Faculty
Prof. Jill Hamburg Coplan
hamburgje@aol.comJill Hamburg Coplan began her career with UPI in Jerusalem, and then worked for several years as a stringer for U.S. newspapers including The San Francisco Chronicle and Newsday, from the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia. On New York Newsday’s business desk, she covered industries including insurance, real estate and publishing as well as the workplace and personal finance. She covered international finance for Bloomberg News, and served as senior editor of Working Woman magazine. As a freelancer, she wrote columns on family money in Time Inc.’s BabyTalk, and a weekly “Work and Family” column for Business Week Online. Her stories appear in publications including Business Week, Newsday, Self, Glamour, Martha Stewart Living, Barron’s, Working Mother, The New York Post and The New York Times. She also serves as a publications consultant to the United Nations.
At NYU, Professor Hamburg has been teaching “Reporting I” and “The Feature Article” since 2000.
Stories contributed by Prof. Hamburg’s students:
“Bittersweet Victory” After a nine-year wait, Kosovo’s independence brings some Albanian-American fighters a sense of closure by Nicole Tung
“Barred from Proselytizing in China, Mormons Try a Chinatown” One of many sects aiming to convert new immigrants by Patty Lee
“As Villians or Heroes, Muslims Star in New U.S. Comics” Fights over fundamentalism, and a dearth of role models, are driving forces.
by Marie-Helene Rousseau
“Beyond Klezmer” Jewish a cappella groups the latest rage on campus
by Marc Beja
“On the Trail of Chinatown’s Hidden Gods”
Shopkeepers in Manhattan’s Chinatown still tend shrines to their Buddhist gods, who guard the cash and the goods, and the owner’s health and wealth. Look closely, and you’ll see them everywhere.
by Patricia Chang
“Stretching Towards Jesus”
If yoga is Hindu, why are Christians doing it in church – and to the Lord’s Prayer?
by Elizabeth Valerio
“Clothing with a Conscience”
Designer’s line for young Muslims takes off
by Kristen V. Brown
“New York City a Hot Pilgrimage Destination for Evangelicals”
by Hillary Prim
“Watching One Child Get Left Behind”
A tutor discovers that big dreams aren’t always enough
by Stephanie Wash
“Skeptic at the Mosque”
As teenagers, my friends and I would slip away to the pizza parlor while our parents worshipped. Years later, I realized I’d missed something.
by Mehrnoosh Torbatnejad
“Dumpster Divers Cry: Don’t Buy!”
Freebie movement challenges the scramble for profit
by Jamie Feldmar