Blogs at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

Posts Tagged ‘Georgia Kral’

Jan 26 – Feb 1, 2008

February 1st, 2008 by Joe Filippazzo

Dec 1 – Dec 7, 2007

December 7th, 2007 by Joe Filippazzo

Nov 10 – Nov 16, 2007

November 16th, 2007 by Joe Filippazzo

Nov 3 – Nov 9, 2007

November 9th, 2007 by Joe Filippazzo

Oct 22 – Nov 2, 2007

November 2nd, 2007 by Joe Filippazzo

Oct 20 – Oct 26, 2007

October 26th, 2007 by Joe Filippazzo
  • Check out the latest two editions of our new NY Pulse podcast on the News Service site. The current very timely podcast about flu shots was produced by Megan Kelty, with stories reported by Carolyn Nardiello and Laura Silver. You can still catch last week’s edition about the challenges running enough phys ed classes in city schools. The program was produced by Angela Hill, with reports by Megan and Chika Osaka.
  • Daniel Macht did a story about the impact of the lowest Social Security increase in several years — giving the reader a combination of real people and hard facts. The piece was published in the Queens Courier.
  • Vinita Singla got two clips in Brooklyn’s Courier Life. She covered the opening of a new wing of a Williamsburg school, and reported on two students’ alternative plan for the old Domino Sugar refinery.
  • Keeping with the waterfront revival theme, Cristina Alesci also made the News Service with a Downtown Express story about a glass hotel planned for the old Battery Maritime Building.
  • Georgia Kral scored a solo byline on the front page of the Times’ Connecticut section this past Sunday with her fine news feature on the possible New England casino war.
  • The J-School also was represented in the Times by Mathew Warren who shared a byline on this story about Gov. Spitzer’s controversial plan to grant illegal immigrants driver’s licenses.
  • Heather Appel went to Japan for this great video piece about the first Power Soccer world championship, in which player compete in motorized wheelchair. She reported the story for AP’s asap service.
  • Heather also found time to report and write this Daily News story about the 21st anniversary of a non-profit housing group in Mt. Hope.
  • Cathy Jedruczek has been busy as a bee at BCAT (try saying that 10 times fast!), and our reward is getting to see these three fine stories: go here and click on “A Polish Empire in Greenpoint”. For the other two, go here. Cathy’s stories are titled “Prepping For Parenthood” and “Sleep Disorder Lab.”
  • Dan Rivoli got right to this point with a three-word lede in this very timely health story for the Daily News.
  • Marelene Peralta, writing for Newsday, outlined the debate over a proposal to cut flights at JFK.
  • Danny Massey also was busy for Newsday with this piece about the unveiling of a memorial for a fallen soldier.

Sept 29 – Oct 5, 2007

October 5th, 2007 by Joe Filippazzo

Sept 8 – Sept 14, 2007

September 14th, 2007 by Joe Filippazzo
  • Georgia Kral notched a co-byline in this New York Times story about the primary election victory of the under-investigation mayor of Hartford.
  • Mathew Warren shared a byline in this Times story about the evacuation of a troubled West Harlem building.
  • Dorian Davis’ piece about much-rumored plans for an 800-story building in Japan made for fine reading in Architectural Record.
  • Andrew Hawkins wrote a strong piece for Sunday’s Daily News about Southeast Asian immigrants in the Bronx who are quietly battling internal demons decades after leaving Cambodia and Vietnam.
  • Want to eat well on the cheap — and get a little fresh air? Check out Matt Sollars’ Daily News piece about the streetcorner chefs vying for the most prized of New York culinary awards: The Vendys.
  • Danny Massey broke news with his piece about an internet-based campaign to stop the annual United American Muslim Day Parade. His article, published in Newsday, spurred some debate on the cable TV gabfests. But as Ana Toro and Tanzina Vega show in their companion video piece, the protesters couldn’t rain on the peaceful parade.
  • After Cristina Alesci covered a protest by tenants who live in a violation-ridden West Harlem building, she knew she wanted to stick with the story and began digging deeper. What she didn’t know was that just six days later the residents would be evacuated from their homes by the FDNY, which declared the building unsafe. Thanks to her contacts, she was able to get pictures from inside the building and managed to track one of the displaced residents to a homeless shelter, giving a human face to the story.

Aug 25 – Aug 31, 2007

August 31st, 2007 by Joe Filippazzo
  • Danny Massey added this week to his great, ongoing multi-media series about a badly injured soldier’s return to New Jersey. Check it out on the Star-Legder of Newark’s website.
  • Georgia Kral stirred things up this summer in New Haven, where her strong local stories for the Independent drew many responses from readers — none more so than this piece about a local politician’s racially tinged clash with cops.
  • Andy Greiner tells the story of a race car driver (PDF) fighting his way back from massive injuries. Is he brave or crazy? (The driver, not Andy.)
  • Jose Moreno did it all in Spain — reporting, writing, taking pictures, writing captions and headlines, and laying out pages for Sur in English. Check out this story (PDF) about a Senagalese woman who is helping fellow immigrants in Malaga.
  • Ben Levisohn describes his past life as a daytrader in this first-person piece for BusinessWeek.
  • Tim Catts also was busy for BusinessWeek – breaking a big story on MSNC’s badly flawed stock-picking contest. Here’s my favorite of the series, with a headline that (almost) says it all: “The Million-Dollar Waitress.”
  • Claudia Cruz chronicled the summer cross-country adventures (PDF) of a Washington-Heights scouting troop for the Manhattan Times.