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:
Bronx Nonprofit Leader Charged Almost $39K for Scamming Immigrants
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Why Unaccompanied Minors are Staying Longer in Shelters
Thursday, September 13, 2018
Moms Sue Family Court Over Delays in Child Support
Thursday, September 13, 2018
Do Immigrants Get a Fair Day in Court When It's by Video?
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
Welcome to the Little Dominican Republic
Friday, September 07, 2018
City Councilman Wants to Ban Contracts with ICE Enforcement, but There Aren't Any
Thursday, September 06, 2018
Two Immigrant Children in Connecticut Get Temporary Legal Status After Separation from Parents
Thursday, August 30, 2018
Four Weeks After Judge's Deadline, Numerous Migrant Children Remain in New York
Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Why It's Harder for Unaccompanied Minors to Find a Lawyer Now
Monday, August 20, 2018
Immigration Activist Ravi Ragbir Heads Back to Court
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
One Week Later, Dozens of Separated Children Remain in New York
Friday, August 03, 2018
How Trump's Quota Plan Could Punish New York's Immigration Judges
Thursday, August 02, 2018
Missing Information and Chaos as Migrant Kids in New York Are Reunified with Parents
Thursday, July 26, 2018
Two NY Lawyers Describe Chaos of Reuniting Migrant Children With Parents
Thursday, July 26, 2018
What It's Like to Represent a Six-Year-Old in Immigration Court
Thursday, July 19, 2018
For Hundreds of Detained Migrants, Next Stop: Albany
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Migrant Mother Finally Regains Full Custody of Her Three Children In New York
Friday, July 13, 2018
NY Providers Say What They Can About Migrant Children in Their Care
Thursday, July 12, 2018
Family Reunification Updates
Thursday, July 12, 2018
Only a Few Young Migrant Children Reunite With Parents in NYC
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
