Nandini Mony

Substack — A reported feature on the Downtown Women's Center's model for rehabilitating unhoused women in Los Angeles through employment, housing, and trauma support, drawing on interviews with four women in the program and tracing the center's $26.5 million expansion into new housing.

USC Annenberg; YouTube — Video report on the Downtown Women's Center in Los Angeles, featuring interviews with women in the transitional employment program.

USC Annenberg Media — News report on a USC campus protest calling on the university to publicly condemn China's treatment of Uyghurs, centering a source with 93 missing relatives in occupied East Turkistan and drawing on Congressional Research Service data to contextualize the genocide.

Annenberg Radio News — Co-anchored award-winning live election night 2024 broadcast for Annenberg Media, covering results in real time and conducting on-air interviews across a multi-hour continuous broadcast.

Annenberg Radio News — Hosted live episode of Annenberg Radio News' From Where We Are covering the Six Flags-Knott's Berry Farm merger, the impact of AI on journalism, and USC's alumni network.

Annenberg — Short-form video profile of Alex Gonzales of Pink Wall Gym, Los Angeles, tracing his path from graffiti to professional tattooing.

Annenberg — Short-form photo-story profile of Grace Zhang, a USC sophomore, on their experience navigating identity as a queer person of color at USC.

Substack — Feature profile of Alex Gonzalez, owner of Pink Wall Gym tattoo shop in South LA, tracing his path from graffiti in Arlington Heights to becoming one of USC's most sought-after tattoo artists, with reporting from his mentor, apprentice, and clients.

USC Annenberg Media — Co-reported interview with former USC Provost Charles Zukoski on his podcast "Electric Futures" and the risks and benefits of lithium extraction in California's Imperial Valley. Co-bylined with Malcolm Caminero.

USC Annenberg Media — News report on USC custodial staff protesting stalled wage negotiations with contractor Aramark, featuring a 32-year custodian, SEIU West's policy director, and student organizers demanding higher pay and improved benefits. Co-bylined with Daniel Marable and Gordon Redfield-Gale.

Substack — Reported fall 2023. California's SB 107 went into effect on January 1, 2023, protecting trans kids and their families from states criminalizing gender-affirming care. A year later, the law survived a federal legal challenge and trans youth at USC describe what it means on the ground.

Medium — The question sounds simple. The answer is more complicated than most economics coverage lets on. This piece unpacks the difference between money printing and quantitative easing: why one caused 155% annual inflation in Venezuela, and why the Fed's version of the same idea didn't. But safer isn't the same as equitable. QE drove up asset prices, and the people who benefited most were the ones who already owned things. The people who didn't, got left out. Published in Animal Spirits, USC Annenberg's Money, Markets and Media.

USC Annenberg Media — When Gabby Petito went missing in September 2021, her case generated over 650 million views on TikTok. This piece asks why. Drawing on FBI data and Northwestern University research, we examined the statistical gap between media coverage of missing white women versus women of color, and what the frenzy around Petito's disappearance reveals about whose stories the country decides to tell.