• Valerie Lapinski’s exclusive about the contents of Studs Terkel’s FBI file, posted on the News Service, went viral – The Associated Press, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, The Huffington Post and scores of other news sites and blogs picked up the story.
• Jordan Shakeshaft’s feature about Atlantic Avenue’s fragrance markets – where the offerings include “Obama Oil” – made am New York.
• Rochana Rapkins’ article about a young veteran living on Roosevelt Island was featured in The Main Street Wire. Click here for a pdf of the issue – Rochana’s story starts on Page 1.
• Sherry Mazzocchi covered a Flight 587 anniversary memorial for The Queens Courier. David Montalvo wrote about a Catholic veterans group seeking new members. Andrew Petrie wrote about the possible closure of the Aqueduct Racetrack flea market, and Perry Santanachote found merchants who are commissioning graffiti artists to paint murals.
• Emily Feldman wrote a story for NBC Local Integrated Media about the proposed five-minute grace period at parking meters.
• Kerri MacDonald wrote a piece for The Local about a computer glitch that kept Maplewood residents from getting emails containing H1N1 vaccination information. Nicholas Martinez, meanwhile, put together a story and audio slideshow about a push to place Muni Meters on Brooklyn’s Myrtle Avenue. Joe Walker wrote about the search for a new operator for a parking lot near BAM.
• Speaking of The Times, Mike Reicher’s story about a move to stop homeowners from turning front yards into driveways was featured on the City Room blog.
• Sergey Kadinsky’s story about the controversy over a fundraiser to be held at Citi Field made the Daily News. Kate Nocera shared a byline on the paper’s Bernie Madoff auction story.
• If you missed The Aerial View webcast – with Mark Morales, Rachel Senatore, and Jessica Simeone – or the Audiophiles webcast – with Kaili Boyd, Maureen Sullivan and Nicole Turso – you can check both out here.

Congrats to all – and keep ‘em coming!

• Damiano Beltrami’s story about a teenager cleared of a robbery thanks to a Facebook status alibi hit The New York Times trifecta: The front page of the New York section, the City Room blog and The Local. The story also got picked up by the AP and a ton of other media outlets.
• Speaking of The Local, Kerri MacDonald covered a debate over whether rooming houses should be allowed in South Orange. Ines Bebea wrote about a $25,000 prize awarded to Fort Greene’s Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project. Valerie Lapinski’s piece about a photographer who chronicled life in a Hong Kong public housing complex made The Times’ Lens blog. Nick Loomis, meanwhile, put together a package on sports photography for Lens, and Kristen Joy Watts co-produced an audio slideshow for Lens featuring the work of the chief photographer for The Times’ Neediest Case Fund series.
• Michael Cohen’s essay about graduating college during a recession made The Nation.
• The latest edition of “219 West,” which airs on CUNY TV, features stories by Rima Abdelkader, Aisha Al-Muslim, John De Petro, Geneva Sands-Sadowitz and Brian Winkowski. The show should be posted online here in the coming days.
• Joel Schectman shared a byline on a Daily News front-page story about college students struggling with high school-level math. Kate Nocera wrote an article about how rocker Ryan Star put out-of-work New Yorkers in a music video. Mark Morales contributed to a story about the accidental death of a popular drummer. Karina Ioffee got nice play in the Your Money section with her feature on recycling e-waste.
• Lots of news coming out of the Bronx: The new issue of The Hunts Point Express features contributions by Maria Clark, Azriel James Relph and Sandra Roa (I have a copy of Sandra’s story and photo spread – come on by for a look). The latest Mott Haven Herald boasts stories by Carla Candia, Jeanmarie Evelly, Sergey Kadinsky and Lindsay Lazarski.
• The runner stumbles: I inadvertently neglected to mention last week that Krissy Dolor contributed to the News Service’s marathon package. Meanwhile, both Erica Soto and Janet Lawrence placed marathon pieces on websites.
• Sherry Mazzocchi’s story about the effort to save Stella Maris High School made The Queens Courier. Meanwhile, the paper published Perry Santanachote’s story about the bid to attract younger veterans to a Queens VFW post. (Come on by my office for a look at the piece.) Almudena Toral’s article about the graduation of a Latino youth military cadets group made El Correo de Queens, the Courier’s Spanish-language edition.
• Liza Eckert’s article about a vigil held by gay marriage advocates made the Queens Chronicle.
• Michael Preston tackles the Murdoch-Google battle for True/Slant.
• Maya Pope-Chappell’s story about a new life for a nightspot named Death & Co. made NBC Local Integrated Media’s New York site. Meanwhile, Emily Feldman wrote about a Sesame Street 40^th anniversary ceremony.
• Jessica Simeone shared a byline on a New York Post story about the city’s slowest bus lines.
• Eleanor Miller contributed to the Tribeca Trib’s Yankees parade cover.

