Road Rage, the U.S. Open and Social Networking in Iran

Last updated on Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 at 12:25 am

I’m a day late, but our reporters sure aren’t short on the clips. Here are some of the latest:

  • Ben Fractenberg put together this video about Sudanese refugees in Tel Aviv for Haaretz.
  • Our reporters turned out two stories about Iran and social networking: a BusinessWeek.com print piece by Joel Schectman and a video Rima Abdelkader worked on for Al Jazeera.
  • Sandra Roa co-produced a couple of videos for the New York Times’ Vows page, including this story of a young couple setup via including this story of a young couple setup via Blackberry.
  • Jenni Avins wrote a piece for Saveur about the legacy of food writer Craig Claiborne.
  • Kate Zhao has been busy at Dow Jones. This piece about Proctor & Gamble getting into the online soap opera game in China is just one example of her work.
  • Jessica Simeone continues to pump out the stories at the New York Post, including this Page 3 piece on road rage.
  • Anastasia Economides also has been working under a daily deadline, contributing to multiple stories for am New York, including this article about subway trash.
  • Emily Feldman wrote a piece for NBC Local Integrated about how Tiger Woods is laughing off drunken hecklers at the U.S. Open. Mark Morales wrote for NBC about how sharks are the newest cocaine-smuggling mules.
  • How’s this for J-School teamwork: Kristen Joy Watts co-produced this audio slideshow about the golf course at Bethpage State Park – home to the U.S. Open – with Leslie Ann Caraballo (Class of ’07) for the New York Times’ Lens blog.
  • Kristen and other members of our Local team offered posts last week on an important part of our mission: community training. Kristen is collecting used digital cameras so she can train middle schoolers in photography. Mike Reicher and Lois DeSocio are putting together training efforts for high schoolers. Meanwhile, Jim Flood is up to his ankles in rats. He’s hoping to use his story to kick off a collaborative reporting project.

In our alumni corner, Jessica Firger (’09) is reporting for www.oyster.com, a new travel planning website that just went live over the weekend. Check it out as you make your (late) summer vacation plans.

Thanks to everyone who sent us urls to portfolio sites/resumes so we can start linking them to News Service bylines. If you haven’t already, take a moment to go here and send us your url.

Congrats to all on another productive week – and keep those links coming!

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