Clips of the Week

I took a week off from Clips of the Week – but our reporters didn’t rest. Here are some offerings from the past two weeks:

• Rima Abdelkader scored a scoop with this interview with the victim of a suspected Election Night hate attack. Her piece appeared on the News Service, and is scheduled to be published by In Focus, a monthly newspaper based in Southern California.
• Alana Rigal reported from the red carpet outside the Gotham Awards, and co-produced this video for the Daily News’ website.
• Henry Stewart offers some off-beat holiday gift ideas in this fun piece for The L Magazine.
• Francesa Levy has the lowdown on the most and least family friendly cities in the U.S. Check out her story and slideshow at Forbes.com.
• I’m just catching up to this fine Marathon story Kristen Joy Watts wrote for Law Times about a group of runners from Toronto who call themselves the Fatboys Running Club.
• Kate Lurie’s feature about a group of former prisoners who performed their off-Broadway show about life in a Manhattan half-way house for a grateful audience at the Greenhaven Correctional Facility merited full-page treatment in the Daily News.
• Stephen Bronner shared a byline on this Daily News story about protests at Rent-a-Center outlets.
• Matt Townsend contributed to this Daily News article about complaints over a new Burger King ad campaign.
• The city’s efforts to push its new regulation mandating chain restaurants to post calorie counts was chronicled in this video by Aisha Al-Muslim and Mirva Lempiainen. Their story is featured on the News Service.
• Cristiana Oliveira hit a Manhattan food pantry on Thanksgiving Eve, and found a huge line of folks waiting for turkeys and trimmings to take home. Her video made the News Service.
• Kieran Meadows and H’Rina DeTroy reported on the effort to force building owners to provide parking for bicycles in this video piece for the News Service.
• Mary Stachyra’s story and slideshow about the 75^th anniversary of Prohibition’s end made the News Service.
• Michael Preston and Collin Orcutt profiled an up-and-coming high school basketball star. Their video was picked up by sportcaster Adam Zagoria’s blog.
• Sergey Kadinsky’s Flushing River photo essay as featured on the Forgotten New York website.
• One of Candice Johnson’s Election Day photos made about.com.
• Three of our recent podcasts – Culture Shock, HealthPods and This Place Called Home – were broadcast Dec. 1 on radio station WHCR.

Congrats to all – and keep ‘em coming!

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!

In between embracing Summer’s final Fall visit, enjoy some fine reading, listening and viewing:

• Fritzie Andrade worked on a couple of videos posted this week on nytimes.com. She’s particularly proud of this fun piece starring chef Ferran Adria that could have been straight out of a Food Network show.
• Shuka Kalantari has been contributing to thehealthcareblog.com. She recently put together a post – combining text, links and audio interviews – about the push for a single-payer national health care plan.
• Kate Zhao’s been writing for New American Media about the economic crisis, with an eye on China. This piece tackles the relationship between the U.S. and Chinese economies.
• H’Rina DeTroy notched a clip in The Villager – a direct result of a connection made at the Meet the Media Makers mixer. Check out her feature on the annual Lower East Side Kids’ Art Bike Parade.
• Matt Townsend scored a solo byline on a Daily News story about a pregnant woman pulled from a burning house by two good Samaritans.
• Speaking of the Daily News, Lee Hernandez profiled designer Isabel Toledo, who gained notice when Michelle Obama wore one of her creations to a Manhattan gala.
• Jessica Firger and Maureen Ker’s TV-and-print package about the “pop-up” store trend made the News Service.

Congrats to all – and keep ‘em coming.