HEALTH
Latina, March 2010 - Sound the Alarm
One in seven Latina teenagers will attempt suicide. Not only has this trend remained steady for more than a decade, but also the rate is higher than those of white or black teens. But in recent months, new research has begun to yield answers about why so many of our girls are trying to take their own lives.
HEALTH
Philadelphia Inquirer, April 2010 - Probiotic Growth Precedes Science (AVAILABLE FOR REPRINT)
Across the country, people are turning to probiotic products, which have exploded in the health food and supplement markets... But as often happens in the United States, big sales precede the science.
HEALTH
Philadelphia Inquirer, March 2010 - Where to get a doctor's appointment -- today (AVAILABLE FOR REPRINT)
Struggling with a hacking cough that kept getting worse, Paul Spelman needed to see a doctor in January - and fast. His wife was just weeks away from giving birth to their first child. But Spelman, 30, a graduate student at the Wharton School, didn't have a family doctor in Philadelphia. So when his cough woke him up early one morning, he searched online for a quick appointment in the city.
HEALTH
Los Angeles Times, July 2007 - Alcohol abusers not seeking help
The vast majority of adult Americans who abuse alcohol never seek treatment, according to a new government public health survey. The survey, the first of its kind by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in 10 years, presents a full picture of alcohol disorders in the country.
HEALTH
South Jersey Magazine, February 2010 - The Beat Goes On
Heart disease, a catch-all term incorporating such conditions as coronary artery disease and heart attack, is the leading cause of death in New Jersey and nationwide. But the number of heart disease deaths has been declining, in part due to advancements in the treatment of disorders relating to the heart and its vessels. Throughout South Jersey, hospitals and medical centers are working to keep up with innovations in heart care.
HEALTH
Newsday, January 2009 - Born into Luxury
With pullout sleeper sofas, 42-inch, flat-screen televisions and wireless Internet connections, the private rooms planned for two Long Island hospitals look more like upscale hotel lodgings than postpartum recovery suites. Stark, shared maternity rooms will go the way of outdated wards at Long Island hospitals.
HEALTH
ColorLines, October 2009 - Latinos Face Cancer Scourge (AVAILABLE FOR REPRINT)
With the Latino population set to triple by 2050, the already alarming number of cancer diagnoses in the Latino community could rise just as sharply, or even more drastically, according to a new compilation of research. “I see this as a train wreck that’s really waiting to happen,” said Lydia Buki, associate professor of community health at the University of Illinois.
SCIENCE & TECH
Newsday, June 2007 - Flight to Nowhere
Two government employees spent an hour on a rainy Wednesday morning doing a bird survey, part of an effort to determine locally what experts say is true nationally - that many common birds are slowly disappearing around the U.S. and Long Island.
SCIENCE & TECH
SmartPlanet.com, February 2010 - Death and the Internet: How your online identity can live on after death
Ever wonder what will happen to your email account after you die? What about the hundreds of photos you’ve stockpiled on Flickr? And will your blog live on, even if no one updates it?
SCIENCE & TECH
SmartPlanet.com, February 2010 - 50 days in bed for science: Inside NASA's bed rest study
Heather Archuletta isn’t an astronaut. But if the U.S. space program ever lands on Mars, she’s taking partial credit. A three-time participant in NASA’s bed rest studies, Archuletta gives up weeks of her life for research on how space travel affects astronauts’ bones, muscles and blood.
SCIENCE & TECH
SmartPlanet.com, March 2010 - MC Hammer: Rap artist turned social media 'super geek'
MC Hammer, known for his Grammy-winning music, has spent the past decade reinventing himself as a social media mogul... Last week, as the opening keynote speaker at the Wharton Business Technology Conference in Philadelphia, Hammer advocated that businesses embrace social media.
PROFILE & Q&A
ColorLines, January 2009 - Graphic Novels that Heal (AVAILABLE FOR REPRINT)
On a summer day in the mid-1970s, a young Jaime Cortez was working in the garlic fields of Gilroy, California, with his mother, father and older sister. An Immigration and Natural-ization Service van roared onto the site, and suddenly workers were scrambling. The Cortez family was not undocumented, but that didn’t matter to Jaime Cortez, the child of Mexican immigrants who felt—and continues to feel—like an outsider.
PROFILE & Q&A
KoreAm Journal, December 2008 - Bye-Bye, Bling (AVAILABLE FOR REPRINT)
“We’re, like, the most non-designer designers,” says Tina Chang, sitting across from her business partner, Esther Mun, at a coffee shop in downtown Manhattan. Indeed, dressed plainly and carrying items from their unadorned product line, born of a shared philosophy that prohibits “design for the sake of design,” Chang and Mun look less like stylistas than the European tourists and hipsters that populate the tables around them.
