Posts under ‘Bernstein Spring 2009’

On the weekends, this bar is packed wall to wall with a diverse collection of Crown Heights residents. It is more than just a bar however—it is Franklin Park, the official beer garden of Crown Heights. Differing from most bars and even most beer gardens, Franklin Park offers more than just beer.  Dutch Boy Burgers–homage [...]

From the smell of spicy Halal food to the delicious taste of indulgent cupcakes, vendors look forward to the next customer transaction. But there is one thing that these street-smart businessmen and women do not hope for: the visit from a government official. “The inspections are surprises, it could be anyone, anywhere and anytime coming [...]

When the radio was invented, it created new ways people could get their news. For many years it was popular. Almost everyone had a radio. The thought was that the radio was so amazing that nothing would ever take its place. However, once the television was invented that all changed. With the invention of the [...]

Our final project for Professor Bernstein’s “Perspectives on the News” class was called “A La Cart.” The project dealt with different aspects of food and vending carts. I was excited to work on our final project with my group. Our niche was how vendors market their carts and the foods they sell. For my part, [...]

            The future of American Journalism is under the microscope, and its stableness is pending recovery.             According to the Columbia Journalism Review, the structure of journalism is shifting significantly.   Reporting that was once existent on a smaller scale has made the move to a larger platform.  Society has been affected by the economic blow [...]

There are both positives and negatives of “good-for-you, brussel sprouts journalism,” Some of the positives deal with having a specific niche to deal with. Having a specific  niche makes it so that a certain story will get full coverage instead of being a five minute story on a site or news network where everything has [...]

When it comes to New Orleans many people envision Jazz players, dancing in the streets and of course Mardi Gras. The history of New Orleans would not be complete without those threads woven into that city. However on August 28, 2005 a far more devastating act would occur in New Orleans which from now until [...]

David Carr’s article creatively discusses a new platform for reporting and journalistic media under the format created to be brussels sprouts journalism. This form of journalism involves the “shaving off” of certain aspects of the news, and only keeping what is good for public readership. I think ‘brussels sprouts’ will provide a stable, responsible and [...]

The Analysis of Spike Lee’s When the Levees Broke          Although we were unable to hear Spike Lee’s commentary directly through the film, the development of the piece reveals his point-of-view and how he interprets the ‘resulting views’ of this tragedy. In a nutshell, When the Levees Broke is the reflection of the people during [...]

Captivating and inspiring; those are just a couple of the words that can be used to describe the atmosphere at the book reading by Joseph O’Connor. At the beginning of the readings he discussed his love of going to the library and poets that inspired him, such as John Dunn. He then went about reading [...]

In 2007 a survey released by the Census Bureau stated that approximately 45.7 million people in the United States did not have health insurance. It does not make me happy to say that I am one of those 45.7 million, but I am.  On October 7th, 2009 anchor Keith Olbermann, host of Countdown on MSNBC, gave [...]

This, I repeat, this is not your typical bookstore. The Revolution is here, but there are no protests on 14th Street or any demonstrations in The Village. Instead, the local activism has hit the four corners of a unique bookstore, located on 26th Street between 6th and 7th Avenue. Revolutionary Books/Libros Revolucion is more than [...]

In a neighborhood where cafes and thrift shops are in high demand, there is one place that is entirely different from the “norm.”  Conveniently located on the corner of Lincoln and Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, Mandala Tibetan, the India and Nepalese establishment, is a unique addition to the area and residents of The Slope [...]

One day while looking through my e-mails I found one that stated that they were offering free French and Spanish courses at the Harlem Children’s Zone for adults. Since it was the summer and I didn’t have anything particularly important to do at the time I decided to register and take the French class. I [...]

Stepping above ground at 125th Street and Saint Nicholas Avenue in Harlem, James Brown’s hit, Payback plays loudly on a vendor’s neon green stereo, African women dressed in brightly patterned garments persistently chirping, “hair braiding, we braid hair,” and a brand new Starbucks bustles with folks craving a caffeine high. Harlem’s 125th Street is set [...]

  The sound of kids playing nearby in Henry M. Jackson Playground along Henry Street is all too common . Not far away, children accompanied by their parents can be seen entering Henry Street’s Youth Services, services which focus on educating, encouraging, and enriching the lives of the individual youth. In spite of the economic [...]

“I think if we have affordable housing, specifically low-income housing, it will be problematic,” said Ann Bobco, a Lower East Side resident since 1986 and a former member of Community Board 3 in the late ‘90’s. “We will be dropped into the midst of “ghettoization.” Her husband, Bill Wuertz, also a 23 year Lower East [...]

Spend a Saturday or Sunday at Two Coves Community Garden for a day of fun-filled activities for all to enjoy run by local Astoria residents. There is live music, a potluck, an instrument-making workshop for indoor composting, soil workshops, recipe sharing, and a chance to plant daffodil bulbs. Two Coves is a 25,000 square-foot triangular [...]

At first glance this small storefront stirs up confusion. Just three months ago this was a vacant building. As proof of its youth, there are no bold letters reading ‘Gas Media’ above the store, just temporary sticker letters in the window that spells out the name and gives a list of the services it provides. [...]

Across neighborhoods in Brooklyn, peaceful dreams are being interrupted. James Nowello is a Brooklyn resident from Bushwick who like most homeowners is dealing with the consequences of a declining housing market. In the mid-2000s Bushwick, Brooklyn was experiencing a huge foreclosure crisis. As of late 2008, it was one of the highest rated foreclosed neighborhoods [...]