• The latest issue of the Mott Haven Herald is packed with stories and photos by Carla Candia, Jeanmarie Evelly, Sergey Kadinsky, Erin McCarthy, Vishal Persaud and Chris Prentice.
• Maureen Sullivan weighed in on “The Evolution of Shadows” for The Internet Review of Books.
• Shane Dixon Kavanaugh is the managing editor of Overflow magazine – the latest issue of which features stories by Dale Eisinger and Joe Walker. (See the attached pdf).
• Erica Soto’s story and audio slideshow about an Arthur Ave. culinary instititution made the Tremont Tribune.
• Thomas Chan’s audio slideshow about the reopening of the Edison museum in West Orange was featured on Baristanet.com.
• Nadia Sussman contributed a post about a Romanian photographer to The New York Times’ Lens blog.
• Emily Feldman wrote about the city’s latest anti-obesity campaign for NBC Local Integrated Media.
• Jessica Simeone shared a byline on this New York Post story about a parking scam.
• Alana Rigal’s video piece about asthma and H1N1 made the News Service, as did Suyeon Kim’s package about a composer with an off-beat (or beat-on) approach to music. Ines Bebea and Azriel James Relph combined on a video piece about tough times for holiday toy drives, while H’Rina DeTroy offered a video story about a Bronx-based program that trains folks for green jobs.
• Daniel Tucker wrote about a Queens sculptor who found inspiration in a classic photograph. You’ll find Dan’s piece in The Queens Courier.
• Jordan Shakeshaft’s story about a young artist brightening Montague Street for the holidays made the Brooklyn Eagle.
• Some examples of the J-School alumni network at work: Kate Nocera shared by a byline on this Daily News fire follow-up story with Barry Paddock (’08). Mark Morales got co-billing with Barry on this murder story. Maria Clark worked with the very busy Barry on this fire rescue story.

Speaking of our alumni network, congratulations to the Class of ’09! And kudos to the Class of ’10 on completing the first semester.

To answer a frequently asked question: Yes, the News Service is open for business over the break. I’ll be out of the office until Jan. 4, but feel free to email anytime, and I’ll do my best to get back to you.

So have a happy and safe holiday – and keep those stories coming!

Our reporters were on-the-air, in the papers and all over the web this past week. Here is a sampling:

• Sophie Cocke, Indrani Datta, Jeanmarie Evelly, Meital Fried, Alex Green IV and Rachel Senatore served as production associates on the latest “Talking Health” webcast. The show, produced by Prof. Williston and moderated by Prof. Lieberman, looks at the future of Medicare.
• The latest edition of “219 West” aired this week, with contributions by Rima Abdelkader, Aisha Al-Muslim, John De Petro, Nick Loomis and Geneva Sands-Sadowitz. “219 West” repeats today (Saturday) at 8 p.m. and tomorrow (Sunday) at 10 a.m., on CUNY TV, Channel 75.
• Our two latest audio webcasts can be found here: “The Aerial View,” featuring Mark Morales, Rachel Senatore and Jessica Simeone; and “Audiophiles,” with Kaili Boyd, Maureen Sullivan and Nicole Turso.
• Shane Dixon Kavanaugh contributed a story and photo gallery to The Local about a former neighborhood woman slain during a visit home. Speaking of The Times, Kerri MacDonald contributed a post to The Lens blog about a photographer who is documenting the impact of climate change.
• Sergey Kadinsky wrote about Bruce Springsteen’s support for gay marriage in a piece for CBS News.com.
• Mike Reicher’s News Service story about Mark (Deep Throat) Felt’s FBI file gained some notice from Politico and The Daily News. Meanwhile, Jordan Shakeshaft offered a piece about a fleet-footed MetroCard scavenger.
• Joel Schectman shared a byline on a Daily News story about State Sen. Hiram Monserrate. Kate Nocera contributed to a follow-up story about the Times Square gunman.
• Amber Benham wrote a book review for The Brooklyn Rail. Her piece is second-to-last in the string.

Congrats to all – and keep ‘em coming!

• 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!

