Greetings,
We’ve got a nice mix of new and familiar names among the bylines this week. Check out our latest linkfest:
•Carmel Delshad’s story about a reported increase in opposition to new mosques in New York made Voices of NY.
•Channon Hodge produced The New York Times’ weekly Artsbeat video.
•Orlando Rodriguez’ story about a popular Martha’s Vineyard man awaiting a heart transplant made the The Martha’s Vineyard Times.
•Elbert Chu’s piece about racecar driver Ken Block’s latest Gymkana viral video found a home on ESPN.com.
•Kevin Sheehan wrote a feature on a bikers’ club for the newly relaunched Our Town Downtown.
•Our News Service is bustling: Joseph Stepansky reported on special blood drive effort. Judy Le and Alcione Gonzalez covered First Lady Michelle Obama’s U.S. Open appearance. Brendaliss Gonzalez and Christina Diaz teamed on a video story about the challenges of teaching 9/11 to those too young to remember. Elis Estrada and Annais Morales combined on this video piece about a new technology-oriented high school in Brooklyn.
•The latest on The Local includes contributions by, among others: Lisha Arino, Martin Burch, Liza Eckert, Celia Gorman, Michelle Gross, Lisa Mahapatra, Susan Rohwer, Jorteh Senah, Rebecca Sesny, Mary Shell, Christine Streich, Amanda Woods and the indomitable Mitch Trinka (welcome back!).
•Bianca Seidman traveled to Kentucky to help shoot and produce this PBS Need to Know segment about a military pension “buyout” firm.
•Alva French wrote a post for PBS’s POV blog about filmmakers’ issues with Final Cut X.
•Megan Izen, reporting out of Pretoria, worked on this Global Post video about efforts to create better batteries.
•An Phung’s article about an Indonesian rehab center was featured in the Jakarta Globe.
•Matt Draper’s profile of the Lady Gaga of tennis made the New York Post.
In our Alumni Corner, Nadia Sussman worked on this Global Post video profile of Otto Perez Molina, who appears poised to win the Guatemalan presidential election.
Congrats to all – and keep ‘em coming!
Cheers,
Jere