James Angelos
Prior to earning a master's degree from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, James Angelos worked at StoryCorps, the oral history project affiliated with National Public Radio. With StoryCorps, he traveled the country recording people's stories in sound, visiting places like an Indian Reservation in North Dakota and cities in Montana and Idaho. At Columbia, he turned his focus from radio to writing and published articles in the The New York Times and The Brooklyn Rail.
During the News21 fellowship, he worked on The Refugee City, a series of stories about the religious life of refugee groups living in Utica, N.Y. He also reported a story about Mandaeans, a small religious group from Iraq whose existence has been threatened by the war.
Other News21 stories by James Angelos:
Defusing Religious Tensions on the Streets of Mumbai
The Art of Devotional Song
In Praise of Sri Venkateswara
News21 stories by James Angelos
- An Ancient Religion Endangered by Iraq War
- The Refugee City
- Interactive Map Guide to New York's Ritual Moments
- Day-by-Day in the Homeland
- Defusing Religious Tensions on the Streets of Mumbai