Congrats to all – and keep ‘em coming!

• Almudena Toral’s story about a marathoner from Spain made the Spanish newspaper La Gaceta.
• Talk about a relay race: Carla Candia, Michael Cohen, Juan DeJesus, Musikilu Mojeed, Walter Smith-Randolph, Rochana Rapkins, Jordan Shakeshaft, Andrea Swalec and Margaret Teich contributed vignettes and/or pictures to a marathon package. You’ll find their work on the News Service.
• Samantha Stark’s video and story about the soundtrack of the race made the Fort Greene edition of The Local. Ben Fractenberg’s slideshow on Wallabout also can be found on The Local, while Joe Walker wrote about a City Council candidate who was booted from the ballot. Kerri MacDonald’s piece about a zoning dispute in Maplewood is featured in The Local’s New Jersey edition.
• Jenni Avins’ story about a backlash in some quarters over the pink Breast Cancer Awareness branding push made VanityFair.com
• Lindsay Lazarsky’s feature about a Bronx block with a hip past found a home in the Mott Haven Herald.
• Jessica Simeone’s story about personal trainers for children was featured in the New York Post.
• Shane Dixon Kavanaugh’s feature about a sci-fi-influenced band that’s trying to save rock-and-roll made The Brooklyn Paper. Damiano Beltrami, meanwhile, wrote a piece for the paper about teachers undergoing handwriting training.
• Maya Pope-Chappell’s fall movie roundup got nice play in Essence.
• Sergey Kadinsky’s story about the mayoral race made CBSNews.com.
• Matt Robinson’s article about the capman of the Bronx found a home in the Daily News. Maria Clark shared a byline on this story about a slaying in Brooklyn. Mark Morales contributed to a piece about Yankee fans who fancy themselves a buzz-cut above the rest.

Congrats to all – and keep ‘em coming!

• The reporters in our Interactive Fundamentals sections fanned out around the city, Flip Video cameras in hand, and asked dozens of New Yorkers: “Tell us one way the recession has changed your life.” The results of the video vox pop are plotted out on a Google map. The hits already are starting to roll in, through both the News Service site and YouTube. Thanks to all the reporters and professors involved. Special shoutouts are due to Drew Geraets, Collin Orcutt and Kristen Joy Watts who made the map presentation come to life.
• Kieran Meadows spent his summer as a Carnegie Fellow with the Brian Ross Investigative Unit at ABC. The piece he worked on – a “Harvest of Shame”-style expose of the use of children as fruit pickers – hit the ABC trifecta last week, with segments on “Good Morning America,” “World News with Charlie Gibson” and “Nightline.” ABCnews.com also ran a print story – co-written by Angela Hill (’07), our first Carnegie Fellow. It looks like the Ross story already is having an impact.
• Joel Schectman’s report about fears that U.S. satellites might be vulnerable to attack made BusinessWeek.
• Joe Walker broke into The New York Times’ Metro section with his story about a developer who was barred from selling apartments in New York State. Mike Reicher, meanwhile, wrote a piece for The Times’ City Room blog about a U.N. investigation of New York’s affordable housing situation. David Montalvo, writing for the New Jersey branch of The Local, profiled a Millburn township committee candidate, while Lois DeSocio wrote about new lacrosse nets for Memorial Park.
• Page 18 of last Monday’s Daily News was a J-School affair. Maria Clark, Mark Morales and Kate Nocera’s bylines popped up on different stories.
• Sergey Kadinsky wrote about the New Jersey gubernatorial race for CBSNews.com.
• Alana Rigal’s video piece about offbeat mayoral candidates made the News Service. It’s a version of a longer story she did for “219 West,” which now can be found online.
• In you missed last week’s live webcast of “The Aerial View,” produced by Mark Morales, Rachel Senatore and Jessica Simeone, no worries: you can catch the show here.
• How’s this for J-School teamwork: Nicholas Martinez’ feature about “pink-slip parties” included additional reporting by Aaron Adler, Aashish Jethra, Erin McCarthy. The story made am New York.
• Janet Lawrence’s profile of a maintenance worker at the Paramount Plaza is featured in Our Town.
• Emily Feldman wrote a story for NBC Local Integrated Media about three Harlem restaurants offering an unusual special: free round-trip car service rides.  Maya Pope-Chappell, meanwhile, wrote about two young brothers who gave their World Series tickets to charity.

