Another year, another update. All the best to you and yours for '08. As always, use the text clusters above to navigate between portfolios of print and audio work, a bio, and links to photos and comrades. I registered SusanaFerreira.com in 2004 and launched the site several months later, and though I've updated the portfolio content over the years, the overall layout hasn't changed much. The past several months have been bustling with activity, and I'll soon be adding a new section with print, radio, and video pieces produced as part of my masters work at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. Look out for new additions to the freelance section as well.

The stretch of winter between January and March always seems to drag on forever. While I dream of balmy Spring afternoons and sunshine between my lashes, I know there's still lots of work to be done.

My first six months in New York had me pounding pavement, cold-calling strangers, exploring every inch of Brooklyn, observing Supreme Court cases, pouring over government records, interviewing Senators, crashing streetball games, riding in cop cars, attending adult literacy classes, learning my first words in Arabic, recording soundscapes in Union Square, ducking shootings, taking in block parties and parades, and covering more press conferences than I can count. It's been an interesting warm up.

I'll be doing a lot more radio work and long-form feature writing in the months to come, so please be sure to check back in from time to time. Stop by for a chat and an espresso if you're ever in the neighbo(u)rhood: saudade at gmail dot com.