It’s been March Madness keeping up with all the great stories being produced by our reporters, past and present. Check out some of our latest links:
•The J-School I-Team dominates the latest issue of City Limit with a multi-story package on the Bronx’s “Phantom Landlord.” Contributors include Lisha Arino, Roxanna Asgarian, Tamy Cozier, Juan Alberto De Jesus, Paul DeBenedetto, Brendaliss Gonzalez, Judy Le, Michael McCutcheon, Hannah Miet, Annais Morales, Laura Ratliff, Nicholas Rizzi, Dan Rosenblum and Jacqueline Vergara. You can find links to the stories, here, via the News Service. I also have a copy of the issue, if anyone wants to see the stories in newsprint.
•Joanna Fantozzi’s profile, with slideshow, of a barber from Uzbekistan made Voices of NY. Rachel Sapin contributed a story-and-slideshow package about local reaction to financial troubles in Greece.
•Claudia Bracholdt, working for the Mott Haven Herald, reported on plans to close Samuel Gompers High School.
•Anika Anand’s story about microlending in the Bronx made the Daily News. Tristan Hallman chronicled efforts to boost enforcement of the pooper-scooper law.
•Elbert Chu, working for The New York Times’ SchoolBook blog, reported on a band students who paid surprise visits to members of the city’s Panel for Educational Policy.
•Speaking of The Times, the latest on The Local includes posts by, among others: Erin Horan, Jesse Leon, Amora McDaniel, Joe Stepansky, Jane Teeling, Linda Villarosa, Brenna Walton and Kyle McGovern.
In our Alumni Corner:
•Michelle Bangert explored rocket science in this piece for Hemispheres magazine.
•Alva French produced this AP video about tourists flocking to Harlem churches.
•Amy Kraft wrote a piece for OnEarth about dogs that track pythons in the Everglades.
•Anna Limontas-Salisbury worked on a documentary project called Motherhood Around the Globe. Check out an excerpt here.
•Kate Pastor was named weekly editor of the year by the Local Media Association for her stewardship of The Riverdale Press.
•Jordan Shakeshaft’s review of the Nike+FuelBand found a home on Greatist.com.
•Rasmus Raun Westh sold an updated version of his AudioFiles piece about the Syrian resistance to Deutsche Welle Worldlink.
Congrats to all — can keep ‘em coming!
Cheers,
Jere