Tag: Kate Nocera

Holiday Toy Drives, A Queens Sculptor and the City's Anti-Obesity Campaign

By Collin Orcutt | January 4, 2010 | Clips of the Week, News

We had an eventful end to a busy semester – here is some fine reading and viewing for the holidays: 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 [...]

Deep Throat, the Times Square Gunman and a MetroCard Scavenger

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

Greetings, 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, [...]

An Art Therapist, Cyber Monday and an Ippie Award

By Collin Orcutt | December 7, 2009 | Clips of the Week, News

We’re in the homestretch and the stories are coming in at a rapid pace. Here are some of the latest: 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. [...]

Thanksgiving Travel, Parking Tickets and The Boss

By Collin Orcutt | December 3, 2009 | Clips of the Week, News

Hope everybody had a great holiday. Here are some of the latest examples of our reporters’ fine work: 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 [...]

Studs Terkel's FBI File, Obama Oil and the Bernie Madoff Auction

By Collin Orcutt | November 22, 2009 | Clips of the Week, News

Here are some stories guaranteed to make good weekend reading and viewing: Valerie Lapinski’s exclusive about the contents of Studs Terkel’s FBI file, posted on the News Service, went viral – The Associated Press, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, The Huffington Post and scores of other news sites and [...]

The Yankees Parade, Murdoch v. Google and a New Use for a Facebook Status

By Collin Orcutt | November 22, 2009 | Clips of the Week, News

The stories are piling up faster than autumn leaves – it’s getting hard for me to keep up. Here are some of the latest efforts: 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, [...]

Child Fruit Pickers, Gubernatorial Races and Pink-Slip Parties

By Collin Orcutt | November 5, 2009 | Clips of the Week, News

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 [...]

A Flood in Queens, Canarsie Skatepark Plans and the Battle to Save a Building in Brooklyn

By Collin Orcutt | October 26, 2009 | Clips of the Week, News

Another productive week – let’s get right to the stories: If you missed the live webcast of Audiophiles, produced by Kaili Boyd, Maureen Sullivan and Nicole Turso, no worries – you can listen here. Jenni Avins’ story about a screening of the film “The Bear” that was accompanied by a live, original score by No [...]

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 [...]