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Meet SEJ member Amir Khafagy! Amir is an award-winning New York City-based journalist. He is currently a Report for America corps member with Documented. Much of Amir's beat explores the intersections of labor, race, class, immigration, environmental justice and urban policy. His reporting has been featured in The Guardian, Vice, The New Republic, New York Mag, Bloomberg, Prism, Documented, The Appeal, Dame, The American Prospect, Jacobin and In These Times. A lifelong New Yorker, Amir was born and raised in Jackson Heights, Queens into a working-class, Muslim, immigrant family. His mother is Puerto Rican and his father is an immigrant from Egypt.
When asked how SEJ membership makes his job easier, Amir said, “No reporter is an Island on to themselves. We need to share and learn from each other. That's what SEJ gives us. A place to grow, not just as an individual reporter, but to grow together as a community of like-minded change makers.” Join us — apply for SEJ membership.
Check out some of Amir's work:
- New York Department of Labor Not Doing Enough to Stop Child Labor, Report Finds, Documented, Feb 7, 2024.
- Behind a Chinatown Real Estate Deal, a Web of Shifting Alliances and Political Connections, Documented, Oct 23, 2023.
- No Safe Bet: Immigrant Residents in Queens Say a Casino Will Harm Their Communities, Documented, Jun 5, 2023.
- Nail Salon Workers Say Proper Ventilation Can Protect Their Reproductive Health, Documented, Oct 12, 2022.
- In the Summer Heat, UPS Warehouse Workers Endure Sweltering Working Conditions, Documented, Aug 5, 2022.
- Hurricane Ida Victims are Facing Eviction Again, Documented, Nov 17, 2021.
- She Survived Hurricane Sandy. Then Climate Gentrification Hit, The Guardian, Apr 18, 2021.
- A Pipeline Battle in the Heart of Brooklyn, The American Prospect, Mar 18, 2021.
- More.
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