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Sonja Sharp

Reporter/Producer @sovietsonja Contact

Sonja Sharp is a reporter/producer for DNAinfo.

Before joining DNAinfo, Sonja ran a hyperlocal news site in the working-class suburbs of Oakland, Calif., where she produced investigative series while hanging out with ex-gang-banger urban farmers and pregnant 14-year-olds.

Sonja got her start in journalism covering crime for U.C. Berkeley’s award-winning Daily Californian. She moved to New York City after graduating with a degree in History and Spanish Literature in 2008, reporting Brooklyn for the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and Queens for the Daily News. Her stories of kibbitzing with Yiddish-speaking hipsters, poring over Nigerian gossip rags in Queens, braving toilets at JFK’s Central Taxi Hold and downing shots of 192-proof liquor with Lubavitchers in Brooklyn have also appeared in the New York Times, the New York Post, the Huffington Post and Mother Jones magazine.

Sonja lives with her husband, a mad scientist and entrepreneur, in Crown Heights.

Fun Fact: While living in a commune in Berkeley, Sonja rocked coveralls and used a diamond-tipped buzzsaw while making experimental pavement for the California Transportation Authority.

Crown Heights, Prospect Heights & Prospect-Lefferts Gardens »

January 22, 2014

Fez Hummus Bar on Franklin Avenue closed as demolition began on a former gas station nearby.

Crown Heights, Prospect Heights & Prospect-Lefferts Gardens »

January 21, 2014

A 70-year-old jeweler thwarted robbers who attacked him at his Flatbush Avenue shop, police said.

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January 21, 2014

The volunteers of Roger That! are fighting to stay after their urban garden was acquired by a developer.

Crown Heights, Prospect Heights & Prospect-Lefferts Gardens »

January 16, 2014

The building will host Councilwoman Cumbo's district office, and Berg'n Beer Hall will open in March.

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January 16, 2014

Jason Das draws everything from streets to straphangers, operas to inaugurations.

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January 14, 2014

The 77th Precinct plans to beef up its presence in Crown Heights hotspots with 47 new officers. 

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January 13, 2014

Laurie Cumbo invited a diverse crowd to her swearing-in celebration for her 35th District seat. 

Crown Heights, Prospect Heights & Prospect-Lefferts Gardens »

January 13, 2014

Merchants and drivers say the traffic shift has caused major problems on Nostrand Avenue.