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CONTEXTUAL. HUMANIZED. NUANCED.

 

 

 

STORIES

A selection of pieces I've written over the years.

 

Media appearances

 

NBC News Now: On Pan-Arab solidarity at the 2022 World Cup.

New York Now: On the complications of the Excluded Worker’s Fund.

New York Now: On Black Lives Matter protests in summer 2020.

Times Union: Moderated panel on what’s next for the Black Lives Matter movement.

Times Union: On redlining in Albany.

People’s Perception Project: On student-centered engagement journalism.

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Multimedia

 

Video

 
 

Photo

 
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About

Massarah is the Democracy SOS Liaison & Digital Producer for Hearken, supporting newsrooms across the country produce and engage in community-centered election coverage. Previously, she covered communities of color for The Philadelphia Inquirer, as well as immigration for the Times Union and the New York State Legislature for Johnson Newspaper Corp. Massarah was a Hearst Fellow from 2017 to 2019, reporting on immigration and diverse communities for the Times Union and Houston Chronicle. A graduate from The Ohio State University, she holds B.A. degrees in journalism, Middle East studies and Francophone studies.

The daughter of Lebanese immigrants, Massarah has aspired to be a long-form writer specializing in marginalized communities since the age of 13 — exploring and exposing the nuances and experiences of people of color, and showing the world these communities are not just pawns in a game of political chess, but humans beings.

 
 
Abraham River. Chouwen, Lebanon. August 2015.

Abraham River. Chouwen, Lebanon. August 2015.

contact

 

For more information, email me at sfmikati (at) gmail (dot) com.