Hope everybody enjoyed the weekend’s extra hour. Here are some of our latest examples of time well spent: 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 [...]
Tag: Collin Orcutt
Child Fruit Pickers, Gubernatorial Races and Pink-Slip Parties
The West Indian Day Parade, Derek Jeter's Record and a Skateboarding Entrepreneur
Here is some great reading and viewing for a sunny September day: The Class of ’10 already is coming on strong: Hannah Rappleye’s Craft story about the closing of the Stella D’oro factory made the Daily News. Speaking of the Daily News, Kate Nocera contributed to the paper’s West Indian American Day Carnival Parade coverage. [...]
The Anniversary of Tianamen Square, Randy Johnson's Secret Weapon and the Brooklyn Immigration Project
Looks like our reporters are off to a quick, productive start to the summer (and it’s not even officially summer yet!) Here are some of the latest links: 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 [...]
Swine Flu, Bed-Stuy Living and a Giant, Inflated Rat
What a great week – first the News Service was honored with two first-place SPJ awards, then we learned that Kristen Joy Watts and Collin Orcutt were named to the UWIRE100 list of the top collegiate journalists in the country. Here are some more examples of the kind of fine work that is getting our [...]
Artificial Turf Wars, Merchant Struggles and Smack Mellon
March is going out like a lion at the J-School. Here are some more great examples of our reporters’ work: The Mott Haven Herald, our latest effort to cover to journalistically underserved neighborhoods, is off to a strong start. Prof. Stein’s staffers, among them Maria Clark, Lindsay Lazarski and Caroline Linton, contributed to the first [...]
Automated L Train, Charter 08 and What are You Hoarding?
March isn’t the only thing coming in like a lion – check out the latest sampling of clips: Nicole Turso wrote about the race to replace Joe Addadbbo in the City Council for City Hall news. Kate Nocera hit the streets to pull together this fun sign-of-the-times video for the TheStreet.com. Marcella Veneziale wrote about [...]
NIMBY Fights, Michael Phelps Reacts and Bronx Hostage Drama
Sorry for the delay, but technical difficulties kept me from filing over the weekend. So let’s cut to the chase: Mike Reicher’s story about some ongoing NIMBY fights – and a counter-intuitive report that suggests introducing “supportive housing” into neighborhoods can raise property values –made City Limits. Jenni Avins’ fun review of The Drake Hotel [...]
Inauguration Coverage, FDNY cutbacks and New Alumni Bylines
Greetings, I’d say welcome back, but I’ve seen just about everyone over the last month, thanks to our great January Academy sessions. For a break, it’s been a very busy time – and here are some of the clips to prove it: Maya Pope-Chappell turned her ticket to the inauguration into a journalistic opportunity. She [...]
Dec. 6 – 12, 2008
I know better than to let my lede get bogged down with sentimental mush about graduation, so let’s get straight to business: Henry Stewart’s entertaining review of the not-so-entertaining (by his reckoning) revival of “All My Sons” was featured in The L Magazine. Linnea Covington offered a somewhat more positive review of the new Nolita [...]
A Sari Tailor, Growlers, and the Queens Balloonatic
I know better than to let my lede get bogged down with sentimental mush about graduation, so let’s get straight to business: Henry Stewart’s entertaining review of the not-so-entertaining (by his reckoning) revival of “All My Sons” was featured in The L Magazine. Linnea Covington offered a somewhat more positive review of the new Nolita [...]

