NEDA IS AN EMMY-WINNING JOURNALIST, ESSAYIST, AND NONFICTION WRITER.
Below are a few pieces she’s written, researched, reported, directed, or otherwise helped create.
It’s not a full list:
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The Modern Prometheus: A Woman in Sections
No matter how we become Mother, we are torn in the process, sometimes physically and always mentally, and then we are stitched back together. Arising from the table, we are always a new thing. This is the lesson I would learn.
Memoir Land’s First Person Singular, 2024
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THEY WAVED HER UNDERWEAR IN FRONT OF A JURY AND CALLED HER A "SLUT PUPPY"
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide if it will hear the case of Brenda Andrew, the only woman currently on death row in Oklahoma. It has potentially far-reaching ramifications—not just for the state, but for the rights of women and queer people everywhere.
The Meteor, 2024
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A Showdown Pits Owners of Second Homes Against Full-Time Residents
The pandemic upset a delicate balance of part-time and full-time residents in a community in the Poconos, sparking a debate over short-term rentals.
The New York Times, 2024
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"This Isn't Speedy or Fair."
Lauren Smith’s Waited Over Four Years for Her Day in Court
The Meteor, 2024
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I DIDN’T FEEL LIKE A MOTHER. I FELT LIKE A CRIMINAL.
All over the country, in the aftermath of Dobbs, pregnant people are being prosecuted for their behavior.
The Meteor, 2023
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They Chose to Make History.
For Iranian American journalist Neda Semnani, 2022 belongs to the women and girls of Iran.
The Meteor, 2022
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We Left Iran in 1982. I Should Be There Now.
Watching the protests, 40 years after my family fled, all I want is to go back.
The Cut, 2022
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42 STATES HAVE CONSIDERED OR PASSED ANTI-ABORTION OR ANTI-TRANS LAWS THIS YEAR
VICE News, 2022
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HERE IS WHAT ABORTION LAWS WILL LOOK LIKE IN YOUR STATE
VICE News, 2022
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WOMEN SAY THEY WERE ABUSED AND DEPORTED BY ICE. NOW THEY FEAR BEING SILENCED
VICE News, 2020
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22 WOMEN JUST WENT PUBLIC WITH GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS OF MEDICAL ABUSE IN ICE DETENTION CENTERS
VICE News, 2020
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ICE KEEPS TRYING TO DEPORT WOMEN IN THE GYNECOLOGICAL SURGERY SCANDAL
VICE News, 2020
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ICE TRIED TO DEPORT YET ANOTHER POTENTIAL WITNESS IN THE GYNECOLOGY SCANDAL
VICE News, 2020
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‘A DISTURBING PATTERN’: ICE DETAINEES WERE PRESSURED TO HAVE GYNECOLOGICAL SURGERY, DOCTORS SAY
VICE News, 2020
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FIVE WOMEN RECOUNT UNWANTED OR CONFUSING GYNECOLOGICAL SURGERIES
VICE News, 2020
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TRUMP’S JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS TARGETING BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTERS AS DOMESTIC TERRORISTS
VICE News, 2020
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TWO LAWYERS ACCUSED OF FIRE BOMBING AN NYPD CAR JUST GOT OUT ON BAIL
VICE News, 2020
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BLACK AND BROWN PROTESTERS IN NEW YORK WERE JAILED LONGER AND PUNISHED MORE HARSHLY, DATA SUGGESTS
VICE News, 2020
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The NYPD Crackdown on Protesters is Creating the Perfect Breeding Ground for Coronavirus
VICE News, 2020
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Protesters Facing Felony Charges in New York Could Wait Days in Rikers Before Hearings
VICE News, 2020
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NYC Mayor Blames Protesters For Cops Who Drove SUVs Through a Crowd of People
VICE News, 2020
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Hands Up Don’t Shoot: Brooklyn Erupts in Violence in a Second of Protests
VICE News, 2020
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Why Grief Will Help Us Survive Coronavirus
VICE News, 2020
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Coronavirus Quarantine is Hell for People with Anxiety Disorders
VICE News, 2020
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South Dakota Republicans Want to Send Doctors to Jail for Treating Trans Kids
VICE News, 2019
TV & Animated
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Supervising Writer | Show Writer | Senior Producer | Producer | Talent
The Meteor, 2023
Older Clips
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Life Lessons: Nature
Kinfolk, Issue 33, 2019
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Langston Huges
Kinfolk, Issue 31, 2019
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Pillars of Hosting
Kinfolk, Issue 30, 2018
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Art of the Passport
Kinfolk, Issue 29, 2018
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You Have More in Common with Your Partner's Exes Than You Think
The Washington Post, 2018
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This is How They Saved Me
Longreads, 2018
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Will the Republicans Regret Enabling a Demagogue? My Iranian Parents Did.
The Washington Post, 2016
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‘Pizzagate’ Gunman Could Have been Driven By Too Much Empathy, says Yale Psychologist
The Washington Post, 2016
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Permanent DC Ponders Cruz vs. Trump
The Washingtonian, 2016
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Memoirs of a Revolutionary’s Daughter
The Baffler, 2015
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Glass Walls
LA Review of Books, 2015
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Chester Himes: Race and Rage
The Life Sentence, Summer 2015
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Apotheosis of Envy
LA Review of Books, 2014
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Devastation, Grief, and the Aftermath of Quebec’s Train Explosion
The Week, 2013
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Learning to Live Without My Mother
The Week, 2013
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Hollywood’s Utter Failure to Accurately Portray Female Journalists
The Week, 2013
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Urban Warfare Comes to America
The Week, 2013