• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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 Age, made Vanity Fair’s website.
• Joe Walker’s article about tenants’ battle to save their Brooklyn building was featured in City Limits.
• Sandra Roa’s story and audio slideshow about photographer Joseph Rodriguez, who sees himself as a social worker with a camera, found a home in The New York Times’ Lens blog.
• Speaking of The Times, Damiano Beltrami filed a “dynamite” story for The Local that also made the City Room blog. Vineeth Thomas wrote about the closing of a Fort Greene sandwich shop (a picture by Kristen Joy Watts accompanies the piece). Nicholas Martinez, meanwhile, covered a Atlantic Yards project protest.
• Hannah Rappleye offers an inside look at the old Mary Immaculate Hospital in a pair of audio slideshows picked up by the Queens Courier.
• Erica Soto’s article about salsa great Willie Colon made The Amsterdam News.
• Eleanor Miller and Megan Finnegan teamed on story for Irish Central about a ceremony honoring some long-forgotten immigrants.
• Sergey Kadinsky wrote a piece for CBSNews.com about Sarah Palin’s latest call for oil drilling.
• Emily Johnson’s story about plans for a new skate park made the Canarsie Courier. Come on by my office to check out a copy.
• Maria Clark shared a byline on this Daily News story about flooding in Queens. Kate Nocera contributed to this article about proposed stiffer penalties for cabbies caught talking on cell phones while driving.
• H’Rina DeTroy and Mark Morales teamed on a video for the News Service about a student-designed, science-themed playground in Brooklyn. The story packages nicely with a previously published piece by Jessica Dailey.
• Maya Pope-Chappell wrote about Isiah Thomas and Magic Johnson’s war of words for NBC Local Integrated Media. Emily Feldman, meanwhile, chronicled President Obama’s recent shout out for mayoral candidate and City Comptroller Bill Thompson.

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• 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 in the Brooklyn Eagle.
• Megan Finnegan’s article about actress Julia Stiles, who is set to make her Broadway debut in “Oleanna,” is featured in Irish Central.
• Ines Bebea’s post about a community mural on Myrtle Avenue made The New York Times’s Local site. Damiano Beltrami took some pictures for a Local photo project, including this shot of a cat named Sally Jean. Jim Flood, meanwhile, offered a picture of a dog walker taking an ice cream break.
• Speaking of The Times, Kristen Joy Watts contributed a couple pieces to the Lens photo blog, including this post about a photographer who went from taking pictures of bounty hunters to chronicling the fashion world.
• Jenni Avins interviewed chef David Chang for Saveur.
• Xiomara Martinez-White wrote about Kate Gosselin’s new talk show for The Frisky.
• Jessica Simeone shared a byline on this New York Post piece about the Second Avenue Subway’s latest snag.
• Maya Pope-Chappell wrote about the death of Manson Family killer Susan Atkins for NBC Local Integrated Media. Emily Feldman, meanwhile, contributed a story about the end of Brooklyn, or rather, Breukelen.
• Kate Nocera, working for the Daily News, covered the hit-and-run killing of a 12-year-old girl in Brooklyn. Mark Morales shared a byline on a story about Christmas in September.
• Michael Preston wrote about the recent slaying of a Census worker in Kentucky for True/Slant.

In our Alumni Corner, Nadia Zonis (’07) is taking questions this week at The Times City Room blog about her new book, “City Walks With Dogs: New York.”

Shuka Kalantari (’08) has been busy at work for KQED’s website. Check out this audio slideshow about a health inspector in San Francisco.

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• 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.

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• H’Rina DeTroy wrote about how women in the Sudan are using a secret code to subvert the insidious practice of female genital mutilation. You’ll find her piece on The Huffington Post.
• Jenni Avins’ brief about a new mural at Houston and Bowery made New York Magazine.
• Joe Walker, writing for City Hall news, profiled a darkhorse City Council candidate who notched Local 1199’s endorsement.
• Kate Zhao wrote a piece for the Dow Jones Newswire about a plan to help make the Empire State Building a little greener.
• Check out some of the photos taken for The Local by middle schoolers trained by Kristen Joy Watts. Some of the pictures also made yesterday’s Metropolitan section of The New York Times. Meanwhile, Mike Reicher produced this video, reported by two of the high school students he helped train last month.
• Sandra Roa worked on this NYTimes.com video about an Argentinean man’s battle against a drug called paco.
• Our latest example of J-School teamwork: Rachel Senatore, Alana Rigal and Brigid Bergin (’07) combined on this WNYC post about pizza ovens.
• Valerie Lapinski reported, produced and edited this Time.com video about a Brooklyn hair salon that’s donating proceeds from Farrah Fawcett-inspired hairdos to help domestic violence survivors.
• Damiano Beltrami shared a byline on this Jordan Times story about Jordan’s efforts to improve science training.
• Ben Fractenberg put together this audio slideshow package for Haaretz about the Ofra settlement on the West Bank.
• Mark Morales wrote a piece for NBC Local Integrated Media about a way to Twitter prayers for placement in the Western Wall. Emily Feldman, meanwhile, wrote about some tough requirements for astronauts in the Chinese space program.
• Kate Nocera shared a byline on this sad story about a 5-year-old boy who died a day after the Jet Ski accident that also killed his father. You’ll find her article in the Daily News.
• Jessica Simeone shared the byline on this New York Post story about a math problem to chew over.

