We’re in the homestretch and the stories are coming in at a rapid pace. Here are some of the latest:

• Alexander Abad-Santos and Peggy Truong covered a pet store protest for The West Side Spirit.
• Erin McCarthy’s videos about the impact of the recession in the South Bronx were picked up by The Bronx Times.
• Eleanor Miller’s article chronicling complaints against a Murray Street bar was featured in The Tribeca Trib.
• Shane Dixon Kavanaugh’s piece about a marathon runner from Oregon with a great comeback story made the Eugene Weekly. (Note that’s Kavanaugh with a “K” – not a “C” as I blundered last week. Mea culpa.)
• Matt Robinson’s story about an Albanian celebration in the Bronx made the Daily News (see attached pdf). Meanwhile, Kate Nocera scored an exclusive interview with a shooting victim, and Mark Morales shared a byline on a Cyber Monday story.
• Megan Finnegan’s story and audio slideshow about a women’s chorus in New Jersey made The Local. Speaking of The Times, Damiano Beltrami’s video profile of an art therapist was featured on the paper’s website, while Kristen Joy Watts wrote a post and produced an audio slideshow about geologist and photographer Roger Ballen for The Lens blog.
• Sergey Kadinsky wrote about Sarah Palin’s reaction to the President’s Afghanistan plan for CBS News.com.
• Aisha Al-Muslim’s video piece about the travails of street vendors made the News Service (it’s a version of a story first seen on “219 West.”) Meanwhile, H’Rina DeTroy, Karina Ioffee, Mark Morales, Nicholas Martinez, Alana Rigal, Jessica Simeone and Sophia Tewa contributed to a package of stories and audio slideshows about the state of parking in the city.
• Emily Feldman wrote about how to deal with odd MetroCard balances for NBC Local Integrated Media, while Maya Pope-Chappell contributed a piece about the end of “Monk.”
• In his latest post for True/Slant, Michael Preston weighs in on the end of school, the end of the decade and the future.
• This clip may look familiar, but it’s well worth another read. That’s because Carla Murphy’s two-part series for Women’s eNews about the inequities girls face in school sports support earned first-place honors in the education category for the Ippies Awards, handed out by the New York Community Media Alliance.

Congrats to all – and keep ‘em coming!

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