Who says the summer is a slow time for news? Check out some of the latest examples of our reporters’ fine work:

• Karina Ioffee, working out of AP’s Moscow bureau, shared a byline on this story about President Obama’s recent visit to Russia.
• Nicholas Martinez help pull together a segment on Levi Johnston for the Today show.
• Speaking of Sarah Palin (and NBC), Emily Feldman wrote this piece for NBC Local Integrated Media about the soon-to-be ex-governor’s plans. Mark Morales, meanwhile, contributed this story to NBC LIM about the censoring of South Park in Russia.
• Carla Murphy’s article about an exhibit of photos showing American music greats abroad during the Cold War-era Jazz Ambassadors program made The Christian Science Monitor.
• Kate Zhao’s story about how the baby clothing business is doing well amid the recession can be found on the Wall Street Journal’s website.
• Rima Abdelkader helped produce this video about the death of former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara for Al Jazeera.
• Ben Fractenberg’s slideshow about South Africans settling in Israel can be found on Haaretz’s website.
• Mirva Lempiainen covered a UN panel on the recession and gender equality for UNA-USA’s World Bulletin. Sarah Trefethen, meanwhile, wrote a piece for the World Bulletin about a worldwide poll in which UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon placed second in popularity to President Obama.
• Sergey Kadinsky’s photo essay showing College Point’s waterfront was featured on the Forgotten New York website.
• Jessica Simeone shared a byline on this New York Post exclusive about spending by City Council members.
• Damiano Beltrami’s article about how learning Spanish is becoming popular in Jordan made The Jordan Times.
• Joel Schectman’s story about a call for changes at NASA is featured on BusinessWeek’s website.
• Jeanmarie Evelly reports that St. Barnabas Hospital has halted plans to construct a health center, citing the economy. You’ll find her story in the Mount Hope Monitor.
• Heather Chin shared a byline on this Philadelphia Inquirer story about the debate over expanding state-sponsored health insurance in Pennsylvania.
• Our Local team has been busy: Kristen Joy Watts began training area kids in photography last week and contributed a photo herself to this piece. Mike Reicher put out a call for historic photos of Fort Greene in this post. Jim Flood showed the value of follow up in this story about the ongoing Myrtle Avenue building collapse saga. Lois DeSocio helped put together this well-knit slideshow for the New Jersey edition of The Local.

In our alumni corner, Henry Stewart’s capstone piece about eco-friendly burials made The L Magazine’s website. Linnea Covington’s interview with writer Neil Gaiman and musician Amanda Palmer was featured in New York Press.

Congrats to all – and keep ‘em coming!

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