• Christopher Schuetze got into the holiday spirit for The Local with this piece about a store window decoration competition. Joe Walker, meanwhile, wrote about the unclear plans for retail space in an under-construction building. Damiano Beltrami covered a big drug bust.
• Speaking of The Times, Kristen Joy Watts scored the lead photo in a holiday-exodus slideshow.
• Alana Casanova-Burgess earned a Daily News clip with her piece about a row of Harlem buildings slated for a green overhaul. Kate Nocera wrote a first-person piece about testing how fast traffic agents are on the draw. Maria Clark shared the byline on a story about a double-murder in Queens. Rima Abdelakader and Mary Stachyra wrote about the scourge of sex trafficking, interviewing a woman once forced to work in a Queens brothel. Joel Schectman contributed to the paper’s Black Friday coverage.
• Shane Dixon Cavenaugh wrote a piece for the Westside Independent about the crackdown on pedicabs.
• Tim Persinko covered a fraud case sentencing in Manhattan Federal Court for Arkansas Business.
• Sergey Kadinsky’s story about recycling woes in Mott Haven made the Mott Haven Herald. Carla Candia, meanwhile, wrote about the day laborers who congregate on E. 141^st St. and Jackson Ave.
• Karina Ioffee, Sophie Tewa and Nicholas Martinez’s video piece about the hassle of getting rid of e-waste found a home on the News Service, and packages nicely with Karina’s previously published Daily News article.
• Jessica Simeone’s story about an art peddler bounced from the High Line made the New York Post.
• Michael Preston writes about The Boss and David Brooks in his latest post for True/Slant.

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!

• 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!

• Kristen Joy Watts’ story and slideshow featuring the work of a photographer who chronicled life in a Bucharest children’s oncology ward made The New York Times’ Lens blog.
• Writing for the Times’ Local blog, Mike Reicher examined whether federal stimulus funds will be used to jump-start a development in Downtown Brooklyn.
• Maria Clark sat on the other side of the camera for an interview on BronxTalk, during which she and Prof. Stein spoke about the Mott Haven Herald. Maria also contributed to this Daily News story about the hunt for a serial rapist.
• Speaking of the Daily News, Kate Nocera shared a byline on this front-page story about the probe into an alleged terror plot. Tim Persinko contributed to this follow-up piece about false rape allegations leveled by a Hofstra student. Mark Morales worked on this article about a murder at the Essex House hotel.
• Emily Feldman contributed to NBC Local Integrated Media’s primary coverage. Meanwhile, Maya Pope-Chappell wrote about Twitter’s growing monetary value.
• Jessica Simeone shared a byline on this New York Post story about the murder trial of a garbage truck driver who struck and killed two tourists in Midtown last year – two weeks after he allegedly stopped taking his epilepsy medicine.

In our alumni corner, Rebecca Harshbarger wrote about deadly riots in Uganda that erupted over some men’s anger about women wearing trousers. You’ll find her story in Women’s eNews.

Linnea Covington’s feature article about a 76-year-old roller-skating guru was published by New York Press, after being featured on our 219 Magazine site.

Congrats to all – and keep ‘em coming.

• 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.
• Collin Orcutt put together a series of videos and sideshows about sports and summer in the city for Sports Illustrated.
• Valerie Lapinski looked at efforts to turn the Fresh Kills landfill into parkland. You’ll find her video piece at Time.com.
• Sergey Kadinsky reported on the Rego Park Green Alliance for the Queens Tribune.
• Damiano Beltrami covered a vigil for a severely beaten Pratt Institute student. You’ll find his story and pictures on The Local.
• Jenni Avins has been in the thick of Fashion Week, filing pieces for Dossier.
• Maya Pope-Chappell wrote about a young skateboarding entrepreneur for NBC Local Integrated Media.
• Jessica Simeone contributed to the New York Post’s coverage of Derek Jeter’s big hit (even if it was only a single).
• In our alumni corner, Claudia Cruz chronicled the plight of undocumented workers who became sick after aiding in the 9/11 cleanup effort.

Congrats to all – and keep ‘em coming!