Amira McKee

New York

NBC Investigations Intern at NBC News

head of investigations @columbiaspec | intern @nbcinvestigates | @ameja & @nlgja | tips? [email protected] | Signal: amira.25

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Articles

West Harlem voters cast final ballots as polls close

Nov 6, 2024 | columbiaspectator.com | Sarah Huddleston |Esha Karam |Shea Vance |Amira McKee

“I wanted to show my daughter the process and that it’s important to vote as a citizen, like to exercise our freedom for our right to vote,” David Jang, a West Harlem resident who cast his ballot at the Grant Houses, said. He said that despite the tense climate nationally, West Harlem has not felt the division. “It’s our voice as a people. It’s our voices of people to be able to have a say in what we believe is a right way of living, a right way of thinking,” Eubanks said.
How the press covered Columbia’s protests under lockdown

Oct 10, 2024 | columbiaspectator.com | Ruth Weaver |Amira McKee |Joseph Zuloaga

“It was hard to cover because you didn’t know what was going on inside,” Smith said as she waited in line for the press entrance on April 20. “So a lot of it was like monitoring Twitter from students that were inside or the handful of reporters that managed to get inside on that first and second day.” “I wasn’t expecting it to be this intense,” Doradea said. “Being here on campus, what we’re going through, this is what we’re living through.
How the press covered Columbia’s protests under lockdown

Oct 10, 2024 | columbiaspectator.com | Ruth Weaver |Amira McKee |Joseph Zuloaga

“I wasn’t expecting it to be this intense,” Doradea said. “Being here on campus is, what we’re going through, this is what we’re living through. But you know, seeing so much press, seeing how it became like a media circus, I really just feel the impact we’re having on the amount of people we’re reaching, and the effect we can have.”
Elders find “chosen family” at LGBTQ+ affirming senior center - NLGJA Connect Student Journalism Program

Sep 7, 2024 | nlgjaconnect.com | Amira McKee

Four seniors laughed around a cafeteria table, a mid-day ritual at one of Los Angeles’ few LGBTQ+ centered elder housing facilities. Jo Sun and Luis Zapata and two old friends ate lunch together daily in the bustling dining room of Ariadne Getty Foundation Senior Housing.
OSHA investigating one Hyundai affiliate in Georgia

Sep 3, 2024 | thecurrentga.org | Amira McKee

The federal agency overseeing workplace safety is investigating a Hyundai affiliate, Glovis EV Logistics America, along with two subcontractors at the Korean company’s Savannah-area manufacturing site after a worker was crushed by a conveyor belt and suffered life-threatening injuries on May 31. The investigation, launched the same day as the incident, is ongoing and also involves Hyundai construction site subcontractors SFA Engineering Corp.
Worker injuries mount as giant Hyundai project nears completion

Aug 20, 2024 | gpb.org | Amira McKee

ELLABELL - For 15 excruciating minutes, a Korean-speaking technician bled uncontrollably from his left thigh, trapped in a conveyor belt that had stripped the skin from his hand as if it were a glove. Emergency medical responders described the 40-year-old man's horrific wounds sustained at the construction site of Hyundai's newest electric vehicle conglomerate: a crushed chest, a deformed hand and a mangled leg.
Worker injuries mount as giant Hyundai project nears completion

Aug 16, 2024 | ajc.com | Amira McKee

This story was originally published by The Current GA. ELLABELL — For 15 excruciating minutes, a Korean-speaking technician bled uncontrollably from his left thigh, trapped in a conveyor belt that had stripped the skin from his hand as if it were a glove. Emergency medical responders described the 40-year-old man’s horrific wounds sustained at the construction site of Hyundai’s newest electric vehicle conglomerate: a crushed chest, a deformed hand and a mangled leg.
Worker injuries mount as giant Hyundai project nears completion

Aug 14, 2024 | thecurrentga.org | Amira McKee

ELLABELL — For 15 excruciating minutes, a Korean-speaking technician bled uncontrollably from his left thigh, trapped in a conveyor belt that had stripped the skin from his hand as if it were a glove. Emergency medical responders described the 40-year-old man’s horrific wounds sustained at the construction site of Hyundai’s newest electric vehicle conglomerate: a crushed chest, a deformed hand and a mangled leg.
As workers train, Hyundai Metaplant salary picture takes shape

Jul 19, 2024 | gpb.org | Amira McKee

Early in the morning a lifelong Savannahnian and a military veteran commute 50 minutes in a 15-year-old SUV from Savannah to the Hyundai Metaplant, the $7.56 billion electric vehicle factory rising from amid the pine forests of rural Bryan County. The two men are among the more than 1,471 workers already hired as the Korean manufacturer pushes to get the first car off the assembly line by December.
As workers train, Hyundai Metaplant salary picture takes shape

Jul 18, 2024 | thecurrentga.org | Amira McKee

Early in the morning a lifelong Savannahnian and a military veteran commute 50 minutes in a 15-year-old SUV from Savannah to the Hyundai Metaplant, the $7.56 billion electric vehicle factory rising from amid the pine forests of rural Bryan County. The two men are among the more than 1,471 workers already hired as the Korean manufacturer pushes to get the first car off the assembly line by December.