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 [...]
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Obama in Russia, Diplomacy Through Jazz and the Death of Robert McNamara
The Madoff Sentencing, Counterfeit Coupons and the Stonewall Riots Anniversary
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
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
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
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. [...]
The Anniversary of Tianamen Square, Randy Johnson's Secret Weapon and the Brooklyn Immigration Project
Looks like our reporters are off to a quick, productive start to the summer (and it’s not even officially summer yet!) Here are some of the latest links: Our Brooklyn immigration project – Brooklyn Bridges Culture - is online. Congrats and thanks to all of our Craft II reporters and profs for turning around another [...]
Mistaken Dynamite, Bronx Terror Plots and Illegal Bees
We had a predictably strong finish to very productive semester. Let’s get right to it: Damiano Beltrami scored a Gray Lady trifecta with a dynamite story and audio slideshow that first appeared on The Local. The Times also touted the piece on its City Room blog, and ran the print version in the Metro Section. [...]
Fort Greene Writers, People's Court and Money Under the Floor
We’re in the homestretch and coming on strong. Congrats again to all on the latest recognition of our News Service. Here are some more examples of our reporters’ fine work: Kristen Joy Watts put together a short story and audio slideshow for The Local about an art exhibition featuring the work of Brooklyn Community Housing [...]
Swine Flu, Bed-Stuy Living and a Giant, Inflated Rat
What a great week – first the News Service was honored with two first-place SPJ awards, then we learned that Kristen Joy Watts and Collin Orcutt were named to the UWIRE100 list of the top collegiate journalists in the country. Here are some more examples of the kind of fine work that is getting our [...]
Arm Wrestling, the Zimbabwean Health Crisis and Good Friday
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 [...]