Congrats to all – and keep ‘em coming!

Launched in May 2005, the HuffPost has become an influential media web site covering politics, business, technology, entertainment, and the green movement. It is also a platform for thousands of bloggers who weigh in on a wide range of topics.

Huffington, who writes a nationally syndicated political column for Tribune Media Services, is a frequent television commentator, with appearances on such shows as “Charlie Rose,” “Larry King Live,” and “The O’Reilly Factor.” She is the author of 12 books, including Right is Wrong: How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded the Constitution, and Made Us All Less Safe.

In 2009, Forbes magazine named her to its list of Most Influential Women in Media. She has also appeared on the Time 100, Time’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

“Arianna is very entrepreneurial, a valuable skill in this brave new world of journalism,” said Dean Stephen B. Shepard.

Huffington will be the CUNY J-School’s third commencement speaker, following award-winning broadcast journalist Bill Moyers in 2008 and Dean Baquet, assistant managing editor and Washington bureau chief of The New York Times, in 2007.

The 2009 commencement will take place at the Times Center in the New York Times building. A reception will follow at the CUNY J-School next door.

Download the Fall 2009 issue of Inside Story [pdf]

• If you missed the live webcast of Audiophiles, produced by Kaili Boyd, Maureen Sullivan and Nicole Turso, no worries – you can listen here.
• Jenni Avins’ story about a screening of the film “The Bear” that was accompanied by a live, original score by No Age, made Vanity Fair’s website.
• Joe Walker’s article about tenants’ battle to save their Brooklyn building was featured in City Limits.
• Sandra Roa’s story and audio slideshow about photographer Joseph Rodriguez, who sees himself as a social worker with a camera, found a home in The New York Times’ Lens blog.
• Speaking of The Times, Damiano Beltrami filed a “dynamite” story for The Local that also made the City Room blog. Vineeth Thomas wrote about the closing of a Fort Greene sandwich shop (a picture by Kristen Joy Watts accompanies the piece). Nicholas Martinez, meanwhile, covered a Atlantic Yards project protest.
• Hannah Rappleye offers an inside look at the old Mary Immaculate Hospital in a pair of audio slideshows picked up by the Queens Courier.
• Erica Soto’s article about salsa great Willie Colon made The Amsterdam News.
• Eleanor Miller and Megan Finnegan teamed on story for Irish Central about a ceremony honoring some long-forgotten immigrants.
• Sergey Kadinsky wrote a piece for CBSNews.com about Sarah Palin’s latest call for oil drilling.
• Emily Johnson’s story about plans for a new skate park made the Canarsie Courier. Come on by my office to check out a copy.
• Maria Clark shared a byline on this Daily News story about flooding in Queens. Kate Nocera contributed to this article about proposed stiffer penalties for cabbies caught talking on cell phones while driving.
• H’Rina DeTroy and Mark Morales teamed on a video for the News Service about a student-designed, science-themed playground in Brooklyn. The story packages nicely with a previously published piece by Jessica Dailey.
• Maya Pope-Chappell wrote about Isiah Thomas and Magic Johnson’s war of words for NBC Local Integrated Media. Emily Feldman, meanwhile, chronicled President Obama’s recent shout out for mayoral candidate and City Comptroller Bill Thompson.

Congrats to all – and keep ‘em coming!

