• Kate Zhao’s article about an increase in counterfeit coupons made The Wall Street Journal.
• Keeping in the holiday spirit – and in the spirit of J-School teamwork – Alana Rigal and Rachel Senatore combined efforts on this multi-media preview of the annual Nathan’s hot dog eating contest.
• Speaking of holiday stories: Emily Feldman wrote a piece for NBC Local Integrated Media about the discovery of an early printing of the Declaration of Independence – it was found in the National Archives in London. Keeping with the amazing-finds theme, Mark Morales wrote about an “Antiques Roadshow” discovery: a carved jade piece worth an estimated $1.7 million.
• Veterans of the 1969 Stonewall Riots offer reminiscences in this video Jackie Linge produced for Salon.com.
• Jim Flood also put together a video pegged to the Stonewall anniversary for The Local, interviewing two longtime Clinton Hill residents about how life has changed over the last 40 years. Lois DeSocio put out the call for participants in an upcoming journalism workshop for students in North Jersey, a key part of our Local mission. Kristen Joy Watts and Mike Reicher are mounting similar efforts in Brooklyn. Stay tuned for more details.
• Joe Walker wrote a piece for City Hall about a documentary chronicling the unsuccessful attempt to unseat Shelly Silver.
• Heather Chin wrote an article for the Philadelphia Inquirer about a mentoring program that pairs students with health care professionals.
• Igor Kossov’s story about Ecuadorean immigrants who are returning home because of economic woes in New York made The Queens Courier.
• Damiano Beltrami shared a byline on a story about teenage drinking in Jordan for the Jordan Times.
• Marcella Veneziale reviewed a book about a young mom’s battle with the bottle for Parenting.com.
• Rima Abdelkader helped produce this walkup video to the Bernie Madoff sentencing for Al Jazeera.
• Mike Reicher wrote about opposition to plans to add an intake center for homeless men to the shelter in the Bedford-Atlantic Armory in Crown Heights. You’ll find his story in City Limits.
• Joel Schectman produced a video and wrote an accompanying print piece for BusinessWeek about a new iPhone and BlackBerry app that’s an English-Arabic translator.
• Jessica Simeone wrote a story for the New York Post about a proposal to use GPS technology to track alleged stalkers.

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• 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 building collapse.
• Speaking of the building collapse: Kristen Joy Watts snapped a picture of the aftermath for The Local, while Jim Flood wrote a follow-up story, as did Mike Reicher, who found the contractor didn’t have proper permits for the work reportedly being done.
• The Straphangers Campaign gave the R train an F — for Filthy, Jessica Simeone reported for the New York Post.
• Kate Nocera wrote about the 40^th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots for the Daily News.
• Speaking of the Daily News, Damiano Beltrami and Nick Loomis’ story about struggling immigrant day laborers being forced to cut back on wiring money home to Ecuador made the made the paper’s Queens section. You’ll find Nick’s accompanying audio slideshow on the News Service.
• Xiomara Martinez-White wrote about one of last week’s celebrity deaths – Farrah Fawcett – for People.com.
• Mark Morales wrote for NBC Local Integrated Media about how Time magazine rushed out a special edition commemorative Michael Jackson issue. Emily Feldman also contributed a sidebar to the Jackson coverage.
• Marcella Veneziale interviewed the national PTA president for Parenting.com.
• Nicholas Martinez was the lead researcher for this NBC News piece about former President George H.W. Bush’s latest skydiving adventure.
• Tim Persinko covered a protest by Iranians in Britain for The Independent.

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• 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. It’s pegged to the new remake of “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3.”
• More train news: Lois DeSocio contributed a story and short video to the New Jersey branch of The Local about the groundbreaking for the planned new tube under the Hudson. Jim Flood reported for the Fort Greene edition about a new flower shop, and Kristen Joy Watts snapped the picture that appears with this post about a Local meetup.
• Marcella Veneziale and Sophia Tewa teamed on this News Service video about students doing volunteer work. It packages nicely with a print piece by Sophia, which, as noted last week, made the Daily News.
• Sandra Roa co-produced a knockout video for nytimes.com about how to choose boxing gloves.
• If you missed the Independent Sources broadcast featuring Rima Abdelkader’s video about an Iraqi translator caught between two worlds, you can check it out here, about 20 minutes into the June 10 edition. The story also is on the News Service.
• Ben Fractenberg’s 219 Magazine humor piece about Twittering through history made the Huffington Post.
• Joel Schectman shared the byline on this BusinessWeek.com story about whether Palm’s Pre is living up to the hype.
• Karina Ioffee penned this article for the Daily News about teenagers competing against older folks for jobs.
• Mark Morales wrote about a dog named Jeter (not a goat named Castillo) for NBC Local Integrated Media. Emily Feldman, meanwhile, wrote about a smart teenager who put her doctors to shame.

In our Alumni Corner, Rosaleen Ortiz put together an out-of-this-world audio slideshow for ieee spectrum.

