About the Project and its Reporters
Bethany Firnhaber, Rosalina Nieves, and Robyn Carolyn Price traveled to Jerusalem, East Jerusalem, Nazareth, Haifa, and Jaffa with a group of journalists from the University of Southern California to report on coexistence between Jews and Palestinians in Israel. They met with religious, political and human rights activists as well as educators, legislators, refugees, and media commentators to explore the ways in which the ongoing regional conflict affects on the ground attitudes, beliefs and behaviors.
During their two week trip, they visited Kibbutz Mezer and the neighboring Arab village of Meiser to discuss the unique relationship the two communities share, some of the challenges of coexistence, and their perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a whole. Their goal is to provide a glimpse into how successful models of coexistence, like that of the communities of Mezer and Meiser, can survive in Israel and the greater Middle East.
Bethany Firnhaber
Bethany Firnhaber is a freelance journalist and photographer from northern Indiana. She graduated with her M.A. in journalism from the University of Southern California in May, 2011. She reports on a variety of topics, from healthcare and homelessness to arts and religion.
In 2009 she was a lead reporter on a series of articles about swine flu deaths for NeonTommy titled, "Faces of a Health Crisis." The series won second place from the Los Angeles Press Club in the category of best online investigative news package.
Rosalina Nieves
Rosalina Nieves is a M.A. candidate in broadcast journalism at USC Annenberg. After graduating from Purdue University, Rosalina began her career at WFLD-TV (FOX) in Chicago. Since then, she has worked at KABC-TV and is currently an Assignment Editor at CNN Los Angeles Bureau. She looks forward to participating in more multimedia projects and to teaching Journalism in the future.
Robyn Carolyn Price
Robyn Carolyn Price is native of Los Angeles, California. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from New York University, and studied Art History, European Economics, and Italian in Florence, Italy.
She is currently a Masters Candidate in the Specialized Journalism Program at the University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communications & Journalism. Her specialization is politics and its effect on marginalized communities.