2009

Ghana Boosts Dressmaking to Create Jobs The government hopes that teaching more than 600,000 young people to tailor and sew will dent the 25 percent unemployment rate By Amy Ascherman	*InterPress* Nov. 5, 2009
A Second Life for Food Restaurateurs share their secrets for economizing during lean times By Nadia Arumugam	WAVE JOURNEY *Wave Journey* January 2009
Gen Y Reads -- But Only for Nine Minutes A Day Are twentysomethings changing the culture of literature? By Alexandra Beggs	*USA Today* Feb. 25, 2009
FALLOUT Cold War era-uranium mining leaves a poisoned legacy for the Navajo By Katy Bolger	* The Brooklyn Rail* December 2009 *Sydney Hillman Foundation Award* November 2009
Foreclosing on God Some churches that grew aggressively are losing their buildings, and are forced to double up By Katy Bolger	*InterPress* April 14, 2009
Disabled Iraq War Vet Claims he was Beaten by McDonald's Workers (with video) New Yorker said workers violated the law by refusing to serve him because he was accompanied by his service dog. By By Caitlin Brown	*Gothamist* Nov. 21, 2009
Scion of Disgraced Televangelists Preaching in Hipster Bars Wearing a cross, star of David and Islamic crescent moon, Jay Bakker speaks of “inclusion.” By By Courtney Crowder	*Culture 11*
The Gift Giving Retailers Less As consumers get wise and states crack down, stores are enjoying fewer windfall profits from unused gift cards. By Brian Conway	The Epoch Times, Jan. 1, 2009
U.S. Muslim Women Fight for Power Young, educated women are demanding more authority at the mosque By Aisha Gawad	*InterPress* March 11, 2009
The 23-Year-Old Intern Did I just graduate, or am I imagining it? Journalism alumni keep right on interning at big publications, leaning on retail jobs and parents to pay the bills By Ava M. Feuer	*Poynter/Romenesko* Dec. 16, 2009
Documenting an Uprising, a Photographer is Charged with a Murder Coverup By Mari Hayman	*Worldpress* April 23, 2009
Of Hope and Hokey Pokey (Or, what they were doing while you were home watching it on TV) By Mari Hayman	*The Arizona Reporter* Jan. 20, 2009
Second Thoughts Costs and crowds weaken inauguration turnout expectations By Kashmir Hill	*The Orange County Register* Jan. 15, 2009
Barred from Proselytizing in China, Mormons Try a Chinatown One of many sects aiming to convert new immigrants By By Patty Lee	*Mr. Beller's Neighborhood* April 8, 2009
As the Krona Crumbles, Icelanders Turn to Crafts Could creativity be a way out of crisis? By Rabeika Messina	*The Christian Science Monitor* March 6, 2009
U.S. Latins Celebrate Long-Hidden Jewish Roots Geraldo Rivera, Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Brett Rattner are among them By Julie Sobel	*The Jewish Exponent*
Struggles of a Warrior Nation (slideshow) Native American veterans’ forgotten battle with post traumatic stress By Nicole Tung	*Hearst College Photojournalism Award, 3rd Place* April 2, 2009
A Mosque that Can't Borrow Faces the Loss of its Home (video) Members hope Islamic financing practices arrive in time to save it By Lily Vosoughi	*AOL VIdeo* Dec. 21, 2009
A Super Fan Says Goodbye (video) Most people think the New York Yankees’ new $1.5 billion stadium is pretty great. But at least one fan is struggling with a sense of loss. By Krishnan Vasudevan and Rob Moretti	*WPIX-TV*
An Unrepentant Repo Man Claims he seized his own mother’s car By Krishnan Vasudevan	*The Trenton Times* March 30, 2009
In New York's Chinatown, an Inauspicious New Year (video) By Yang Yang	*AOL News* March 9, 2009
An Ad on Every Block? As you walk down the street — ping — another ad arrives on your phone. But the visionaries promise this won’t drive you mad. By Jay Yarrow	*The Arizona Reporter*