CORAL MURPHY MARCOS

I’m a journalist based in Oakland, California, and I’m currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literatures at UC Berkeley. I hold a master's degree from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and a bachelor's degree from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. I've written for publications in English and Spanish, including The New York Times, The Guardian, Esquire, El País, National Public Radio, The Nation, and others.

I completed a year-long stint as the David Carr business fellow at The New York Times in 2022. I dug into tax incentives in Puerto Rico that were leading to gentrification, reported on the struggles of delivery workers in New York, and investigated the effects of inflation on American consumers.  

I’ve reported on business for USA TODAY, breaking news for The Guardian, and music for National Public Radio. For the Center for Investigative Journalism in Puerto Rico, I wrote about the disproportionate effects of the pandemic for Puerto Ricans. The project was featured in The City and Latino USA. 

My reporting has taken me across different states and territories in the U.S., from a community boxing center in the South Bronx to the mountainous town of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. For The Guardian, I wrote about the surge of aggressive tourists in Puerto Rico during the pandemic. For USA TODAY, I analyzed the pay gaps in low-wage occupations, as well as how vaccine misinformation was targeting Hispanic communities.

Email me at coral_murphy[at]berkeley[dot]com.