• Xiomara Martinez-White wrote about the trend of folks purchasing travel insurance with a layoff insurance option. Her piece made Marie Claire. Stop by my office for a look.
• Mike Reicher helped produce a timely blog post for The Local, written by a merchant who is balancing business with motherhood.
• Maria Clark informed Daily News readers about Con Ed’s agreement to meet with Queens residents furious about a deadly gas explosion.
• Joel Schectman shared a byline on this Daily News story about a New York couple who got married while serving in Afghanistan.
• Tim Persinko wrote a piece for The News about the rising price of sending snail mail.
• Ben Fractenberg covered a citywide middle school math tournament for The News.
• Sergey Kadinsky reported for The News on a charity boxing tournament pitting New York’s Finest against Suffolk’s Finest.

Our News Service was busy this week:

• Joe Walker put together a story and audio slideshow about the recent Building Green Expo.
• Maybe the Yankees’ recent woes can be attributed to karma. Maya Pope-Chappell, Lois DeSocio, Alex Green IV, Nicholas C. Martinez and Rachel Senatore teamed to assemble this multimedia package on how high school ballplayers displaced by the Bombers’ new stadium are still looking for a new home.
• Robert Voris wrote about plans for an 18-story condo that would give DUMBO a free middle school, but potentially block views of the Brooklyn Bridge.
• Sophia Tewa’s video report on asthma in East Harlem packaged well with Aisha Al-Muslim’s print story, which, as noted previously, made the Daily News.

In our alumni corner, Claudia Cruz found a local angle on Chrysler’s restructuring for the Queens Courier.

Congrats to all – and keep ‘em coming!

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