Andrew Checchia

Writer, journalist, photographer.

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Selected work

How Umru Joined the Game

Feature on producer and DJ umru...interviewed in Minecraft

[SSENSE]

Real Sounds on Real Circuits

Coverage of the Brooklyn Synth and Pedal Expo

[Uncut Journal]

The Fourth Estate is the fourth pillar of American Democracy

As the Press founders, so does the Nation

[newsjunkie.net]

The Internet Archive

An Interview with IA Founder Brewster Kahle

[newsjunkie.net]

Sightings, Stories, and Decades-Old Obsessions

Two Local Women Devote Their Lives to Unearthing Bigfoot

[The Daily Catch]

The Evil Lair of JP Morgan Chase

Jamie Dimon at the Peak of the Empire, Top of the Rock

[Substack]

"Tell Me about the First Time You Saw Ms. Magdalena"

Short fiction, awarded the 2019 National Program Directors' Prize for Content from the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)

[Furrow]

Photographs

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Wonder Wheel, for Captivate. [Coney Island, 2026]
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Mary, for UCLA. [Port Arthur, 2022]
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Ride, for the Daily Catch. [Rhinebeck, 2023]
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La Sagrada Familia. [Barcelona, 2024]

Awards

First Place, Best Online Breaking News

[New York Press Association, 2025]

First Place, Best News or Feature Series

[New York Press Association, 2024]

Best Innovative Idea

[New York News Publishers Association, 2024]

The Christopher Zyda Creative Writing Prize

[UCLA, 2023]

Education

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

[Master of Fine Arts in Writing, Fiction, Expected Graduation May 2028]

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES (UCLA)

[Bachelor of Art in English, Cum Laude, Graduated June 2023]