Break? What break? It looks like our reporters have been plenty busy: Rima Abdelkader’s story about how a material commonly found in cell phones and laptop computers is helping fuel violence in the Congo made The Huffington Post – and got big pickup in the blogosphere. Damiano Beltrami also got some play on The Huffington [...]

Judging by the prodigious output this week, it looks like spring fever has hit. Here are some of the latest fruits of your labor: The second and last part of Carla Murphy’s series on efforts to boost sports opportunities for girls in public schools was featured in Women’s eNews. Carla’s work on this subject has [...]

Packing all we need to do into 24 hours is tough enough, but doing it all 23 is harder. Try to find time, though, to check out some of the latest examples of our reporters’ fine work: The News Service was humming this week: Brian Winkowski and Rima Abdelkader put together a video story about [...]

Hope everybody is enjoying the holiday. Here is some good reading and viewing material to help pass the day: Joe Walker and Sophia Tewa showed the value of teamwork, quickly turning around an economy-related Valentine’s Day package. The print portion found a home in am New York, while their broadcast video made the News Service. [...]

It’s been a very productive first week of the new semester. Here are some of the latest fruits of your labor: Sandra Roa spent a night on the cold streets to chronicle the city’s annual homeless census. Her hard work paid off: She helped MSNBC put together an audio slideshow. Nicole Turso wrote a fun [...]

Hard to believe we’re entering the final month of the semester. Here are some of the latest results of our reporters’ continuing hard work: Joshua Cinelli wrote an article for City Hall about local efforts to boost the economy by luring more foreign investment. We all know quitting smoking saves lives and money – Francesca [...]

Hard to believe we’re entering the final month of the semester. Here are some of the latest results of our reporters’ continuing hard work: Joshua Cinelli wrote an article for City Hall about local efforts to boost the economy by luring more foreign investment. We all know quitting smoking saves lives and money – Francesca [...]

Not surprisingly, there’s a strong election theme this week – a sign of much more to come. Here are some of our reporters’ latest pieces: Rima Abdelkader’s story about the challenge foreign-language journalists are having translating “maverick,” “Joe Sixpack,” and other colloquial campaign phrases made Off The Bus. The article became our latest election piece [...]

Even with the recent holidays, our newsroom has been buzzing. Here are some of the latest rewards of your hard work: Rosaleen Ortiz reported for the AP from Chile about a document-preservation effort to help tell the full story of those who “disappeared” during the murderous Pinochet era. Her story was picked up by MSNBC, [...]

Even with the recent holidays, our newsroom has been buzzing. Here are some of the latest rewards of your hard work: Rosaleen Ortiz reported for the AP from Chile about a document-preservation effort to help tell the full story of those who “disappeared” during the murderous Pinochet era. Her story was picked up by MSNBC, [...]