• Maureen Sullivan’s review of a short story collection called, “Love in Infant Monkeys” was by published by The Internet Review of Books.
• Maya Pope-Chappell acted quickly on a tip (from Prof. Williston), ran down to 41^st street and found herself amid decked-out “art cars” and their creators. Her story and slideshow was featured on NBCNewYork.com. Emily Feldman, meanwhile, wrote a story for NBC about Rush Limbaugh’s bid to buy a piece of the St. Louis Rams.
• Rima Abdelkader scored an interview with, as the headline put it, the “chief Yahoo! of the Arab world” for DinarStandard.com
• Peggy Truong’s article chronicling community concerns about a planned development found a home on the Westside Independent website.
• Mike Reicher’s story about a mural restoration in Harlem made The New York Times’ City Room blog.
• Speaking of The Times, David Montalvo’s story and slideshow about the annual open house at the Millburn firehouse found a home on The Local’s New Jersey branch. Meanwhile, Jordan Shakeshaft covered a community board meeting for The Local’s Fort Greene edition, and Jim Flood contributed a photo to a story about the partial opening of a community center.
• Mark Morales shared a byline on a Daily News front-page story about a DWI-related death in the Bronx, while Kate Nocera covered another drunk driving fatality in Brooklyn.
• Michael Preston’s latest True/Slant post offers his take on Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe’s health-care plan vote.
• Mirva Lempiainen’s article about open bar promotions is featured on the News Service. Meanwhile, Karina Ioffee and H’Rina DeTroy combined on a News Service piece about moms on the campaign trail.

Congrats to all – and keep ‘em coming!

• Shoutouts are due on the premiere of 219 West, the new monthly TV news magazine produced out of the J-School and broadcast on CUNY TV. In the election-themed debut show, producers Geneva Sands-Sadowitz and Brian Winkowski examined the financial health of the city and efforts to diversify the economy. Rima Abdelkader took an intimate look at mounting a first-time campaign. Nicole Turso profiled the youngest member of the City Council and Alana Rigal introduced us to some unorthodox mayoral candidates. Aisha Al-Muslim and John DePetro served as anchors. The show, which first aired Wednesday, will be repeated on Channel 75 Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 10 a.m. If you miss 219 West on the tube, don’t worry ­– the show should be online soon.
• Sophia Tewa and Jessica Simeone’s video-and-print package on the hot costume – Michael Jackson – of a not-so-hot Halloween season can be found on the News Service. The video also is making a splash on YouTube.
• Another example of J-School teamwork: Mark Morales and Barry Paddock (’08) combined on a Daily News story about a bloody brawl in Harlem. Maria Clark, meanwhile, wrote about a Bronx-inspired soda company.
• Eleanor Miller’s feature about bringing the Bard to the Boardwalk found a home in The Brooklyn Rail.
• Sandra Roa’s story and photo spread/slideshow about a new urban oasis known as Concrete Plant Park are featured in The Hunts Point Express. Azriel James Relph covered the Uptown Girl Power! awards for the paper. (Scroll down the homepage a tad to find both pieces.)
• Kieran Meadows and Mike Reicher’s story about the dispute over whether Superfund money should be used to clean the Gowanus Canal made Crain’s New York Business. Feel free to drop by my office to read a copy of the article.
• Meanwhile, Mike’s article about plans to lop off the top two floors of the old Corn Exchange Bank Building in Harlem was published in The New York Times’ New York section. More Times news: Joe Walker’s piece about Pratt closing its campus to the public was featured in paper’s Local blog, as was Samantha Stark’s coverage of a citywide high school fair held at Brooklyn Tech. Valerie Lapinski contributed a package to The Times’ Lens blog about a photographer who chronicled the travels of the Van Gujjar tribe of northern India.
• Sergey Kadinsky’s story about top scientists who were awarded medals by President Obama made CBSNews.com.
• Liza Eckert contributed a sweet recipe and even sweeter item to BUST magazine. (See attached pdf.)
• Xiomara Martinez-White’s brief about Nancy Grace’s clash with Jon Gosselin made TheFrisky.com.
• Proof you should always carry a camera: a picture of a protest snapped by Erica Soto as part of a Daybook assignment was picked up by the website of Shambhala Sun, a Buddhism culture magazine.
• Emily Feldman wrote about the debut of new MTA boss Jay Walder for NBC Local Integrated Media. Meanwhile, Maya Pope-Chappell shared a byline on the site’s spot news story about President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize win.

Congrat to all – and keep ‘em coming!

Ciara is the immediate past president of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ); Hernandez was a board member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ), where she served as a regional director. Their UNITY terms began on Oct. 10, 2009, and will run through Dec. 31, 2010.

UNITY:Journalists of Color is a strategic alliance advocating news coverage about people of color, and aggressively challenging its organizations at all levels to reflect the nation’s diversity. Representing more than 10,000 journalists of color, UNITY is comprised of the Asian American Journalists Association, National Association of Black Journalists, National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and the Native American Journalists Association.