Tag: Jim Flood

Art Cars, Mural Restoration and Sen. Snowe's Health Care Vote

By Collin Orcutt | October 17, 2009 | Clips of the Week, News

Some great reading/viewing to help pass a rainy weekend: 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 41st street and found herself amid decked-out “art cars” and their [...]

Christmas in September, Chef David Chang and Frank Sinatra High's New Home

By Collin Orcutt | September 29, 2009 | Clips of the Week, News

The Class of ’10 is following the Class of ‘09’s lead in producing the clips/links. Some of the latest examples: Kerri MacDonald’s story about arts education and the debut of the Frank Sinatra high school’s new home in Astoria made the Queens Courier. Jessica Dailey’s story about the city’s latest student-designed playground found a home [...]

Invoking Thomas Jefferson, Helicopters Crash Above the Hudson and Rats Find Refuge

By Collin Orcutt | August 12, 2009 | Clips of the Week, News

Many of the internships are wrapping up, but the stories keep coming. Here are some the latest pieces by our reporters: 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 [...]

Moon Landing Anniversary, Paul McCartney and Burgers Across the Nation

By Collin Orcutt | July 30, 2009 | Clips of the Week, News

Here are some hot stories for a late July day: The new edition of Mott Haven Herald is on the streets – and on-line. The issue features contributions from Sarah Trefethen (on the proposed South Bronx Greenway), Lindsay Lazarski (on a rat problem at a senior citizens complex), Jeanmarie Evelly (on a public art project [...]

Walter Cronkite, More Michael Jackson and the Astor Trial

By Collin Orcutt | July 23, 2009 | Clips of the Week, News

Here are some of the latest examples of our reporters’ fine work: Kate Nocera notched shared bylines on front-page Daily News stories two days in a row – including this piece about Walter Cronkite. Sergey Kadinsky worked on this NY1 story about an online job search site. Maria Clark profiled a doctor who opened a [...]

Obama in Russia, Diplomacy Through Jazz and the Death of Robert McNamara

By Collin Orcutt | July 15, 2009 | Clips of the Week, News

Who says the summer is a slow time for news? Check out some of the latest examples of our reporters’ fine work: 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 [...]

The Madoff Sentencing, Counterfeit Coupons and the Stonewall Riots Anniversary

By Collin Orcutt | July 9, 2009 | Clips of the Week, News

Hope everybody got a little rest and had some holiday fun – the break was certainly well deserved. Here is a sampling of the latest results of our reporters’ hard work: Kate Zhao’s article about an increase in counterfeit coupons made The Wall Street Journal. Keeping in the holiday spirit – and in the spirit [...]

Celeb Deaths, Dirty Subways and a Brooklyn Building Collapse

By Collin Orcutt | July 1, 2009 | Clips of the Week, News

The stories are popping faster than firecrackers on the Fourth of July. Here are some of the latest: Rima Abdelkader produced this video about the economy for Al Jazeera. Valerie Lapinski was the reporter for this Time.com video piece about wind power. Alana Rigal shared a byline with Brigid Bergin (’07) on this WNYC story about the Brooklyn [...]

Road Rage, the U.S. Open and Social Networking in Iran

By Collin Orcutt | June 24, 2009 | Clips of the Week, News

I’m a day late, but our reporters sure aren’t short on the clips. Here are some of the latest: 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 [...]

Boxing Gloves, the Palm Pre and Twittering Through History

By Collin Orcutt | June 16, 2009 | Clips of the Week, News

Through rain – and more rain — our reporters keep delivering the stories: 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. [...]