Sylvia A. Harvey
Writer in New York
Sylvia A. Harvey (SAH) is an independent journalist and reporting fellow at the Nation Institute’s Investigative Fund, where she does rich, character-based criminal justice and human rights reporting.
SAH’s written work has appeared in The Nation, Yes! Magazine, ELLE, Colorlines, the Feminist Wire, Narratively, the New York Post, AOL’s Bedford-Stuyvesant Patch, where she served as the gentrification columnist, and more.
Her commentary on race and the criminal justice system has been featured on WNYC, NPR, WBAI, HuffPost Live, and beyond. She was the recipient of a Logan Non-Fiction Residency at The Institute for Global Good, and is a National Association of Black Journalists, NABJ, Salute to Excellence Awardee.
The Oakland native holds a Bachelors of Arts in sociology from Columbia University and a Master of Science in journalism from Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism.