• 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!

Meanwhile, here are some more fruits of your summer labors – appropriate reading/viewing for Labor Day Weekend:

• Sandra Roa contributed a two-part multi-media series to The New York Times’ Lens blog about photographers who chronicled upheaval in South Africa during the 1990s. You’ll find Part One here and Part Two here.
• Speaking of The Times, Lois DeSocio wrote a three-part series for The Local’s New Jersey edition about the fate of a prime piece of property in South Orange. Mike Reicher, meanwhile, contributed a video and print package to The Local’s Brooklyn edition about who hang out at a Fort Greene bar.
• Jackie Linge interviewed filmmaker Barbara Kopple, whose latest project, a Woodstock documentary, recently aired. Check out Jackie’s multi-media report for Salon.
• Rima Abdelkader helped put together this CNN podcast about Iraqi refugees in the U.S.
• Michael Preston weighed in on the healthcare debate for True/Slant.
• Joel Schectman’s article about low-tech hackers made BusinessWeek, and he was interviewed about the story for the magazine’s website.
• Jessica Simeone contributed to the New York Post’s coverage of DJ AM’s death.
• Jenni Avins wrote about a (Mom-and-)Pop Art installation atop an Elizabeth Street roof for Dossier.
• Kate Zhao’s piece about an influx of tourists to Taiwan from mainland China made The Wall Street Journal.
• Karina Ioffee wrote a story for the AP about officers being pushed out of the Russian Army.
• Check out the latest issue of Insight, the arts magazine edited by Maya Pope-Chappell.
• Emily Feldman wrote a piece for NBC Local Integrated Media about the tell-all book by Bernie Madoff’s alleged former mistress.
• Mark Morales shared the byline on this Daily News story about an arrest in the slaying of a livery driver.
• A picture of a subway musician snapped by Ben Fractenberg made the Queens Chronicle.
• The latest issue of The Hunts Point Express is out, and includes Maria Clark’s story about the slow start of much-needed repairs to a local housing complex. Jeanmarie Evelly wrote about a green-thumbed local teen who got an invite to Michelle Obama’s White House garden. Alum Joe Hirsch (’07) covered an event honoring folk legend Pete Seeger.

Also in our alumni corner, Linnea Covington (’08) wrote a story for New York Press about a Brooklyn business that offers a strange combination of goods: tombstones and bread.

To the Class of ’09, welcome back and well done on a great summer. To the Class of ’10, welcome – and well done on your first week of classes.

Please feel to send me links to your work as you start amassing clips.

So congrats to all on the stories – and keep ‘em coming!

• Joel Schectman wrote a story for BusinessWeek about rejected iPhone apps.
• Kate Zhao’s piece about the coming “smart-grid” world, where appliances like dishwashers will automatically run in off-peak electric-use hours, made The Wall Street Journal.
• Karina Ioffee wrote an article for the AP about an African-born farmer running for office in Russia, where folks call him “the Russian Obama.”
• Michael Preston invokes Thomas Jefferson in this True/Slant post about the healthcare debate.
• Alana Rigal put together a story and slideshow for WNYC about the Waterpod Project, an experimental water-based community.
• Kieran Meadows and Mike Reicher combined efforts on this story about the latest stink over the Gowanus Canal. You’ll find their article in 219 Magazine.
• Kate Nocera contributed to the Daily News’ coverage of Saturday’s fatal plane-helicopter collision over the Hudson.
• Mark Morales contributed to NBC Local Integrated Media’s story about the crash. Meanwhile, Emily Feldman wrote about Starbuck’s efforts to speed up service.
• Damiano Beltrami wrote about injured Iraqi children awaiting surgery in Jordan. You’ll find his story in The Jordan Times.
• Jim Flood reports for The Local that rats are finding refuge around an abandoned Fort Greene church.
• Xiomara Martinez-White wrote a story for People.com about former “American Idol” rocker Constantine Maroulis.
• Jessica Simeone covered Friday’s Lower Manhattan water main break for the New York Post.
• Ben Fractenberg put together a very sweet story and audio slideshow for Haaretz about his grandparents’ courtship.
• This story isn’t by one of our reporters, but it is about one: Elan magazine profiled Rima Abdelkader.

Clips of the Week is going to take a week or two off. Congrats to all on a great summer – and keep those links coming.

• H’Rina DeTroy wrote about how women in the Sudan are using a secret code to subvert the insidious practice of female genital mutilation. You’ll find her piece on The Huffington Post.
• Jenni Avins’ brief about a new mural at Houston and Bowery made New York Magazine.
• Joe Walker, writing for City Hall news, profiled a darkhorse City Council candidate who notched Local 1199’s endorsement.
• Kate Zhao wrote a piece for the Dow Jones Newswire about a plan to help make the Empire State Building a little greener.
• Check out some of the photos taken for The Local by middle schoolers trained by Kristen Joy Watts. Some of the pictures also made yesterday’s Metropolitan section of The New York Times. Meanwhile, Mike Reicher produced this video, reported by two of the high school students he helped train last month.
• Sandra Roa worked on this NYTimes.com video about an Argentinean man’s battle against a drug called paco.
• Our latest example of J-School teamwork: Rachel Senatore, Alana Rigal and Brigid Bergin (’07) combined on this WNYC post about pizza ovens.
• Valerie Lapinski reported, produced and edited this Time.com video about a Brooklyn hair salon that’s donating proceeds from Farrah Fawcett-inspired hairdos to help domestic violence survivors.
• Damiano Beltrami shared a byline on this Jordan Times story about Jordan’s efforts to improve science training.
• Ben Fractenberg put together this audio slideshow package for Haaretz about the Ofra settlement on the West Bank.
• Mark Morales wrote a piece for NBC Local Integrated Media about a way to Twitter prayers for placement in the Western Wall. Emily Feldman, meanwhile, wrote about some tough requirements for astronauts in the Chinese space program.
• Kate Nocera shared a byline on this sad story about a 5-year-old boy who died a day after the Jet Ski accident that also killed his father. You’ll find her article in the Daily News.
• Jessica Simeone shared the byline on this New York Post story about a math problem to chew over.

Congrats to all – and keep ‘em coming!

• 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!

• 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!

• Jessica Simeone shared a byline on this New York Post piece about a mom-to-be riding the R local when her baby decided to go express.
• Speaking of trains… Jackie Linge put together this fun video compilation of cinematic subway moments for Salon. It’s pegged to the new remake of “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3.”
• More train news: Lois DeSocio contributed a story and short video to the New Jersey branch of The Local about the groundbreaking for the planned new tube under the Hudson. Jim Flood reported for the Fort Greene edition about a new flower shop, and Kristen Joy Watts snapped the picture that appears with this post about a Local meetup.
• Marcella Veneziale and Sophia Tewa teamed on this News Service video about students doing volunteer work. It packages nicely with a print piece by Sophia, which, as noted last week, made the Daily News.
• Sandra Roa co-produced a knockout video for nytimes.com about how to choose boxing gloves.
• If you missed the Independent Sources broadcast featuring Rima Abdelkader’s video about an Iraqi translator caught between two worlds, you can check it out here, about 20 minutes into the June 10 edition. The story also is on the News Service.
• Ben Fractenberg’s 219 Magazine humor piece about Twittering through history made the Huffington Post.
• Joel Schectman shared the byline on this BusinessWeek.com story about whether Palm’s Pre is living up to the hype.
• Karina Ioffee penned this article for the Daily News about teenagers competing against older folks for jobs.
• Mark Morales wrote about a dog named Jeter (not a goat named Castillo) for NBC Local Integrated Media. Emily Feldman, meanwhile, wrote about a smart teenager who put her doctors to shame.

In our Alumni Corner, Rosaleen Ortiz put together an out-of-this-world audio slideshow for ieee spectrum.

Congrats to all – and keep ‘em coming!

• Our Brooklyn immigration project – Brooklyn Bridges Culture ­- is online. Congrats and thanks to all of our Craft II reporters and profs for turning around another project that shows the power of our News Service to tell great stories about our city. Special thanks to Drew Geraets for designing the main page and for making changes on the fly to our template to better accommodate the multimedia elements our reporters produced. Thanks also are due to Collin Orcutt and Kristen Joy Watts for assembling our interactive Google map guide to the 18 multimedia packages our Craft teams produced.
• If you missed the piece about a Sikh City Council candidate Jackie Linge produced for Prof. Prout’s “Independent Sources,” no worries: check out this link from the CUNY TV website. You’ll find Jackie’s story about 21 minutes in. But watch the whole show if you can – there also are contributions from alums Abi Ishola and Adeola Oladele.
• Nick Loomis’ essay about the changing world of photojournalism made The New York Times’ Lens photoblog.
• Speaking of The Times, our crew at the The Local has been very busy: Kristen snapped the photo for this piece. Ben Fractenberg brought together this blog post by a Google employee who lives in the neighborhood. Jim Flood wrote about an artist who does unique portraits of homeless folks.
• Joel Schectman penned a timely article for BusinessWeek.com about China’s clamp down on social media amid the 20^th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
• Emily Feldman wrote a piece for NBC Local Integrated Media about how MySpace is courting an older demographic with music. Meanwhile, Mark Morales wrote about aging lefty fireballer Randy Johnson for the site.
• Sophia Tewa’s story about high school students doing volunteer work as part of their studies made the Daily News. Kate Nocera did some rewrite for the News’ website on Roger Federer’s big French Open win.
• Here’s the latest issue of Insight magazine, edited by Maya Pope-Chappell.
• Maya also helped keep our News Service hopping with her video piece about journalism education. Rima Abdelkader contributed a video story about an Iraqi refugee and her family’s unsettled new life in Brooklyn. Mirva Lempiainen and Igor Kossov combined on a video story about science education, with an accompanying print piece by Mirva. Aisha Al-Muslim wrote about the danger of bringing strollers on the subways.

In our alumni corner, Dan Macht wrote about small business owners’ troubles getting loans. The piece is featured on Crain’s New York Business’ Future of New York City site.

Congrats to all – and keep ‘em coming!

• Kristen Joy Watts put together a short story and audio slideshow for The Local about an art exhibition featuring the work of Brooklyn Community Housing Services clients.
• Speaking of The Local, Ben Fractenberg filed a piece about a TV show featuring some Fort Greene writers.
• Brian Winkowski worked on this Latina.com video interview with “People’s Court” Judge Marilyn Milian.
• Maria Clark contributed to this dramatic rescue-at-sea story for the Daily News.
• Sergey Kadinsky shared a byline on this Daily News profile of the Queens assistant principal battling Swine Flu.
• Tim Persinko helped out on this Daily News piece about four ATM machines that ended up – empty – at the bottom of the Flushing River.
• Mary Stachyra broke some new for The News with this story about pedicabs coming to Harlem.

In our alumni corner –

• Mathew Warren shared an A-1 byline in Saturday’s New York Times with this great crime piece, which is destined to wind up as a “Law & Order” episode.

Congrats to all – and keep ‘em coming!

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!