July 11th, 2008 by Jere Hester
- The J-School made a nice showing in the Sunday papers on June 29. Damian Ghigliotty’s feature on dying funeral homes in Queens got great play in the Times’ City section. Meanwhile, Barry Paddock’s first-person piece story about his newsworthy landlord woes merited a whole page in the Daily News.
- Stephen Bronner’s been very busy for the Queens Courier. His latest clip is a city sidewalks piece that had its origins in Prof. Diaz’ class.
- Claudia Cruz got the quote of the week when she asked actress Michelle Rodriguez about her troubled past. “No soy una muchacha rastrera!” (”I am not a lowlife!”) Rodriguez told Claudia — giving the editors at Diaro Libre their headline.
- Matt Townsend shared a byline in this Pro Publica piece about a political fundraising firm whose practices have draw questions.
- Abi Ishola’s audio story on budget retailers’ forays into high fashion made the News Service.
- A sweet tooth trumps a sour economy, Joshua Cinelli found for the Daily News in a story sure to bring smiles to the faces of candy store owners — and dentists — everywhere.
- Danny Teigman has a more sobering economic story for Newsday about how the Midwest floods could lead to food cost hikes in New York.
- Before you spend your hard-earned $11 to see Diminished Capacity, check out Henry Stewart’s review in The L Magazine.
- You can see the Waterfalls installation for free. For a preview, check out a slideshow produced by Linnea Covington for New York Press.
- While New York has the Waterfalls, Point Reyes, Calif. has the Sun Festival baby blessing. Clark Merrefield has the details in the Point Reyes Light.
- Francesca Levy’s story about a GMAT cheating scandal made BusinessWeek.com’s homepage.
- Carl Winfield also has been busy for BusinessWeek. Check out his slideshow on how rising oil prices are having an impact on costs of various petroleum-based products — everything from asphalt to plastic bags.
- It’s also proving a productive summer for our alumni: Dan Carty’s exclusive on J. Edgar Hoover’s hatred for columnist Art Buchwald made cbsnews.com, and was picked up in many places — including The Washing Post, Buchwald’s old paper. Dan put in his request for Buchwald’s FBI file when he started the story in Prof. Lehren’s Investigative Reporting class.
- Never let it be said that Dmitry Kiper doesn’t suffer for his art. He turned an unexpected punch in the face into a first-person piece for NY Press.
- Brigid Bergin’s multi-media package about Lower East Side artists who are using their creativity to stay in the changing neighborhood made WNYC.