She was previously an award-winning veteran journalist at the New York City public radio station WNYC, and was a regular contributor to NPR's news programs.
[1] These included local politics during Rudy Giuliani's administration, the 9/11 attacks, education, transportation and immigration.
In 2005, NPR sent her on a monthlong assignment to KRVS cover the impact of Hurricane Katrina in Lafayette, LA, which received tens of thousands of evacuees from New Orleans.
[4] She then covered the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on different New York City communities and businesses before leaving WNYC in October, 2021.
[1] Fertig's coverage of the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001, received attention from writers on the media.