Deadline in Depth
Spring 2004
Each week, students enrolled in The Deadline In Depth are sent out on real-life breaking news and feature stories that can take them virtually anywhere in the New York City: ground zero, City Hall, backstage at the Westminster Dog Show, a matzo-ball-eating contest at a midtown deli. Working under deadlines as tight as any they would face in the newsroom, they report, write, and, when necessary, revise their pieces to the same high standards that would be expected of them on the job.
May
- Study says Physical Effects of WTC Still Felt - But Residents say Psychological Effects Even Worse
By Chris Nichols - Competitive Eater Marks Movie Premiere with Popcorn - 56 Cubic Feet of It to Be Exact
By Brad Sonneborn - Young Poets Present Their Work at CUNY Festival
By Kathy Young - Bureaucratic Mix-up Forces Tenants Back into Apartments City Says are Unsafe
By Mariah Blake - Undocumented Immigrants Rally in Support of Legislation to Legalize Their Status
By Mona Iskander
April
- Graphic or Not, Public Needs to See War Images, Photographers Say
By Marianne Reid and Liz Fox - Family, Friends Mourn Slain Immigrant
By Chris Nichols - Now They're Cooking: Students Compete for Scholarships at Culinary Competition
By Mona Iskander - Residents Angrily Question Columbia Expansion Plans
By Mariah Blake - Burger and Fries on the Menu - and the Guest List - at Party for Manhattan Eatery
By Kathy Young - Samurai Dance Troupe to Perform at Cherry Blossom Festival in Brooklyn
By Martha Jasso - Trailer Man: How a Specialist Lures Moviegoers with Snatches of Feature Films
By Kathy Young - Tibetans Conduct Hunger Strike to Protest Chinese Rule
By Mona Iskander - Comedian Billy Crystal Adds New Title - "Children's Author" - to His Résumé
By Virginia Langum - Their Lives Were Put on the Line-Literally: Bronx Exhibit Pays Tribute to Victims
By Rupal Parekh - Firefighters Face Host of Post-9./11 Problems, New Study Says
By Mariah Blake - Firefighters Who Served at Ground Zero at Higher Risk of Drinking Problems, Study Says
By Mark Glassman - Giuliani to Men: Don't Put Off That Checkup - It Could Save Your Life
By Mark Glassman - Flowers (and Eyebrows) Sprouting at the Zoo as Warm Weather Finally Arrives
By Kerry Savage - Hunger Strikers Demand Freedom For Tibetan Lama
By A.G. Basoli - Bugs are All Around - Literally - in New IMAX Movie at Natural History Museum
By Marianne Reid - City Hospitals Need More Police, Union Says
By Liz Fox - Video-Game Players Make Better Surgeons, Study Finds
By Kerry Savage - Study Connecting TV and Attention Disorders is Flawed, Some Experts Say
By Sharon Brock - Everyone's a Winner at Police Athletic League Tournament of Champions
By Chris Nichols - Students Try Out International Diplomacy at Model United Nations
By Marianne Reid - U.S. and Allies Are "Winning the Peace" in Afghanistan, State Department Official Say
By A.G. Basoli - "Buy Bronx, Grow Bronx, Nurture Bronx": New Institute Promotes Local Craftspeople
By Mariah Blake
March
- Music, the Universal Language, Brings Together Members of U.S. and Iraqi Orchestras
By A.G. Basoli - New Gastrointestinal Health Center Opens at Manhattan Hospital
By Sharon Brock - States Must Tighten Driver's-License Loopholes to Help Prevent Terrorist Attacks, Group Says
ByChimene Williams - New York's "Do Not Call" Registry Marks Third Anniversary
By Kathy Young - Play Ball! Yankees Fans Gather for Season Opener, Even Though Team is 7,000 Miles Away
By Mark Glassman - "Educate Yourselves," Former NBA Star Tells Kidney Patients
By Joelle Farrell - Bronx Science Students Win Visit from Dancing, Stair-Climbing, Multilingual Robot
By Rupal Parekh - Residents of HUD-Scam Buildings Hold Protest on Eve of Bank Auction
By Mariah Blake - Manhattan Student Wins Trip to National Spelling Bee - Again
By Brad Sonneborn - Police Unions Call for Investigation into Alleged Underreporting of Felonies
By Chris Nichols - Education in Afghanistan Making "Unprecedented" Strides, Afghan Official Says
By A.G. Basoli - Republicans Woo Washington Heights Residents in Register-to-Vote Campaign
By Liz Fox - Lights, Camera, and (Lots More) Action: NYC Wants to Lure More Filmmakers to Town
By Martha Jasso - Upper East Side Woman Sues Bloomingdale's Over Camera in Dressing Room
By Rupal Parekh - Israel Fighting Most Vicious War of the Century, Ambassador Says
By Chimene Williams - Council Members Propose Moratorium on "Outdated" Awning Codes for Businesses
Kathy Young - Nader Isn't on Super-Tuesday Ballot, But His Presence is Still Felt
By Liz Fox - War in Iraq and Memories of Vietnam Could Put Veterans Center Stage in Presidential Race
By A.G. Basoli and Jan-Christoph Kolb - Where is Hillary? Senator From NY Largely Invisible During Primaries
By Sharon Brock - Kerry Sweeps Super Tuesday Primaries; Local Voting Goes Smoothly
By Mark Glassman - Sharpton Hits the Airwaves, Not the Streets, on Super Tuesday
By Mark Glassman and Chimene Williams - Candidates Court Free Publicity in the Race for the Democratic Nomination
By Virginia Langum and Marianne Reid - New Yorkers Went to the Polls on Super Tuesday -- But Did It Matter?
