Work by PCIM Interns
Sampling of Work by PCIM Interns, Summer 2012
KALEY BELVAL '15 at E/The Environmental Magazine (subscription needed to view some articles in full)
For the Birds: Actress and Audobon Supporter Jane Alexander
Rethinking Brand Loyalty, book review of Ethical Chic: The Inside Story of Companies We Think We Love by Fran Hawthorne
Green Job Hunting: Matching Your Skills with available green jobs
Fight of the Mountain People, book review of Stand Up That Mountain: The Battle to Save One Small Community in the Wilderness Along the Appalachian Trail by Jay Erskine Leutze
Scaling Down, book review of The Resilience Imperative: Cooperative Transitions to a Steady-State Economy by Michael Lewis and Pat Conaty
TIM BIDON '14 at City Limits
Queens Residents Pumped Up Over Flooding
KACEY DEAMER '13 at Mother Jones
"Short Takes" - Synopsis of the documentary The Waiting Room
Study: Raising MPG Standards Creates Jobs
Film Review: Brave Will Leave You Bored
From Sherwood Forest to Wall Street: The Robin Hood Tax Campaign Comes to America
Global Obesity Weighs on Resource Requirements
Report: Rhode Island Is the Fastest-Warming State
Happy Planet Measurement Has U.S. at the Bottom
Scientists: Climate Change Causing Green Life to Bloom Under Arctic Ice
Breaking: World Going to Hell in a Handbasket
Are Recent Animal Disease Outbreaks Linked?
Indonesia's Ambitious Rainforest Plan Not Going So Well
L.A. Bans Plastic Bags. Is Your Town Next?
MEGAN DEVLIN '13 at Global Exchange
New Report on Rights of Nature Confronts the ‘Greed’ Economy Agenda at Rio+20 (cowritten)
A chance for youth to “right” a sustainable future
What do Rights of Nature Mean to Global Exchange? (video)
Hydrofracking: Our right to say ‘No’ (video)
Leaving Global Exchange with New Global Perspectives (Global Exchange blog post)
MARIANA GARCES '13 at FAIR
Media Not Concerned About the Very Poor: Study finds poverty not an issue in most election coverage
(written with Steve Rendall in the September 2012 issue of Extra!, the magazine of FAIR, and widely reprinted, including by AlterNet and CommonDreams)
Sampling of Work by PCIM Interns, Summer 2011
CAROLYN CUTRONE '12 at FAIR
Deficit-Obsessed Media Misinform on Causes (with Steve Rendall)
ADAM POLASKI '12 at Bilerico
Adam wrote so many stories for Bilerico, where he continues as a contributor. See them here.
TAYLOR LONG '13 at In These Times
200,000 Tell Obama: We Won't Donate if You Cut Safety Net
More than 100,000 Agree with Senator Sanders: The Wealthy Must Pay Their Fair Share
LA Unions Rally to Support Grocery Workers
At 42nd Annual Pride Parade, Plenty to Celebrate (story and slideshow)
Environmentalists to NY Gov. Cuomo: Think Long and Hard before Lifting Frack Ban
Corporations Gotta Pay! Audio and Visuals from the Stand Up! Chicago Rally
Organizers Work with Businesses to Prevent Wage Theft
KRISTY ZHEN '13 at The Indypendent
Sampling of Work by PCIM Interns, Summer 2010
ISABEL BRAVERMAN '12 at GRITtv.org
“Hydrofracking for Natural Gas” (7/22/10 – with Sarah Friedland, assisted by IC’s Rebecca Coffman)
ISABEL BRAVERMAN '12 / REBECCA COFFMAN '12 at GRITtv.org
“Move That Game: Boycotting Arizona” (7/15/10)
MELANIE BREAULT '11 at The Nation
"Credit Unions Help Students See the Light, Not the Red" (8/3/10)
"Upcoming George W. Bush Memoir Eagerly Embraced by—the Democrats?" (Media Fix blog, 8/2/10)
"Obama on The View, Survives Mockery by Palin, Colbert, Fox News" (Media Fix blog, 7/29/10)
"StudentNation: Making an Educated Investment" (7/27/10)
“Actually Getting There Is Only Half the Battle” (7/14/10)
“Gulf Oil Leak Causing ‘Doomsday’” (Media Fix blog, 7/13/10)
ALYSSA FIGUEROA '12 at FAIR
"Honduras Down the Memory Hole" (Extra!, August 2010)
“Burqa Ban: Coverage of a Law to ‘Free” Women Leaves Them Voiceless” 7/16/10
CHRIS GIBLIN '11 at CityLimits.org
"City Expands East River & Long Island Sound Cleanup Effort" (8/12/10)
"Hasidic Rapper Promotes Racial Harmony in Crown Heights" (8/5/10)
"How Much Stimulus Money Went to Low Income Areas?" (8/4/10)
"Did Environmentalist Back Arizona's SB1070?" (8/2/10)
"Electric Car Infrastructure Coming to NYC" (7/19/10)
"Behind the Scenes of an Eviction" (7/16/10)
"Opponents Mobilize Against New Harlem Charter School" (7/16/10)
"City Agencies Uneven on Voter Registration Push" (7/14/10)
“Most Oil Heaters Will Get Cleaner, But Dirtiest Won’t” (6/29/2010)
“High Hopes for Paterson’s Immigrant Pardon Panel” (6/23/2010)
SHERRY SHEN '11 at HuffingtonPost Business
"Rags to Riches: 10 Self-Made CEOs Who Started with Nothing," 8/4/10
“Barry Ritholtz: Housing Prices Are Still Too High,” 6/30/2010
“The Most Unexpectedly Profitable Celebrity Businesses,” 6/28/2010
Other blog contributions here
ZACHARY TOMANELLI '11 at FAIR.org
"Who Gets to Review, and Be Reviewed?" with Steve Rendall (Extra!, August 2010)
“Howard Kurtz Defends His Defense of Fox in Sherrod Debacle” (8/4/10)
"Drilling Disasters Can't Happen Here" (sidebar to "Still Drill, Baby—Despite Spill") (Extra!, July 2010)
"Sherrod Hoax Exposed, but Breitbart's ACORN Fraud Lives On" (7/23/10)
“Sherrod Story Raides Question: How Many Breitbart Frauds Will Media Fall For?,” 7/21/10
REBECCA WEBSTER '11 at EMagazine.com, online home of E, The Environmental Magazine:
A dozen reports on green topics: renewable energy, oceans, chemicals, legislation, etc.
Sampling of Work by PCIM Interns, Summer 2009
ALEX BARBONE '11 / MELANIE BREAULT '11 video for GritTV on Free Speech TV: Solidarity with the Iranian people, 6/18/09; State of Journalism Today, 6/24/09
JULIA DUNN '11 articles and blogposts for The Indypendent (NYC)
ALYSSA FIGUERO '12 at Philadelphia Weekly: “Wharton’s ‘Warcraft’ Professor”, 8/17/09; “Protest Against Inky Coverage of Honduras” (Article & video), 7/30/09
CHRIS GIBLIN '11 (and Sam Alcoff) video for GritTV on Free Speech TV: Iran Protest in New York City, 6/09
JACQUIE SIMONE '11 articles and blogposts for The Indypendent (NYC)
Sampling of Work by PCIM Interns, Summer 2008
Article by DAN HAACK '10 for the Center for Media and Democracy: “The Pentagon’s Most Prolific Pundit”
