Tag: Rima Abdelkader

Road Rage, the U.S. Open and Social Networking in Iran

By Collin Orcutt | June 24, 2009 | Clips of the Week, News

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

By Collin Orcutt | June 16, 2009 | Clips of the Week, News

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

By Collin Orcutt | June 9, 2009 | Clips of the Week, News

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 [...]

Arm Wrestling, the Zimbabwean Health Crisis and Good Friday

By Collin Orcutt | April 21, 2009 | Clips of the Week, News

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 [...]

Latino Day Laborers, Rezoning Webster Avenue and an Oud Master

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

Judging by the prodigious output this week, it looks like spring fever has hit. Here are some of the latest fruits of your labor: The second and last part of Carla Murphy’s series on efforts to boost sports opportunities for girls in public schools was featured in Women’s eNews. Carla’s work on this subject has [...]

Federal Transit Aid, NYPD Possibly Witholding Evidence and Two Hospitals Close in Queens

By Collin Orcutt | March 9, 2009 | Clips of the Week, News

Packing all we need to do into 24 hours is tough enough, but doing it all 23 is harder. Try to find time, though, to check out some of the latest examples of our reporters’ fine work: The News Service was humming this week: Brian Winkowski and Rima Abdelkader put together a video story about [...]

Nov. 22 – Dec. 5, 2008

By Collin Orcutt | December 7, 2008 | Clips of the Week

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 [...]

An Election Night hate attack, the Gotham Awards and the Fatboys Running Club

By Collin Orcutt | December 5, 2008 | Clips of the Week, News

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 [...]

Oct. 18 – 24, 2008

By Collin Orcutt | October 26, 2008 | Clips of the Week

Not surprisingly, there’s a strong election theme this week – a sign of much more to come. Here are some of our reporters’ latest pieces: Rima Abdelkader’s story about the challenge foreign-language journalists are having translating “maverick,” “Joe Sixpack,” and other colloquial campaign phrases made Off The Bus. The article became our latest election piece [...]