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. [...]
Tag: Michael Preston
An Art Therapist, Cyber Monday and an Ippie Award
Thanksgiving Travel, Parking Tickets and The Boss
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 [...]
The Yankees Parade, Murdoch v. Google and a New Use for a Facebook Status
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, [...]
Art Cars, Mural Restoration and Sen. Snowe's Health Care Vote
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
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 [...]
Bread and Tombstones, Low-tech Hackers and the Healthcare Debate
Some good news to kick off the Fall semester: The News Service’s election coverage is a finalist in the Online News Association awards, marking more well-deserved recognition of our school-wide effort on that historic day. The winner will be announced Oct. 3. Meanwhile, here are some more fruits of your summer labors – appropriate reading/viewing [...]
Invoking Thomas Jefferson, Helicopters Crash Above the Hudson and Rats Find Refuge
Many of the internships are wrapping up, but the stories keep coming. Here are some the latest pieces by our reporters: Joel Schectman wrote a story for BusinessWeek about rejected iPhone apps. Kate Zhao’s piece about the coming “smart-grid” world, where appliances like dishwashers will automatically run in off-peak electric-use hours, made The Wall Street [...]
Dec. 6 – 12, 2008
I know better than to let my lede get bogged down with sentimental mush about graduation, so let’s get straight to business: Henry Stewart’s entertaining review of the not-so-entertaining (by his reckoning) revival of “All My Sons” was featured in The L Magazine. Linnea Covington offered a somewhat more positive review of the new Nolita [...]
A Sari Tailor, Growlers, and the Queens Balloonatic
I know better than to let my lede get bogged down with sentimental mush about graduation, so let’s get straight to business: Henry Stewart’s entertaining review of the not-so-entertaining (by his reckoning) revival of “All My Sons” was featured in The L Magazine. Linnea Covington offered a somewhat more positive review of the new Nolita [...]
Nov. 22 – Dec. 5, 2008
I took a week off from Clips of the Week – but our reporters didn’t rest. Here are some offerings from the past two weeks: Rima Abdelkader scored a scoop with this interview with the victim of a suspected Election Night hate attack. Her piece appeared on the News Service, and is scheduled to be [...]

