Beth Fertig is a senior reporter covering courts and legal affairs. She focuses on how different New Yorkers interact with the civil and criminal justice systems. Her work explores whether justice is meted out fairly and whether programs within the courts can reduce incarceration and solve social problems. She also covers the federal immigration courts and how changes in immigration law affect New Yorkers under President Donald Trump's administration.
Beth started working at WNYC in 1995 covering city politics and spent many years covering public education. She is the author of Why cant u teach me 2 read? Three Students and a Mayor Put Our Schools to the Test (FSG Books) which grew out of a radio series on the low graduation rate for special education students. She also worked on the award-winning WNYC series “Being 12” and reported on efforts to promote integration in the New York City public schools. Follow her @bethfertig.
Beth is a New York City native who discovered her love for journalism at her college newspaper at the University of Michigan. She also has a Master’s degree in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago. She is a frequent contributor to National Public Radio. She’s won many local and national awards, including the prestigious Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award for Broadcast Journalism for her series of reports in 2001 about an effort to privatize some struggling city schools.
Beth also won an Edward R. Murrow award for an investigation of a subway fire. And she’s won numerous awards from the city's Deadline Club, the Society of Professional Journalists, and the New York Press Club -- which gave her a special award after the 2001 terrorist attacks for a profile on the friendship of two WTC survivors.
Beth Fertig appears in the following:
Immigration Agents Make 225 Arrests During Six-Day Crackdown in New York Area
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
"We're Just Doing Our Jobs," says WNYC Caller Claiming to Be an Immigration Agent
Friday, April 13, 2018
Public Defenders Protesting ICE
Friday, April 13, 2018
New York Courts Act Against Lawyers Protesting Immigration Agents
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
New York Immigrants Have the Nation's Highest Rate of Legal Representation
Tuesday, April 03, 2018
What Bail Reform Could Look Like in New York
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Nibbling Around the Edges of Bail in New York City
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Is Progressive Bail Reform All Talk and No Action?
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Paying Bail? You May Get Stuck at the Boat
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Trump Administration Reviewing Thousands of Deportation Cases Once Put on Pause
Wednesday, March 07, 2018
March 5th Is Just Another Monday for Young Immigrants Awaiting Legislation
Monday, March 05, 2018
NYPD Tells Skeptical Council Members Complaints Drive Marijuana Arrests
Monday, February 26, 2018
Long Island Lawsuits Challenge Local Cooperation with Federal Immigration Agents
Monday, February 05, 2018
Judge Scolds Trump Again in Brooklyn DACA Case
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Judge Orders the Release of Immigration Activist Ravi Ragbir
Monday, January 29, 2018
Racial Disparities Persist in Who's Arrested for Pot Possession
Friday, January 26, 2018
For One Dreamer, Latest DACA Ruling Is a New Ray of Hope
Friday, January 19, 2018
Immigration Activist Ravi Ragbir Will Fight Deportation Closer to Home
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Still Too High? Marijuana Arrests Barely Budge in NYC
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Arrests and Protests Follow Detention of an Immigrant Activist
Thursday, January 11, 2018
