Kenneal Patterson

Kenneal Patterson

Journalist, writer, photographer

Welcome to my portfolio. I am a Brooklyn-based journalist and graduate of Northeastern University.

Should Colorado Parents Think Twice Before Sending Their Kids to Wilderness Therapy?

Kenneal Patterson for 5280 Magazine

Each year, hundreds of Colorado teens end up in wilderness therapy programs—but should recent calls for reform give parents pause?

Where did NYC’s indie theater scene go? Backyards, basements and rooftops.

Kenneal Patterson for Gothamist

Several dozen people crowded into a tiny Bushwick apartment basement on a cold February night for a live performance of Ingmar Bergman’s “Persona.”

How One Legume is Transforming Lives in Zambia’s Western Province

Kenneal Patterson for Action Against Hunger

This year’s drought, recently declared a national disaster, has threatened the livelihoods of Memory and one million other families across Zambia. It has destroyed crops and devastated the agricultural industry.