RECENT WORK | journalist

Madison Fernandez

Oct 7, 20204 min read

Lantern Festival raises awareness of issues surrounding homelessness

Hundreds of lanterns twinkled against the inky water as they floated down the Cayuga Inlet on a chilly October night. Marked with...

Madison Fernandez

Sep 26, 20203 min read

Underground Plant Trade: How social media activism is used effectively amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Online activism — especially on social media platforms with younger age demographics like Twitter and Instagram — hit a peak this summer...

Madison Fernandez

Sep 24, 20202 min read

Journalists must use social media to incorporate public perspective in protest reporting

On Aug. 30, the weekly Black Lives Matter protest in Downtown Ithaca turned violent. A car drove through the crowd and a man threw a...