Sammy Westfall Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Selected to report on the Foreign Desk as one of two Bradlee Fellows, in recognition of the late Washington Post Executive Editor Benjamin C. Bradlee.

Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines

- Reported and wrote in the Philippines for a New York Times commissioned feature on re-ruralization / reverse urbanization from Metro Manila during the pandemic.

- Oversaw the Yale Daily News’ daily production for 40 hours a week over the year, as well as a staff of 250+ people and a budget of hundreds of thousands of dollars.- Made ethical journalistic decisions and final content calls, as well as proofed the opinion page every night. - Responded to situations and concerns as the face of the paper. - Elected by peers (incoming and outgoing Yale Daily News masthead) for the position - Resolved internal, external, financial and legal issues. - Pushed forward long-term projects to support the News’ diversity, multimedia, digital, internal culture, and content-related goals. - Led the paper through a phase of unexpected remote production due to coronavirus.

New Haven, Connecticut

- Covered Cops and Courts for the City desk, weekly writing three to six articles. - Interviewed officials from the Yale Police Department, New Haven Police Department, New Haven City Hall, and Yale University.

- Reported as the 'Policing in New Haven' associate beat reporter on the City Desk.- Covered city and campus crime, as well as criminal justice reform. - Took general assignments.

Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines

Toledo, Ohio Area

- Reported on local stories from features to breaking news. - Sent on assignment to Elyria, Ohio to cover live a national story about a libel trial that awarded a local bakery $44 million dollars from Oberlin College.

New Haven

- Pitched, reported and wrote long-form and investigative pieces for Yale’s political journal. - Reported on prison gang networks from inside one of the Philippines' most overcrowded jails, a wrongful conviction case in New Haven, an anti-Duterte protest in the Philippines, and more.

- Pitched, reported and edited long-form pieces on local, national, and international politics. - Worked closely with writers through writing and editing process.

- Gave campus tours to prospective Yale students and their families, as well as campus visitors. - Provided an overview of academic and residential life and serves as a campus ambassador.

Manila, Philippines

- Covered crime in Quezon City and Metro Manila, including stories about the national war on drugs, buy-bust operations, and prison contraband searches. - Reported on the presidential beat, attending presidential morning press briefings for Rodrigo Duterte at Malacañang Palace- Reportage published in the nation's most widely read daily newspaper, with a daily readership of over 2,700,000 - Published online and in the print newspaper, including on the front page

Bachelor'S Degree, History And Political Science

Activities and Societies: Yale Daily News, The Politic, Yale Undergraduate Prison Project, Yale Tour Guides, Office of International.

High School Diploma