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• Igor Kossov wrote about the city’s plans to slash all-day Kindergarten slots at day care centers. His piece got some nice play in The Queens Courier.
• Marcella Veneziale wrote about growing noise complaints in Chelsea for Chelsea Now. Meanwhile, her story about the potential impact of a proposed outdoor advertising law on some historic districts made the News Service.
• Mike Reicher chronicled how the city’s plan to start posting health inspection grades in restaurants could hurt mom-and-pop cafes. You’ll find his article in City Limits.
• Jim Flood wrote for The Local about skepticism generated by the new Fulton St. BID . Ben Fractenberg helped bring together this community blogger about a local food co-op.
• Aisha Al-Muslim’s story about Costco, asthma and East Harlem made the Daily News. See the attached pdf.
• Aisha was joined in the Daily News this week by Joel Schectman, who had some fun with this brite about a very hungry yoga instructor. Maria Clark, meanwhile, hit the streets to find some bargains in Co-op City. Sergey Kadinsky got a tag line on this story about a triple shooting at a barbeque.

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• 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 Post with his story about the Zimbabwean health crisis.
• Kate Zhao wrote a post about China’s U.S. Treasury securities holdings for Big Think.
• Kate Nocera wrote a nice sign-of-the-times story for MainStreet.com about how the rickety economy is helping keep some shaky marriages from falling apart.
• Karina Ioffee and Sophia Tewa teamed on this News Service video about a free night out for unemployed Lower East Siders.
• Speaking of our News Service, Marcella Veneziale offered this timely audio slideshow about a Hell’s Kitchen bakery known for its traditional Greek Easter breads.
• Ben Fractenberg is sure to get a bunch of newsroom arm wrestling challenges tomorrow after writing this fun first-person piece for the Daily News.
• Our crew contributed to other Daily News stories: Maria Clark wrote a feature about the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. Tim Persinko penned a Good Friday story about one man’s ongoing comeback from addiction. Sergey Kadinsky shared the byline on this story about a Staten Island brush fire. Jeanmarie Evelly wrote about free tax preparation services.

Our Fort Greene Team also has been busy, working for The Local:

• Kristen Joy Watts put together a story and slideshow about the Labor Services Resource Room on Fulton Street. Mary Stachyra covered a public meeting about postal problems in the area. Damiano Beltrami put together a story and a slideshow about a local church that’s broadcasting its services on the radio after a three-decade hiatus.

And from our alumni corner:

• Claudia Cruz, editor of El Correo and staff reporter for The Queens Courier, has been writing for both publications about a spate of gang violence. Check out this piece about two gang-related slayings in Corona.

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• The Mott Haven Herald, our latest effort to cover to journalistically underserved neighborhoods, is off to a strong start. Prof. Stein’s staffers, among them Maria Clark, Lindsay Lazarski and Caroline Linton, contributed to the first wave of articles.
• Our other local news venture, The Local, features contributions this week from Kristen Joy Watts (a fun photo) and Mary Stachyra (a piece about a Public Advocate candidates’ forum).
• Marcella Veneziale and Jeanmarie Evelly teamed to report on how pension changes could spur an exodus of nurses. Their story was featured in City Limits.
• In another sign of J-School teamwork, students from Prof. Mifflin’s class – including Nicholas Martinez, Amber Benham, Marcella Veneziale, Collin Orcutt, Maya Pope-Chappell, Kaili Boyd, Xiomara Martinez-White, Lois DeSocio, and Sergey Kadinsky — offered photos and stories about artists working out of Smack Mellon gallery in DUMBO. Their story made the News Service.
• Speaking of our News Service, Robert Voris’ piece about artificial turf wars in city parks was posted this past week.
• Sergey Kadinksy’s account of the impending demise of the Soho DKNY advertisement mural, which started as a local bane and became an icon of the changing neighborhood, was featured in AMNew York.
• Igor Kossov’s article about how merchants along Kings Highway are trying to beat the recession made the Brooklyn Eagle.
• Meanwhile, Tim Persinko’s piece about merchants’ struggles along Brooklyn’s Avenue U found a home in the Daily News.
• Joel Schectman shared the byline on this Daily News story about the murder of a family man in Brooklyn.
• Maria Clark shared a Daily News byline with J-School alum Barry Paddock on another sad murder story.

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• Nicole Turso wrote about the race to replace Joe Addadbbo in the City Council for City Hall news.
• Kate Nocera hit the streets to pull together this fun sign-of-the-times video for the TheStreet.com.
• Marcella Veneziale wrote about how art galleries are dealing with the economic downturn for Chelsea Now.

The last week also produced some great examples of J-School teamwork:

• Joel Schectman and Kate Zhao combined efforts on this The Huffington Post story about the Charter 08, the pro-democracy petition circulating in China.
• Collin Orcutt, Indrani Datta and Mark Morales worked together on a video about the automation of the L Train. You’ll find their story on the News Service.
• Sergey Kadinsky and Maria Clark contributed reporting for this Daily News story about an on-duty Long Island cop killed by an allegedly drunk driver.
• Maria teamed with alum Barry Paddock on this Daily News article about another alleged drunk driving incident, this one outside a Queens club.

Speaking of our recent alumi:

• Mathew Warren scored a solo byline in the Times with his story about the burglary of a unique Brooklyn recording studio.
• Emily Mayer got to hang out with the Knicks and their dunk king Nate Robinson for this New York Post video about love and basketball.

Congrats to all – and keep ‘em coming.