Oct. 11 – 17, 2008
The weather is getting cooler, but our hot streak continues. Here are some of the latest pieces:
- It’s not even Halloween, buy many of us already are beginning to think about holiday travel plans. Before sure to check out these Forbes.com pieces by Francesca Levy about the best and worst times to fly and how to save on holiday travel.
- Joshua Cinelli tackles the potential impact of Wall Street’s woes on public pension systems for City Hall.
- Jenni Avins’ story about a former temple that’s been reborn as a mosque made the Queens Courier.
- H’Rina DeTroy’s article about East Village anger over the slow pace of a playground rebuilding project was featured in The Villager.
- H’Rina was joined in The Villager by Matt Townsend, who wrote about a pedestrian mall improvement plan along Allen Street.
- Megan McGibney put together a video piece for nypost.com on the race Staten Islanders seem to care about most this year: the contest to replace disgraced Rep. Vito Fossella.
- Abi Ishola’s been hosting the News of the Week segment for CUNY TV’s Independent Sources, a new show, produced by Prof. Prout, about the ethnic media. Abi’s segments are usually about 17 minutes into each show. But be sure check out the full broadcasts – it’s a great way to learn more about what’s going on, and to pick up story ideas and pinpoint more potential outlets for your work.
- Annie Shreffler’s been added The Huffington Post’s OffTheBus masthead for a feature she started, called Eyes and Ears, which solicits fun election-related items.
- Barry Paddock covered a heartbreaking fatal fire story for the Daily News.
- Caitlin Drexler dished up some food-world news for Saveur’s Word of Mouth blog.
- If you missed this week’s live audio webcast of Health Pods – produced by Loren Bonner, Shuka Kalantari, and Djenny Passe-Rodriguez – check it out here.
- Vinita Singla’s timely TV piece about voter registration drives and her companion print story made the News Service.
Congrats to all – and keep ‘em coming!