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 [...]

Check out some of the latest examples of our reporters’ fine work: 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Xiomara Martinez-White wrote about the trend of folks purchasing travel insurance with a layoff insurance option. Her piece made Marie Claire. Stop by my office for a look. Mike Reicher helped produce a timely blog post for The Local, written by a merchant who is balancing business with motherhood. Maria Clark informed Daily News readers [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Here’s some more proof that the upcoming Spring break is well deserved: Mirva Lempiainen’s very timely – and close to home – story about college students cutting back this year on elaborate Spring fling plans was featured on the News Service. Kristen Joy Watts’ touching slideshow about the death – no, the life – of [...]

March is going out like a lion at the J-School. Here are some more great examples of our reporters’ work: 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 [...]

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 [...]