Journalism
Cheerio, Mon Ami!
Among the French, it is not South Kensington but Le Quartier de South Kensington. And for bonne raison: It is their neighborhood now. In this part of London it’s easier to sample tartes aux pommes than a pint of lager. (The Washington Post)
RelationTrips
Travel is more than destinations and activities. It’s experiences, emotions and relationships. Hence RelationTrips.com and the column, RelationTrips, in The Washington Post and other newspapers. A sampling:
Passion Takes a Holiday (July 29 2001)
Honeymoonstruck (August 1, 2001)
Deadly Waters: Milwaukee One Year Later
For all the impact of a crisis, sometimes little changes. Fouled water in Milwaukee sickened thousands and drew huge media and political attention in 1993. Time passes, people forget. Yet people kept dying and the incident dimmed prospects for children like Becky Furmann – just when her life had taken a good turn. (The Plain Dealer)
The Family Fit
Baby boomers run into reality: Now with kids and harried, they face illness and a compromised quality of life. Yet some families find ways to stay fit together. (The Washington Post)
Philanthropy Inc.
How corporate donors enhance their bottom line (Stanford Social Innovation Review)
Ice on Jets – Recurring Risk, Tolerated for Years
Federal government fiddled while planes kept crashing for the same reasons
The government’s failure to react to recurring accidents involving wing ice on Fokker F-28′s and DC-9 jets led to tragedy – again and again. It’s hardly the only example of preventable tragedies recurring unnecessarily. (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
U.S. Medical Researchers Flout Rules Around World
In Zambia, Niger and other countries, experimenal risks hidden
On nearly every continent, the U.S. government and its clinical trials partners have hidden risks and undertaken medical experiments without legally required agreements to avoid human rights abuses. (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
In the Name of Healing
Unwitting test subjects in clinical trials often kept in the dark
Doctors infused a solvent also used as a gasoline additive into Laura Michalski’s abdomen. Within hours, she died. Eight years later, her family learned it had been an experiment. Such unwitting test subjects abound: Most of the researchers involved in clinical trials fail to clearly disclose the experimental nature of their work. Risks and alternatives are not always explained (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Pain In The Rust Belt
Economic insecurity in Ohio could make it the new
He had lived the working-class dream, securing a steady job with a high school education. Suddenly, he was unemployed, apprehensive – and ready to take out his frustration on President Bush and challenger John Kerry. A report from Ohio during the 2004 election. (Media General/Tampa Tribune)
Universal Health Insurance: Not a Cure-All
Reform may offer less benefit to minorities and the poor
Many assume disadvantaged minorities, who make up most of the uninsured, would substantially benefit from universal coverage and health reform. Yet studies show better care frequently fails to improve the health of minorities, the poor or the lesser educated. (Congressional Quarterly Researcher)
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