2009 February 08-February 09
On Sunday, Jan. 25, columnist Carol Ann Benanti wrote about the upcoming launch of Adriana Trigiani’s new romance novel, “Very Valentine,” at a reading on campus.
Jan 29 Staten Island AdvanceOn Jan. 29, Phil Helsel wrote about the appearance of former neo-Nazi T.J. Leyden at a program commemorating the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Read Phil Helsel's story Feb 8On Feb. 8, a front-page story focused on a study partly funded by Wagner College that focused on the plight of New York City’s middle class.
Feb 8Another Feb. 8 story contained an interview by arts editor Michael J. Fressola with professors Laura Morowitz and Laurie Albanese about their new historical romance novel, “The Miracles of Prato.”
Feb 9On Feb. 9, a story by education reporter Amisha Padnani highlighted the number of regional students who are applying to college closer to home during the current economic crisis.
Feb 1 WGRZ TVOn a special news program that aired Sunday, Feb. 1 after the Super Bowl, WGRZ TV (the Buffalo NBC affiliate) aired a 6-minute story on Professor Seymour Lachman’s book, “Three Men in a Room,” which pulled the covers on the way virtually everything in New York state government is controlled by the top three men in Albany: the governor, the speaker of the assembly, and the senate majority leader. You’ll find the print story, and a link to the video clip, on the Wagner Web site. The reporter, Scott Brown, was especially well-suited to cover the story; starting in 1998, he spent three years as Attorney General Elliot Spitzer’s press representative in Albany.
Watch the clip on WGRZ TV Feb 9 New York 1The other broadcast news story this month was a 45-second piece that aired Monday, Feb. 9 on New York 1’s “Staten Island Now” segment. The story focused on College Goal Sunday, an event coordinated by our college’s Financial Aid Office to help students and families complete their FAFSA.
Watch the New York 1 story HUGH L. CAREY INSTITUTE FOR GOVERNMENT REFORM Jan 18 The San Francisco ChronicleOn Jan. 18, the San Francisco Chronicle published a book review by Spivak. The book was “So Damn Much Money: The Triumph of Lobbying and the Corrosion of American Government,” by Robert G. Kaiser.
Read the San Francisco Chronicle review Jan 21 Wilmington News Journal and Cherry Hill Courier PostOn Jan. 21, the day after Obama’s inauguration, the Wilmington [Del.] News Journal and the Cherry Hill [N.J.] Courier Post ran a story by reporter Jeff Montgomery, “Many Vice Presidents did Work in Obscurity,” which used Spivak as its primary source.
Jan 24 The OregonianOn Jan. 24, the Oregonian [Portland, Oregon] ran an op-ed piece by Spivak, “A Recall Isn’t All That Easy — And Certainly Not Fast,” which focused on a recent scandal surrounding Portland Mayor Sam Adams.
Read the op-ed in the Oregonian