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Arm Wrestling, the Zimbabwean Health Crisis and Good Friday

By Collin Orcutt | Last updated on Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 at 10:45 am

Break? What break? It looks like our reporters have been plenty busy:

Rima Abdelkader’s story about how a material commonly found in cell phones and laptop computers is helping fuel violence in the Congo made The Huffington Post – and got big pickup in the blogosphere.
Damiano Beltrami also got some play on The Huffington Post with his story about the Zimbabwean health crisis.
Kate Zhao wrote a post about China’s U.S. Treasury securities holdings for Big Think.
Kate Nocera wrote a nice sign-of-the-times story for MainStreet.com about how the rickety economy is helping keep some shaky marriages from falling apart.
Karina Ioffee and Sophia Tewa teamed on this News Service video about a free night out for unemployed Lower East Siders.
Speaking of our News Service, Marcella Veneziale offered this timely audio slideshow about a Hell’s Kitchen bakery known for its traditional Greek Easter breads.
Ben Fractenberg is sure to get a bunch of newsroom arm wrestling challenges tomorrow after writing this fun first-person piece for the Daily News.
Our crew contributed to other Daily News stories: Maria Clark wrote a feature about the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. Tim Persinko penned a Good Friday story about one man’s ongoing comeback from addiction. Sergey Kadinsky shared the byline on this story about a Staten Island brush fire. Jeanmarie Evelly wrote about free tax preparation services.

Our Fort Greene Team also has been busy, working for The Local:

Kristen Joy Watts put together a story and slideshow about the Labor Services Resource Room on Fulton Street. Mary Stachyra covered a public meeting about postal problems in the area. Damiano Beltrami put together a story and a slideshow about a local church that’s broadcasting its services on the radio after a three-decade hiatus.

And from our alumni corner:

Claudia Cruz, editor of El Correo and staff reporter for The Queens Courier, has been writing for both publications about a spate of gang violence. Check out this piece about two gang-related slayings in Corona.

Congrats to all – and keep ‘em coming!