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Samantha Monteiro

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Fort Lauderdale, Washington, D.C.
As seen in: The Georgetown Voice, Street Sense Media
Covers:  Local news, D.C., housing, migration

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Samantha Monteiro’s Biography

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Executive Manager for Staff @gtownvoice | Work in @streetsensedc and @gtownvoice

Samantha Monteiro’s Journalist Portfolio

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Migrants are still struggling to find homes in D.C.

Migrants are still struggling to find homes in D.C.

SPJ Dateline Award Finalist, Weekly Newspaper, Non-Breaking News | Feature on migrants' difficulties accessin…

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Students are losing their money and identities in GroupMe scams

Students are losing their money and identities in GroupMe scams

First Place, Georgetown University Journalism Department Bunn Award for Journalistic Excellence, News | Throu…

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"Absence of access": How D.C.'s most marginalized communities are fighting back against food apar...

"Absence of access": How D.C.'s most marginalized communities are fighting back against food apar...

Food insecurity is a problem throughout D.C., where, depending on which ward a person lives in, a grocery sto…

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District residents are going months without their SNAP benefits

District residents are going months without their SNAP benefits

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On 16th and U streets, neighbors push for equity in rezoning - The Georgetown Voice

On 16th and U streets, neighbors push for equity in rezoning - The Georgetown Voice

At 1617 U St., a two-acre parcel of public land sits at the center of a dispute between the local community a…

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D.C. landlord group’s report says affordable housing is in ‘crisis’ after the pandemic

D.C. landlord group’s report says affordable housing is in ‘crisis’ after the pandemic

A recent report published by the Apartment and Office Building Association of Metropolitan Washington (AOBA),…

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Articles

Know Your Rights: Interacting with ICE and Federal Law Enforcement

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By Samantha Monteiro
| humanrightsfirst.org
By Samantha Monteiro, Communications Intern This guest post does not necessarily reflect the views or expertise of Human Rights First. A 41-year-old Honduran man named Aaron had been living in Washington, D.C. with his wife and two children for six years, working to support his family as a maintenance worker.
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Your rights interacting with federal officers, explained

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By Sophie St Amand, Samantha Monteiro
| The Georgetown Voice Verified
President Donald Trump deployed approximately 2,000 National Guard troops to D.C. and took control of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) in early August, after declaring an emergency based on inaccurate representations of violent crime. Federal officers stopping or arresting residents can be alarming.
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“Why Hasn’t Georgetown Divested?”: Students protest Georgetown’s refusal to implement Israel divestment referendum

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By Connor Martin, Samantha Monteiro
| The Georgetown Voice Verified
Around 50 community members gathered in front of Healy Hall on Thursday evening to protest Georgetown’s refusal to implement a student referendum calling on the university to divest from companies connected to the Israeli military. “Georgetown administration basically just said ‘fuck you’ after the students spoke and said we want divestment from genocide,” a student organizer for Georgetown Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) said in a speech outside Healy.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I was an editorial intern at Street Sense Media, where I covered housing and homelessness in Washington, D.C.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Nope. Has anyone?

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Google Workspace, Office 365, Airtable, Later, ArcGIS, Datawrapper, and Stata if I'm feeling crazy.