Check out some hot links on an extremely cold Presidents Day:
•Mariana Marcaletti’s look at the future of mobile news delivery found a home with PBS Mediashift/Idea Lab.
•Rachel Glickhouse’s story about the potential impact of Rio de Janeiro’s sewage problems on next year’s Olympics made Fusion.
•Damian Geminder’s article about the fall in coat donations amid plunging temperatures was published by City Limits.
•Meral Agish reported this piece about vaccines for The New York Times’ Retro Report series.
•Oliver Morrison, in an article for The Atlantic, wrote about the lack of conservative news satirists.
•Patrick Donachie, on assignment for the Mott Haven Herald, reported on a push to get legal help for low-income tenants battling in Housing Court.
•Julia Alsop put together a story for The Heart podcast about one woman’s painful quest for beauty.
•Maya Dangerfield, working for West Side Rag, reported on noise concerns prompted by a restaurant’s plans to serve diners in its backyard.
•Cole Rosengren, on assignment for Gotham Gazette, wrote about the scramble for sanitation jobs.
•Allegra Abramo’s story about kids charged with caring for ailing older relatives made Youth Today. Colin Archdeacon and Audrey McGlinchy teamed on a piece about health benefits available to former foster children under the Affordable Care Act.
•Laura Bult’s package on a rise in demand for guns and gun training in the Ferguson, MO area found a home on Juvenile Justice Information Exchange.
•Gwynne Hogan reported on the revival of an anti-lynching play in Brooklyn for Voices of NY. Michaela Ross produced a package about Room 28, a Latino sketch comedy group. Roxanne Scott covered a hackathon in the Bronx. Pearl Macek and alum Melisssa Noel teamed on a piece about an exhibition featuring artists from the global African diaspora.
Speaking of our alumni…
•Martin Burch worked on The Wall Street Journal’s decidedly viral map of subway station bacteria.
•Nicholas Martinez’ story about cover songs made Junk Media.
Congrats to all – and keep ‘em coming!