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CLARIFY:
The City Limits Accountability Reporting
Initiative For Youth

Since the fall of 2014, City Limits has operated a paid training program for high-school and college-aged students who learn and apply the skills of investigative journalism as they report on issues affecting their own neighborhoods.
Generously supported by The Pinkerton Foundation.

Apply here.

Questions about City Limits’ internships? Email us. Click here to support the program.

Meet our Summer 2020 Interns

Latest News

  • When Labs Go Online: For Some College Majors, Remote Learning Means Extra Hurdles

    Classes for certain college majors, the move to remove learning has been especially jarring, as science labs and acting workshops don’t translate so easily to Zoom.

    By Mykel Barrett, Nuha Dolby and Jeanmarie Evelly
  • In Fight to Save Summer Youth Employment, Advocates Push City to Let Teens Work Remotely
    By Rainier Harris
  • For NY’s College Students, Remote Learning Brings Distraction and Uncertainty of What’s Next
    By Asha MacKay, Manoli Figetakis and Arufa Hossain
  • With Gigs Cancelled, City’s Musicians Struggle to Wait Out Pandemic
    By Allison Rapp
  • CUNY Students Scramble After COVID-19 Dorm Evictions, Demand Spring Tuition Refunds
    By Lauren Hakimi
  • MTA’s Bronx Bus Redesign Leaves Some Disappointment at the Curb
    By Gyana Guity, Blossom Okonkwo and Jeanmarie Evelly
  • No Easy Answers as NYC Searches for Better Ways to Get Freight into a Crowded City
    By Anna Rhoads, Sadia Haque, Rainier Harris, Lakhsmi Chatterjee, Mia Gindis, Jeanmarie Evelly , Brandon Yam, Manoli Figetakis and Hailey Del Valle

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Must Reads

  • Neighbors Monitoring New Development at Tainted Factory Site

    Some in Greenpoint are reassured by the plans put forward by the developer of the former NuHart and Company vinyl and plastics factory, but other neighbors remain wary.

    By Maya Naphtali
  • Dollar Van Fans Say They Won’t Wait for the Bus

    There were 238 commuter van drivers licensed with the city in 2017, according to TLC data.

    By Arufa Hossain
  • Dollar Van Drivers: City Should Let Us Help During L-pocalypse

    'We are a licensed commuter van service and you're trying to tell us you're going to shut us out of the city?' one driver complains. 'They're leaving the room for Uber, Lyft, Ford Chariot.'

    By Sokhna Fall, Sandra Gonzalez DeJesus and Jeanmarie Evelly
  • Imagining an Amazon Worker’s Subway Ride

    Even having missed a train, this reporter arrived at her imaginary high-tech workplace by 8:35 or so. Granted, City Limits was just one imaginary worker – our 24,999 or more Amazon colleagues were not in the equation.

    By Anay Cortes and Jeanmarie Evelly
  • East Harlem Braces as Next Phase of 2nd Avenue Subway Nears

    Some East Harlem residents are less optimistic about the prospect of the new stations, and are particularly concerned about the potential disruption caused by their construction, which is estimated to take about nine years.

    By Silvio Francisco, Brandon Velez and Jeanmarie Evelly
  • De Blasio’s Soundview Ferry Gets High Marks

    The ferry is a big hit in the Bronx neighborhood, though there are concerns about parking.

    By Deanna Garcia and Jeanmarie Evelly
  • With a Fare Hike Looming, Activists Demand Funds to Fix the Struggling Subway

    Advocates are pushing back against the MTA's plan to raise fares next year, saying straphangers shouldn't be forced to pay more until lawmakers secure a plan to fund improvements for the city's deteriorating transit system.

    By Jeanmarie Evelly , Anay Cortes, Anna Rhoads, Asha MacKay, Zaheer Bowen, Arufa Hossain, Fabliha Waseqa and Mitchell Harris-Dennis
  • Why Are Reports of Subway Sex Crimes on the Rise?

    It's likely the jump is because of broader awareness. But there's a debate about whether to make penalties harsher for sex crimes on trains and buses.

    By Yasmine Chokrane, Jasper Krause, Janiya Taylor and Jeanmarie Evelly
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Meet our Fall 2019 interns!
Meet our Summer 2019 interns!

Jeanmarie Evelly

City Limits’ youth interns hear from a guest speaker, Jeff Mays of the New York Times

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Jeanmarie Evelly

City Limits’ youth interns hitting the streets of Harlem to interview residents.

CLARIFY interns

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City Limits’ 2019 summer interns outside City Hall after covering a press conference

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