Journalist
CLARK ADOMAITIS
Since 2022, I've been a radio reporter from KSUT in Ignacio, Colorado and KSJD in Cortez, Colorado in the Four Corners Region. The project I'm reporting for is called Voices from the Edge of the Colorado Plateau, and I cover underrepresented communities, including tribal news and Latinx communities.
I graduated in 2021 from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. I produced hour-long news magazines of, and wrote daily turnaround articles about controversial park renovations.r.
Prior to my graduate studies, I wrote lifestyle spreads for the City College of New York's Campus magazine. I wrote analyses of food, drink, and campus facilities with the aim of questioning everyday experiences. Check out the Food/Drink Reviews and Campus Reviews tabs for these in-depth research pieces.
PROJECTS
My Professional Journey
ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING FOR THE BROOKLYN EAGLE + FREELANCING
Published works throughout my graduate studies. I'm focusing on environmental stories, hyperlocal gardening projects, and food news.
STATE PARKS HEARS INPUT ON CONTROVERSIAL ‘PLASTIC PARK’, THE BROOKLYN EAGLE
April 2021
“Stop the Plastic Park” was the battle cry that summed up the views of community members regarding the state’s initial, aborted plans to renovate Marsha P. Johnson State Park, which featured a garish design and would have added more than an acre of thermoplastic to the Williamsburg waterfront site.
Since the design process is now starting anew, online and in-person meetings will continue with the aim of capturing community input about design and uses of the park.
LOCAL GROUP PICKS UP WHERE CITY LEFT OFF ON COMPOSTING, THE BROOKLYN EAGLE
April 2021
On Sunday, March 21, some 359 Brooklyn residents dropped off 2,140 pounds of organic waste at a volunteer-powered compost drop-off site in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens.
Nurture BK, the above-mentioned organics collection site, is located on the southeast corner of Prospect Park at Ocean and Parkside avenues. More than 30 volunteers help collect residents’ compost on Sundays from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., collecting more than 2,000 pounds of organic trash weekly.
FRACKED GAS EXPANSION ON NEWTOWN CREEK BY NATIONAL GRID; COMMUNITY OUTRAGED, THE BROOKLYN EAGLE
March 2021
National Grid has applied for a permit from the Department of Environmental Conservation to add two new vaporizers to its depot on Newtown Creek. The vaporizers would pump out more fracked gas from the North Brooklyn Pipeline.
The DEC hosted three public hearings this week to hear from concerned community members and elected officials. 84 people spoke in unanimous opposition.
CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES ON MARSHA P. JOHNSON STATE PARK, ADVOCATES PETITION AGAINST ‘PLASTIC PARK’, THE BROOKLYN EAGLE
February 2021
Activists are circulating a petition that reads “Stop the plastic park! Plant flowers instead!” “Plastic Park” is a nickname for the ongoing construction at Marsha P. Johnson State Park in Williamsburg.
The park, formerly East River State Park, is being covered in a large, colorful thermoplastic (the paint used for road markings) mural, huge foam core flowers, and sheds to honor the LGBTQ civil rights activist. The $14 million project is sponsored by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
WILLIAMSBURG LEADERS PROTEST PLANS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ‘PLASTIC PARK,’ THE BROOKLYN EAGLE
February 2021
Community 'wants more greenery,' not plastic and cement. Activists are in an uproar over what some are referring to as “Plastic Park,” a nickname for plans to decorate Marsha P. Johnson State Park in Williamsburg by covering it in a large, colorful asphalt mural and thermoplastic fixtures, sheds, and flowers in memory of Johnson.
COLLECTORS PETITION TO PRESERVE 1950S HOUSEHOLD TRASH AT MARINE PARK’S BOTTLE BEACH, THE BROOKLYN EAGLE
December 2020
According to the scavengers, Glass Bottle Beach in Marine Park provides an “accidental time capsule” into domestic NYC life in the 1950s when the landfill underneath it was created by Robert Moses. The landfill’s cap burst in the ’50s, and bottles, bricks, and household trash have been unearthed on the beach ever since.
VOLUNTEERS BRING 1,800 YOUNG TREES AND SHRUBS TO MARINE PARK, THE BROOKLYN EAGLE
November 2020
Volunteers braved rising COVID-19 numbers to plant more than 1,800 young trees and shrubs at the Salt Marsh Nature Center in Marine Park in a project led by the NYC Parks Department.
FALL GARDENING: THE RYDER STREET ROCKETS ARE BRIGHTENING THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WILL STUART STREET SLIMERS BE NEXT?, THE BROOKLYNER
September 2020
How a group of schoolkids came together to bring fall flower pots to their neighborhood.
NY KAZIUKO MUGE FOOD TOUR, SKAUTU AIDAS
June 2020
Homemade traditional Lithuanian dishes and desserts brought guests of the NY Lithuanian Scouts' celebration of the feast of St. Casimir back to their Lithuanian roots. Skautu Aidas is a Lithuanian-American publication focusing of the activities of the Lithuanian scout community.