PROFILE & Q&A
SmartPlanet.com, March 2010 - Pauline Frommer on why smart people travel
A traveler since she was four months old, Pauline Frommer is the author of award-winning guidebooks, the host of a radio talk show and a columnist for MSN Travel and Weight Watchers. The daughter of Arthur Frommer, she has carved out a niche in the world of budget travel.
PROFILE & Q&A
SmartPlanet.com, April 2010 - The man who collects seeds to save mankind -- and promote justice
For Cary Fowler, saving thousands of seed varieties in a fail-safe vault in a remote Norwegian mountain is about more than life and death. It’s about justice. Fowler is the executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, which runs the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Nicknamed the Doomsday Vault, the project launched to “to serve as the ultimate safety net for one of the world’s most important natural resources.”
PROFILE & Q&A
SmartPlanet.com, March 2010 - Grant Imahara from MythBusters on busting myths and building robots
Grant Imahara is in the business of busting — or proving plausible — myths. As one of the faces of the Discovery Channel show MythBusters, Imahara gets to test out the tall tales that drive us crazy. I caught up with Imahara, a member of the show’s build team specializing in animatronics, while he was on the MythBusters set. He explained how he got into this field, talked about the myth he really wants to test and shared details of the project that’s keeping him late at work.
PROFILE & Q&A
Action, July 2010 - Hero Quest: In Search of a Star to Shine Light on Spina Bifida
Laura Tellado didn’t choose spina bifida. The condition chose her, striking before birth and leaving a signature lesion on her spine. More than two decades later, Tellado hopes others will choose spina bifida—as a cause. As the author of the blog
“Holdin’ Out for a Hero,” Tellado, 23, has devoted the last year to encouraging movie stars and other big-name public figures to serve as spokespeople for spina bifida, and to educating the public about the condition she lives with.
FOOD
The Bronx Times, 2007 - Bronx Little Italy soldiers on, as heritage fades
For how good this ricotta-filled cannoli tastes, one would think there were little Italian grandmothers slaving away in the kitchen of a Bronx pastry shop. But today, it is Mexican immigrants who create some of the tastiest treats in the Bronx's Little Italy.
FOOD
Spaghetti & Meatballs blog, January 2010 - The secret ingredient in tomato sauce is...
Last summer, Andrew and I made a quick sauce with fresh tomatoes from the farmers’ market. The tomatoes tasted sweet and delicious when raw, but as they stewed our quick sauce became tart and acidic. We tossed in spices, but nothing quite worked. We ate, disappointed. And I made a mental note to ask my grandmother how to never again ruin a fresh tomato sauce.
NEWS & FEATURES
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, July 2010 - Off to the Races
At colleges and universities across the country, the study of ethnic media is growing. Some schools, such as California State University, Northridge, sanction studentwritten ethnic publications. The University of Georgia and Louisiana State University, among others, host events for ethnic media reporters. The expanding interest in ethnic media is, at least partly, a practical one. While many mainstream media outlets face declining revenues and readership, ethnic media is growing.
NEWS & FEATURES
Newsday, August 2009 - Helicopter-plane collision kills 9
Nine people were presumed killed when a sightseeing helicopter and a small plane collided over the Hudson River about noon yesterday, authorities said, resulting in the deadliest crash over the waterway in recent memory. The plane, bound for Ocean City, N.J., and carrying a pilot and two passengers, including a child, may have slammed into the back of the helicopter, which had five Italian tourists and a pilot aboard, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at a news conference.
NEWS & FEATURES
Newsday, October 2007 - How John helped Jackson (Page 1)
When Michele Iallonardi heard about half-priced swimming lessons for children with autism, she was skeptical they would work for her son, Jackson. But ever hopeful, Iallonardi enrolled Jackson in one-on-one classes. "I'm never going to see what happens if I don't do it," she said. What happened was a surprising but too brief experience for Jackson, a connection that inspired Iallonardi to write a story for the most recent book in the motivational series "Chicken Soup for the Soul."
NEWS & FEATURES
Newsday, December 2007 - The Battle to Connect
Jackson Louie, a 9-year-old with dark, shaggy hair and chubby cheeks, sits across from student teacher Jaclyn Lee. A thick three-ring binder, in which Lee writes constantly, is on the desk between them. "Where do you go to sleep?" Lee asks. "In the bedroom," Jackson says softly, without making eye contact. They repeat the exchange four more times. Jackson, who has autism, has earned a penny.
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