By Chris Nichols - Democratic Candidates Take to the Web to Woo Votes, Volunteers
By Kerry Savage and Brad Sonneborn - Republicans Mum on Super Tuesday -- But Expect Them To Speak Up Soon
By Kathy Young
February
- Protesters Decry What They Call Anti-Semitism in New Mel Gibson Movie
By Jan-Christoph Kolb - Sampling Soup - and Preserving Traditions - at Cook-Off in Midtown
By Virginia Langum - Eggs Rain Down on East Village During Cooper Union's Annual Design Contest
By Kerry Savage - Metropolitan Museum to Announces Major Interior Renovation and Expansion Project
By Kathy Young - "What About Us?" Disabled-Veteran Street Vendors Ask Mayor
By Chimene Williams - A-Rod is Here, But Not Every New York Baseball Fan Is Cheering
By Brad Sonneborn - Repairs to Columbia Subway Stations Soon to be Complete, Transit Officials Say
By Mona Iskander - Public Advocate Responds to Information-Law Request, But Says She'll Protect Sources
By Liz Fox - With NY Primary Two Weeks Away, Edwards Supports Pitch Their Man
By Mark Glassman - Students Sing, Climb, Skate - and Learn - During Annual Presidents' Week Festival
By A.G. Basoli - Dominicans Cheer Arrival of Hometown Hero Alex Rodriguez
By Martha Jasso - New Breeds in the Spotlight At the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
By Sharon Brock - Radical Hospitality: Historical Society Exhibit Documents 9-11 Volunteer Efforts
By Kerry Savage - Saying "I Love You" With a (Free) Valentine - And a Little Help from a Pro
Chris Nichols - Antwone Fisher Helps to Open New Library for Teens in Midtown
By Rupal Parekh - Recovered From Plague, Couple Returns to NY to Thank Doctors Who Cured Them
By Marianne Reid - Read On, Best-Selling Author Tells Students at Opening of Teen Friendly Library
By Martha Jasso - At the Westminster Dog Show, Terriers Are Usually Tops - But Why?
By Joelle Farrell - U.S. and Allies Are "Winning the Peace" in Afghanistan, State Department Official Says
By A.G. Basoli - In This Race, They Were All Runners Up - The Stairs, That Is
By Kathy Young - Poverty Among Jews on the Rise in New York City
By Virginia Langum - Son of Slain Police Officer Asks for Release of Father's Killer
By Mona Iskander - A Race to the Top: Empire State Building Hosts Annual Run-Up
By Rupal Parekh - Judge Declines to Get Involved in Independent Party's Primary Dispute
By Brad Sonneborn - Firefighters Set Taste Buds Aflame During Hot-Sauce Cookoff
By Chimene Williams
January
- Angry Residents Say New Sports Complex Will Mean More Traffic, Pollution
By Mona Iskander - Natural History Museum Tries a Hands-On Approach With New Exhibit
By Mariah Blake - Matzo Madness: Subway Motorman Wins Annual Eating Contest (Again)
By Joelle Farrell - PETA Protests Animal Experimentation in Columbia Labs
By Chris Nichols
Spring 2003
Instructors for The Deadline in Depth are Laura Muha, a former general-assignment and feature writer for Newsday (tel.: 212-854-0117) and Joe Cutbirth, a former political reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and a doctoral student at Columbia.
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