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Jarrett Murphy


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Jarrett Murphy, editor-in-chief, has been with City Limits since February 2007. Murphy grew up in New Britain, Connecticut, graduated from Fordham University in the Bronx, and later received a diploma in public financial policy from the London School of Economics and a masters in economics from the New School. Before coming to City Limits in February 2007, he worked at WFUV-FM, the Hartford Advocate, CBSNews.com and the Village Voice. He has been awarded the 2007 James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism, the 2007 PASS Award from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency and the New York Community Media Alliance Best Investigative or In-Depth Story (1st place 2007, 2nd place 2009), and has been a finalist for the Livingston Award. Murphy boxed in the 2009 Daily News Golden Gloves and plays bass in a blues-funk band. He lives in the Norwood section of the Bronx with his wife and two sons.

Email: jarrett@citylimits.org

Interviews and Appearances

Jarrett Murphy and Melanie Lefkowitz Discuss The National Urban Agenda on TalkBack! with Hugh Hamilton

http://archive.wbai.org/files/mp3/wbai_120111_150139talkback.mp3



Listen to Jarrett Murphy Discuss CityWatch on WBAI

http://archive.wbai.org/files/mp3/wbai_120107_100056citywatch.mp3



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Articles, Investigations and Blogs

There's more to know today about the effect of CUNY admissions policies on student demographics, the fiscal impact of city sanitation policy and more.



New York City is creating jobs at a faster pace than the rest of the country, but also seeing its unemployment rate rise—and not because new job seekers are flooding the market. What explains the disconnect?



When Brooklyn residents become poets and storytellers, Brooklyn is a place of elusive magic, summer memories and a world on the doorstep.



A look at recycling rates by community district reveals a broad reduction in how much of Brooklyn's waste stream gets recycled—and big differences among neighborhoods.



We asked Soviet experts what they thought of the comparisons Mayor Bloomberg has been making between communist wage policy and a local living wage proposal.



In the department's first line-of-duty death in more than two years, the FDNY lost a 17-year veteran to what appeared to be a heart attack at the scene of a warehouse fire in Brooklyn.



More people in New York are getting food stamps, but because the benefits don't cover a realistic family grocery bill, recipients are still choosing between dinner and rent, a report finds.



The National Council on Crime and Delinquency recognized our coverage of staff sexual misconduct in New York's prisons and the housing challenges facing former inmates.



Three of New York's boroughs are among the eight least broadband-connected counties in New York State, according to data published Friday.



Advocates in the Bronx neighborhood where he died in a 2002 apartment fire are collecting money to pay for a grave marker for Jashawn Parker, whose story is told in this month's issue of City Limits magazine.



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