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• 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 involving trees – and stories), and Maria Clark (on the closing of a senior citizens service center).
• Joe Hirsch (’07), the paper’s community editor, wrote about a march to denounce gun violence (Maria contributed an audio slideshow). Incoming student Azriel James Relph (’10) wrote about artists’ fears of being forced out by rising rents.
• Geneva Sands-Sadowitz worked on this Nightline Twittercast web show about the swine flu.
• Valerie Lapinski interviewed Buzz Aldrin for this Time.com video pegged to the 40^th anniversary of the moon landing.
• Speaking of space travel, Joel Schectman wrote this article for BusinessWeek about NASA considering hiring private contractors to take on some key duties.
• Jenni Avins wrote a piece for Saveur about hamburgers that are worth a trip.
• Alana Rigal put together the slideshow for this WNYC post about Albany’s so-called Four Amigos.
• Nicholas Martinez worked on this NBC News story about Paul McCartney.
• Karina Ioffee wrote an article for the AP about the Russian government telling postal officials that cops are allowed to open private mail.
• Kate Nocera shared a piece of Page 1 and the byline with this Daily News story about a cop wounded in the line of duty.
• Xiomara Martinez-White wrote about the viral “JK Wedding Entrance Dance” video for People.com.
• Jessica Simeone, covering the Astor trial for the New York Post, wrote about disputes over money and marbles.
• Emily Feldman penned a piece about oddball jail mates Phil Spector and Charles Manson for NBC Local Integrated Media. Meanwhile, Mark Morales wrote about a report that Walter Cronkrite was floated as a possible running mate for George McGovern in 1972.
• Damiano Beltrami, who is working in Jordan, filed a long distance post for The Local, following up on a story he broke before the summer. Jim Flood wrote about the opening of a much-needed bank. Mike Reicher, along with Sandra Roa and others, led a three-day journalism training session for high schoolers in Ft. Greene, as Kristen Joy Watts wrapped up her photography training for middle schoolers. Meanwhile, a montage of some of the pictures and video captured by the high schoolers Lois DeSocio worked with in New Jersey can be found here.

In our alumni corner, Kate Pastor wrote an article for The Riverdale Press about the family that started the now-embattled Stella D’oro cookie company.

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• 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 pioneering South Bronx health clinic and is now, at 80, trying to establish a charter school specializing in health care. You’ll find the story in The Hunts Point Express.
• Sandra Roa helped put together this NYTimes.com video about the uncovering of streams in Seoul.
• Xiomara Martinez-White wrote about the ongoing Michael Jackson saga for People.com.
• Emily Feldman also worked on a Jackson piece for NBC Local Integrated Media. Mark Morales, meanwhile, wrote about “prison coaches” hired by white-collar criminals.
• Jessica Simeone helped cover the Astor trial for the New York Post.
• Karina Ioffee wrote about the Jewish community in Russia for The Huffington Post.
• Nicholas Martinez contributed to NBC’s story about the appointment of Dr. Regina Benjamin as surgeon general.
• Kristen Joy Watts ran photo training sessions for middle schoolers as part of her duties for The Local, and produced an audio slideshow for The Times’ Lens blog. Lois DeSocio, meanwhile, mounted journalism training for high schoolers in New Jersey. Jim Flood is working on what could become a great collaborative journalism project: hunting down the story on an abandoned church.
• Kate Zhao wrote an article for the Dow Jones Newswire about the money to be made managing companies’ efforts to reduce carbon footprints.

In our alumni corner, Mathew Warren shared the byline on The News York Times’ lead story last Monday about racial disparities in unemployment figures in the city.

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