Read me:

> On democratizing Ukraine through architecture. (The Architect's Newspaper)

> On the Brooklyn priest with black-and-white hide sandals and bubblegum-pink suits—and his migrant center. (Columbia News Service)

> On Venezueleans marching 3,400 miles with crushed garlic in their shoes. (Columbia News Service)

> On the house that Rick Haldenby built. (Azure Magazine)

> On Yemeni banking discrimination in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

> On the man who was "homeless on purpose" last year.

> On Batumi's decade-long battle to build a second mosque in the Republic of Georgia—part of my thesis at the Columbia Journalism School.

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Hear me:

> On making Lizzo quit. Is it our fault? (Uptown Radio)

> On the pay "raises" behind the delivery app economy. (Uptown Radio)

> On the war in Ukraine. Does it make Soviet Jews feel more Eastern European? (Uptown Radio)

> On the privatization of Columbia University's green space. Who gets to close the gates? (Uptown Radio)

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Show me:

> On the rise of the Republican Party (built for the Lede Data Journalism Program).

> On the collapse of the white-collar workforce.

> On the hottest day in Central Park since 2012.

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Are you a juror from REACH/the Shevchenko Foundation?

Welcome. I have something to show you.

> When I describe "A 3D extruded bar map showing severity of energy infrastructure damage in Kyiv, Odesa, and selected affected regions" I mean that I want to produce a graphic like this.

> Meanwhile, when I write "An exploded axonometric diagram of an apartment building illustrating structural and moisture-related damage" I am referring to an illustration like this.

> And then when I list "A timeline of events leading to Kyiv’s weeklong blackout in January 2026," I am describing an illustration like this or like these.

Thank you for considering my application. I hope we can work together one day!

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iryna.humenyuk@columbia.edu

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