Author: Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska
Bio: Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska was born and raised in Warsaw, Poland, and has lived in Queens, NY, since 2001. A former Feet in 2 Worlds reporter, Ewa now works as a staff reporter for DNA.info covering Queens. She was formerly a reporter for Nowy Dzienik/The Polish Daily News, where she covered stories about Polish immigrants in the U.S.
Contributions:
Posted on: 12 Oct 2010
Republican Dan Donovan is running a pro-immigrant campaign, not very different than that of his opponent, Democrat Eric Schneiderman.
Posted on: 14 Sep 2010
Many Polish voters didn’t know or didn’t care about today’s New York Primary. One woman who wanted to vote couldn’t because she is an undocumented immigrant.
Posted on: 13 Sep 2010
N.Y. Assemblyman Richard Brodsky is hoping Russian immigrant voters will give him the margin he needs to win the five-way Democratic primary for attorney general.
Posted on: 27 Jul 2010
An uptick in illegal crossings by Polish immigrants highlights immigration issues along the northern U.S. border.
Posted on: 28 Jun 2010
2010 marks the 200th birthday of the composer Frederic Chopin. For Polish immigrants his music has special meaning. FI2W’s Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska produced a radio story for WNYC on the community’s response to the great composer.
Posted on: 28 May 2010
The recession and budget cuts create tough choices for older Polish immigrants in New York.
Posted on: 27 May 2010
Many older immigrants in New York City’s Polish community have lived on very modest incomes for years. The economic recession has exacerbated their situation, forcing some to make tough choices.
Posted on: 04 May 2010
Community organizers and census workers are trying to ease resistance to the census among Russian immigrants in the Brighton Beach neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY.
Posted on: 07 Apr 2010
Part of a series on the 2010 Census and immigrant communities connected to the official census languages.
Posted on: 30 Dec 2009
In a city where 36% of the population is foreign-born, not reaching out to some 300 ethnic newspapers and magazines seems like an oddly missed opportunity. But recently this has started to change.
