Making News: Lowenstein, Kennedy, MacMillan, Basu and Landry

Dart Society President Jeff Kelly Lowenstein left The Chicago Reporter,where he’s been a staff reporter since January 2006.  His new post is the database and investigative editor for Hoy, the Chicago Tribune’s Spanish-language newspaper.  “It’s a thrilling position rich in opportunity and challenges, the first of which is language,” he writes.  Read more about his new job on his blog. Enhorabuena!

Kelly Kennedy has this article in USA Today that includes input from Dart trauma experts Frank Ochberg and Elana Newman. Kennedy sought to learn how Japan’s tsunami/earthquake/nuclear meltdown affects the psyche of a nation. From the story: “Elana Newman, a University of Tulsa psychologist who researches the effects of disasters on mental health, said she worries most about the intangibles of the weekend’s events. Rebuilding is tangible. Money is tangible. Even loss, in some ways, is tangible. But radiation is not.”

Jim MacMillian is a journalist-in-residence at Swarthmore College, advising students who report and produce War News Radio.  He is also teaching graduate multimedia reporting courses at the Carter Journalism Institute at NYU, and leads journalism innovation seminars at Temple University.  Find out more on his website.

Moni Basu continues to report on Haiti for CNN, lately on the return of Aristide.  Check out her reports of last year’s  earthquake here.

Alysa Landry of the Farmington Daily Times in New Mexico, covers the Navajo Nation. Here’s one story about home-heating options that caught my eye.

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