Blogs at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

Posts Tagged ‘Matt Sollars’

Dec 29, 2007 – Jan 4, 2008

January 4th, 2008 by Joe Filippazzo

Oct 6 – Oct 12, 2007

October 12th, 2007 by Joe Filippazzo

Sept 29 – Oct 5, 2007

October 5th, 2007 by Joe Filippazzo

Sept 22 – Sept 28, 2007

September 28th, 2007 by Joe Filippazzo
  • Mathew Warren shared a byline on this New York Times story about a fatal hit-and-run on Houston Street.
  • Annie Shreffler wrote about the struggles of small contractors to get subcontracting work on large public projects – such as the Croton Water Treatment Plant in Van Cortlandt Park – in this piece for the Norwood News.
  • Claudia Cruz wrote about a health fair for cabbies (PDF), held at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, for the Manhattan Times.
  • Sebastian Bednarski did a segment for Brooklyn Independent Television’s Sports Talk show on a martial arts master who teaches troops at Fort Hamilton. The teacher? Our own Officer George Cermak. Cathy Jedruczek assisted with the interview of George in Bryant Park. The segment is about 12 minutes into the show.
  • Amy Goldstein covered the opening of a new playground next to a Long Island City elementary school. Amy went beyond the ribbon-cutting hoopla, and gave the piece some depth with relevant statistics and other context. Her efforts, aided by Emily Keller, were featured in this week’s Queens Courier.
  • A two-part investigative series Danny Massey assisted with led Sunday’s Newsday.
  • Heather Appel scored a solo byline in the Daily News with her story about Iranians in New York weighing in on the Ahmadinejad visit.
  • Matt Sollars also contributed to the Ahmadinejad coverage and to this piece on a major crib recall.
  • Andy Greiner gathered reaction for this Daily News story about a City Council bid to penalize owners of messenger services and restaurants whose employees ride their bikes on sidewalks.
  • Prof. Anthony DeCurtis hit a high note with this great New York Times Art & Leisure cover piece chronicling the resurgence of Frankie Valli.

Sept 15 – Sept 21, 2007

September 21st, 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.