Alyssa Katz
Revson Fellow 2005-2006
Editor
City Futures, City Limits
Alyssa Katz just finished a six-year run as editor of City Limits, the news and policy magazine covering New York City’s neighborhoods and the forces that shape them. She is now the magazine’s editor-at-large, writing about affordable housing development, neighborhood planning and economic policy. Under her editorship, City Limits led the local media on coverage of vital issues affecting neighborhoods, including affordable housing, economic and environmental justice, and the welfare of children and families. Among other investigative reports, the magazine exposed major fraud in a federal housing program, the ejection of failing students from high schools, the misuse of a brownfields tax credit, and the improper awarding of welfare-to-work contracts by the Giuliani administration. It has also chronicled the innovations and triumphs of community development and activism in New York. Ms. Katz also writes for The Nation and The American Prospect and teaches journalism at New York University and Hunter College. Prior to covering civic affairs, she was a cultural critic for The Village Voice, Spin and The Nation. Ms. Katz was born and raised in New York City. She received her BA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. During her Revson year, she plans to take courses in public finance, economics and sustainable development, statistical analysis, and public/private management.
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The program helped not only by enhancing my skills as an advocate, but also by plugging me into a dynamic community for social change. Sitting on the Revson selection committee, I have had a unique perspective. I know the incredible quality of the people applying to be Revsons and what they are contributing to the city. A generation of activists has been refreshed and energized and sharpened by the Program.
