Nina Sparling

About

Nina Sparling is a writer, reporter, and researcher based in Philadelphia. Currently, she’s a PhD student in history at UPenn.
 
Her work has been supported by  PBS/FRONTLINE, USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, and the Fund for Investigative Journalism.

She’s fact-checked for outlets including the New York Review of Books, the Atavist, Dissent Magazine, Jewish Currents, Type Investigations, and PBS/FRONTLINE.

Her writing has appeared in the San Francisco Public Press, The Paris Review, Logic(s) Magazine, The Rumpus, and Asymptote Magazine. 

Her radio stories have broadcast nationally with NPR and Marketplace, and on local stations in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, California, and Alaska. 

tips? need a fact-checker?
ninasparling[at]gmail[dot]com

She also makes quilts. 

Selected Work

After Eviction. Dissent Magazine.

‘It’s a lot harder.’ Unhoused people, advocates respond to West Warwick’s ban on camping. Ocean State Media

How racist restrictions in housing deeds helped shape where Rhode Islanders live today. Ocean State Media

RI landlords are required to ensure their units are safe from lead paint. But who checks? The Public’s Radio

To prevent lead poisoning, Central Falls is turning up the heat on landlords. The Public’s Radio

Underage and Unprotected: Migrant teens worked in seafood processing plants. PBS/FRONTLINE

An effort to hold prosecutors accountable. 70 Million

With Mayor’s backing, developer asks to demolish, rebuild 20-year-old public housing. San Francisco Public Press

Despite pandemic, new wave of court-ordered evictions displacing poor tenants. San Francisco Public Press

At Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s 100th birthday party. The Paris Review