A smattering of South Africa
In Cape Town I was working for News24.co.za, the largest news site in South Africa. While I was there, I wrote a few health pieces for the Health24 section (which is an MSN partner), mostly on World-Cup related themes:
Crenshaw package in Mediabistro’s Fishbowl LA
Mediabistro’s Fishbowl LA picked up our series on Crenshaw today. The set of 10 stories examines the challenges and successes faced by residents of a historically blighted urban area in Los Angeles, including Crenshaw High School. An excerpt from my piece on nutrition follows…
PTSD in Urban High Schools: Huffington Post
Today my article on post-traumatic stress among Crenshaw High schoolers was picked up by the Huffington Post.
Citizen Cope @ the Wiltern – LA Record
[This is from that hip music 'zine I write for sometimes]: Having lived in D.C. for five of my formative years, it’s hard to believe something so soulful could come out of that place. I’m not sure how a city so Blackberry-powered and pinstriped could produce someone like Citizen Cope, but I’m glad it did....
The pillow is mightier than the face
Behold, photos from LA’s take on International Pillow Fight Day, which was yesterday. I only got hit in the face once, which I consider pretty lucky.
Prez-periment
So I tried this Prezi thing today for the first time to go with this story about the Artcycle and green spaces in L.A. Not so bad for fake Flash, no? Artcycle up close on Prezi
How will healthcare reform help you?
As always, what concerns House members most is not what the bill can do for their country, but what the bill can do for their district. That's why yesterday Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) compiled a list of the benefits of the healthcare reform bill for every congressional district in the nation.
I looked at the reports...
"The people, united, will never be defeated."
Yesterday I went to UCLA to watch all the Marching Forth. Till I get the sound edited, here’s what went down: Here’s what it was like and here’s what I thought of it.
Andrew Bird review
His signature whistling is one of the few quantifiable characteristics of Bird’s flighty, unique brand of music-making. The rest is an unpredictable smattering of sounds that meander along gracefully, occasionally straying a bit from reality to go down some sidestreet of Bird’s convoluted psyche. To get it, you really have to see it.
LA School of Gymnastics Offers Parkour Indoors
Cliff Kravit, a trainer in the art of Parkour, teaches aspiring traceurs how to climb walls and jump tables – without risking life and limb. (from NeonTommy.com) Shot on a Canon DV camcorder, edited on Avid Newscutter. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCYPORnWnhY]
Deconstructing Obama's Haiti op-ed
President Obama's Haiti op-ed in Newsweek is a well-written, moving and inspiring treatise on the moral imperative of humanitarian aid in natural disasters.
We would expect nothing less from a president who rode into Washington thanks in large part to his oratory acumen, and who continues to follow-up any major policy decision with an op-ed about...