“Good-for-you, brussel sprouts journalism” has a fairly idealistic mission – to educate the public on the workings of the state government. This drive encourages private donors to fund The Texas Tribune. Government officials are more wary of the watchdog function of the media. Nonetheless, this type of journalism is very narrow and attracts a very [...]

A constant ominous theme underlies the entire documentary. Spike Lee opened Act III with the boisterous and rowdy jazz of the Hot 8 Brass Band, to give the viewers a taste of the culture of New Orleans. The band played “When the saints go marching in,” but there was no quick and competent solution that [...]

Jewel Avenue and 73rd Avenue in Queens meet at a dead end at Utopia playground. There, UPS trucks, Fedex trucks, and ambulances line the street, their drivers asleep at the wheel.
In the mornings, the truck drivers meet there for their morning coffee before they drive off on their rounds. Often, ambulance drivers simply sit in [...]

With Election Day drawing closer and the primary elections under way, candidates running for public office are trying to get their names out to the public. In Fresh Meadows, Queens, storefronts are plastered with candidate’s posters that urge voters to vote – on September 15th. Some storefronts even had posters of opposing candidates running for [...]

Fresh Meadows, a neighborhood in Queens, has had a population increase in recent years – an increase that won’t show up in the 2010 Census. Households with school-age children feel the population increase through the increased enrollment in the neighborhood elementary school, middle school, and high school. Residents of the area see the increase in [...]