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 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.
Congrats to all – and keep ‘em coming!