Nora Moreno hugs her son Matthew Ciani. // Photo by Amy Silverman
Amy is the Executive Producer of The Show on KJZZ.
Illustration by Laura Spalding Best
Amy publishes a monthly column in Phoenix Magazine.
IN-DEPTH REPORTING
PHOENIX NEW TIMES | The Lost Kids: A Three-Part Series about Kids and Mental Health (part one: Saving Alex; part two: Losing Erica; part three: Suicidal Tendencies)
KJZZ (Phoenix NPR member station) | Pennies From Heaven: Arizona Mom Continues Legacy Of Son Who Died By Suicide
PHOENIX NEW TIMES | HIV Transmission Rates Are Up in Arizona; Blame the 'No Promo Homo' Law
PHOENIX MAGAZINE | Brush with Greatness: A troubling number of Arizona schools have eliminated arts from their curriculum
DISABILITY REPORTING
NEW YORK TIMES PARENTING | The Right School Can Make All the Difference for a Child With Disabilities
PHOENIX MAGAZINE | Speed, Waves & Wheelchairs
PHI DELTA KAPPAN | How to quote more students with disabilities in education news
THE GUARDIAN | Anger at Phoenix facility where incapacitated woman gave birth
THE GUARDIAN | 'It could be any of us': Arizona patient's sexual assault reveals lack of protection
PHOENIX MAGAZINE | Food, Flowers and Filth
RAISING AZ KIDS | The language of disability: Words matter, but getting it right isn’t easy
PHI DELTA KAPPAN | Writing better stories about students with disabilities
PERSONAL ESSAY
PHOENIX MAGAZINE | Public School is Microcosm of Life
PHI DELTA KAPPAN | Parents, here’s how to talk more effectively with reporters
LENNY LETTER | Brave, My Daughter's Coming of Age with Down Syndrome
LENNY LETTER | Faye and Me
SALON | The secret life of Dad: He stood up to John McCain to protect me -- and never told me about it.
SALON | A boy named Rover: What do you call the baby when all the good names have gone to the dogs?
SALON | A Jew for baby Jesus: I can't help having myself a merry little Christmas.
POLITICAL REPORTING
PHOENIX NEW TIMES | Opiate for the Mrs.
PHOENIX NEW TIMES | Postmodern McCain: The Presidential Candidate Arizonans Know — and Loathe
PHOENIX NEW TIMES | The Pampered Politician
TRAVEL/PLACE
THE NEW YORK TIMES | 36 Hours in Phoenix
PHOENIX NEW TIMES | Branded, Can Tucson Ever Live it Down?
WASHINGTON POST | The Tucson shootings and Arizona's dangerous culture of isolation
THE NEW YORK TIMES | A Beach Town Dr. Seuss Might Prescribe
PHOENIX NEW TIMES | Phoenix Has an Inferiority Complex
MORE RADIO
WBUR | A Mom Laments Limited Employment Prospects For Daughter With Down Syndrome
WHYY/NPR | Hair and our Health: How our hair looks is related to DNA, to hormones, and to our immune system.
THIS AMERICAN LIFE | Too Soon
THIS AMERICAN LIFE | Educated Guess
EDITING PROJECTS
Amy has more than 15 years of editing experience. She’s edited two winners of The Livingston Awards and is a contributing editor for the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting. She is available for editing projects on a limited basis.
NATIONAL CENTER ON DISABILITY JOURNALISM | Updated Style Guide (2018)
EDITED FEATURE FROM THE CHICAGO READER | Pangea has taken thousands to eviction court. The story of an apartment empire
Illustration by Laura Spalding Best
INTERVIEWS WITH AMY
Harvard Kennedy School | Journalist’s Resource
Who lives like this? | A podcast about caregivers of disabled children and their families
The Longest Shortest Time | a parenting podcast: