The Daily Beast, October 22, 2008

Why Are More Boomers Killing Themselves?

The Internet responds to a new study showing that suicide rates have jumped among white baby boomers since 1999.

Philadelphia Inquirer, October 22, 2008

Hassles aplenty when man takes wife's name

Men who take their wives' names can be in for an easy name-change process...or a host of trouble.

A feature article I wrote for the Inquirer.

The Daily Beast, October 16, 2008

News Shrink: Gamblers Take Note

What the candidates' body language and spoken language said about them in the third debate.

A column I reported on the third presidential debate.

The Daily Beast, October 10, 2008

Meltdown on the Message Boards

Women respond to the financial collapse on forums across the Internet.

I reported this feature.

The Daily Beast, October 8, 2008

News Shrink: What McCain Was Really Saying

McCain wants to be Sarah Palin, Obama feels guilty about winning, and neither candidate really wants to be president.

A column I wrote on the second presidential debate.

The Daily Beast, October 3, 2008

News Shrink: Why I Call My Wall Street Patients Pussies

Dr. Stephen Josephson describes how he had to talk his patients down from the ledge after the collapse.

I reported and ghostwrote this column.

Philadelphia Inquirer, September 10, 2008

Well-organized make believe

On most days, chaplain Mark Ford works for the forces of good, counseling drug and alcohol addicts at the Atlantic City Rescue Mission, a nonprofit Christian social-service organization.

But late on a Friday this summer, Ford became "Pope Frig'emall," a chaos-worshipping cartoon priest bent on bringing evil incarnate to his world.

Feature on LARP for the Philly Inquirer that includes some audio and few characters who may appear in the book.

NYC24 Image Issue

Lizzie served as the managing editor for this final issue of NYC24, which contains eleven stories about image in New York.

Gandhi's Second Life

Peaceful protest has never been so bizzare.

At the Eyebeam Gallery in Chelsea, performance artist Joseph DeLappe walked 240 miles on a treadmill hooked up to his Second Life character, "MGandhi" to re-enact the real Gandhi’s 1930 salt march protesting British rule of India.

Part of a special collaborative issuebetween NYC24.com and Uptown Radio.

Multimedia: text, audio, slideshow, video.

Produced together with Kyle Murphy.

CityPicklers.com

My Master's Project for the Columbia University School of Journalism, a multimedia website using pickles as a window into how New Yorkers eat and the growing local food movement.

Multimedia: text, several videos, audio and flash graphic.

Produced together with Lisa Biagiotti.

Former Squats Suffer Debt, Possible Mismanagment

The story chronicles the problems that 11 former Lower East Sides Squats have enountered with their new landlord, the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board, since the squatters, the city and UHAB cut a deal in 2002.

Multimedia: video, audio slideshow, audio and interactive map.

Produced for the NYC24.com Space issue with Kenan Davis.

Medievalists revive dead crafts and virtue

The Society for Creative Anachronism, an international nonprofit dedicated to medieval reenactment, continues to grow as its New York branch approaches its 40th anniversary.

Multimedia: text, video, audio and flash presentation.

Produced for the NYC24.com Death issue with Dave Burdick.

AcroYoga flies off the mat and into the air

The piece explains a new past time, AcroYoga, which is a combination of acrobatics, yoga and thai massage.

Multimedia: text, video and audio slideshow.

Produced for the NYC24.com Body issue, which I also edited. Reporting partners included Lisa Biagiotti, Philip Caulfield and Kenan Davis.

Healthy food elusive as diabetes sweeps Mott Haven, Bronx

Diabetes, exacerbated by lack of access to healthy food, exercise facilities and adequate medical care plagues Mott Haven in the Bronx.

Multimedia: text graphics, interactive maps and an audio slideshow.

Produced for New Media Newsroom with Beth Kowitt.