As we welcome the Class of ‘15 and get ready for the return of the Class of ‘14, check out some of our reporters’ latest links:
•Roxanne Scott, on assignment for NPR’s Latino USA, covered the street-naming ceremony for Young Lords Way in East Harlem.
•Scott Klocksin, working for the Commercial Observer, looked at possible big changes in store for the 57th Street retail scene.
•Rosie Goldensohn’s story about a teenager who died at Rikers Island after his complaints of chest pains allegedly were answered with a prescription for hand cream made DNAInfo.
•Cynthia Magnus, on assignment for Idaho’s Coeur d’Alene Press, reported on health challenges facing long-haul truck drivers.
•Jennifer Lehman’s story on actress and writer Anna Fishbeyn’s one-woman show about “coming out” as a Russian immigrant made Voices of NY.
•Danny Lewis put together a package for WNYC on putting Ebola fears into perspective.
•Natalie Fertig’s photo essay on football camp at the University of Miami made the Miami Herald.
•Alum Ann Marie Awad teamed with Malorie Marshall on this WRKF and WWNO radio collaboration about Uber’s reception in Louisiana.
Speaking of our alumni…
•Jessica Glazer put together a news quiz – based on the state math exams – for ChalkBeat.
•Amanda Hou’s video about a 13-year-old designer whose work was featured in the Harlem Week Fashion Show found a home on The Village Voice’s site.
•Danny Massey’s story about Nat Nakasa – a South African journalist whose remains are finally headed back to his homeland, nearly a half-century after his death – made The New York Times.
•Melissa Noel wrote a travel piece about Grenada for The Grio.
•Sierra Leone Starks covered the aftermath of a deadly rafting accident for Alaska’s KTVA TV.
Congrats to all – and keep ‘em coming!