Clips of The Week

  • By Newmark J-School Staff
Check out our latest links – including Amanda Hou’s Village Voice video about a deadly Upper West Side intersection.
Check out our latest links – including Amanda Hou’s Village Voice video about a deadly Upper West Side intersection.

Check out some of the latest links from our reporters:

•Amanda Hou’s Village Voice video tells the story of a deadly Upper West Side intersection.

•Anugya Chitransh, working for the News India Times, wrote about how an Indian-American scientist accidentally discovered a mountain had been named in his honor.

•Elijah Stewart, working for CBS Philly, handicapped the Phillies’ trading deadline outlook.

•Jennifer Lehman, in a story for Voices of NY, reported on a push for more public data about hepatitis.

•Jaclyn Anglis, working for the Daily News, profiled a high school teacher who helps students pursue culinary careers.

•Oresti Tsonopoulos’ New York Times’ video, which shows vintage Citroen owners driving around the city to celebrate Bastille Day, hit the No. 1 spot on the site’s video ranking list that day.

•Oliver Morrison’s story for Chalkbeat Tennessee about a teenage poetry champ from Memphis got picked up by Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls site.

•Rosie Goldensohn worked on a DNAInfo report that found TLC inspectors wrongly accused hundreds of motorists of driving illegal livery cabs.

•Bianca Flowers’ story about a program that helps at-risk teens made Juvenile Justice Information Exchange.

•Thad Komorowski interviewed Dr. Clement Price about the Newark Black Film Festival for WBGO Journal.

•Cynthia Magnus’ story for the Coeur d’Alene Press about Idaho’s efforts to keep the gypsy moth out of the state got picked up by The AP.

•Stefani Kim’s piece about criticism surrounding the United Nations’ upcoming first World Conference on Indigenous Peoples made Native Peoples Magazine.

•Danny Lewis, working for WNYC, reported on a federal class-action lawsuit alleging state health officials unfairly cut home care services to the disabled and chronically ill.

Here are some nuggets from our Alumni Corner:

•Roxanna Asgarian, working forJuvenile Justice Information Exchange, wrote about the debate over whether to raise the state’s age of criminal responsibility.

•Mirva Lempiainen, in a piece for 219 Magazine, shared some insights about her life as a travel writer.

•Fausto Pinto’s story about undocumented and unaccompanied children crossing into the U.S. made the front page of the Connecticut Post.

•Sara Sugar’s capstone, about the challenges facing LGBTQ kids in foster care, was published by City Limits.

Congrats to all — and keep ‘em coming!