Authorities continue to investigate the circumstances behind the illegal possession by a Bethesda teenager of firearms and chemicals used to make explosives.
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Washingtonians flocking to the beach should be happy to know coastal beaches on the Delmarva Peninsula are among the best for water quality.
The Natural Resources Defense Council has given
The beach rankings are new to the environmental group’s annual beach water quality report, which found there were fewer beach closings and health warnings to swimmers in 2007 than the year before.
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A family from Maryland -- wrongly accused of child abuse because of their son's rare medical disorder -- share their story with hundreds of physicians at the
Nearly 50 children are spending their summer trying to get healthy in Alexandria, Virginia.
An organization called Children of Chernobyl... sends children to Alexandria from areas in Belarus -- contaminated by the 1986 nuclear reactor explosion.
I caught up with a few of them at a local swimming pool.
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Households and restaurants dumping grease down the sink account for many clogged sewers in DC and Maryland.
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More than two million dollars has been awarded for local environmental projects. Tyler Elementary School in Washington, DC is one of the recipients. It will use the funds to replace its asphalt playground with a rain garden.
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Some Arlington Transit bus drivers walked off the job to protest unfair working conditions.
I talked with some of the drivers.
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A new kind of philanthropy, in the form of Giving Circles where community members donate their money and collectively decide what to do with it, is spreading rapidly across the U.S.
I talked with members from Northern Virginia's Giving Circle of Hope.
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I thought it would be interesting to share this blog post written on the NotionsCapital website about the story I did on the restoration of Eastern Market's South Hall. (I have also pasted the text below)
The blogger criticized most of the media coverage on the event. The blogger is right to a certain extent. I should've included the date when Mel Inman-the owner of Market Poultry-moved across the street to the East Hall. However, the story wasn't about the East Hall, it was about the restoration of South Hall.
I always try to tell the whole story, which is why I brought Inman into the story. I think people need to understand, it's not an easy task to paint the whole picture when you have less than a minute to tell a story. Sometimes facts that are irrevelent to the main story get omitted.
But I will keep this blogger's post in mind for future stories. Any constructive criticism that will make me a better reporter is much appreciated. Thank you!
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News stories about Washington’s Eastern Market filled the DC media yesterday, describing the restoration of the South Hall of the historic building, gutted by fire last year. Coverage noted that exterior work is largely complete, and renovation of the interior of the building has begun.
Except for an excellent report by NBC4’s Tom Sherwood and perfunctory throw-away lines by ABC7 news and the Examiner, though, stories omitted the fact that the market itself has been open for business and functioning for over a year, across 7th Street, SE, in the “East Hall.” Even a WAMU-FM radio story that included an interview with one of the merchants– Melvin Inman of Market Poultry — omitted this fact.
Eastern Market florist Anglie Brunson told Tom Sherwood about the drop in foot traffic since the fire, and the economic cost of this for merchants, farmers and vendors. If other news outlets continue to neglect the existence of the living, functioning Eastern Market fresh food marketplace, things will not improve.
The DC Government press advisory and news release from the Office of Property Management (OPM) didn’t help. OPM manages the property for the District and hires the market managers, but neglected mentioning on-going East Hall commerce, concentrating on photo ops of Mayor Fenty walking around the empty South Hall in a hard hat.
Perhaps reporters at WAMU-FM and the Washington Post included facts about the functioning East Hall when they filed their articles, but were ill-served by their editors. Certainly Post and Examiner readers, public radio listeners, Channel 7 viewers, residents of Capitol Hill, and the merchants of Eastern Market were.
Displaced vendors are eagerly awaiting a new and improved marketplace in Eastern Market.
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The D.C. Council is stepping up its efforts to educate citizens and legislators on the D.C. Voting Rights Act.
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DC's Police Department and the Army Reserve have launched a joint venture to train and recruit employees...
I attended the ceremony
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A summer camp at Marie Reed Learning Center celebrated National Summer Learning Day...
I attended the event.
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The National Zoo celebrated giant panda Tai Shan's Third Birthday.
I attended the Celebration.
The Washington Kastles, DC’s new tennis team, celebrated opening day with a youth tennis clinic where Serena Williams made an appearance.
Community members and city officials said farewell to HD Woodson High School in Northeast DC where a new state-of-the art facility is slatedto be built.
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In Maryland, the Asian-Tiger Mosquito has some people in Bethesdaarming themselves for battle.
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Nearly a thousand people showed up at D-C's Fort Lincoln RecreationCenter to show their support for youth baseball in the District…
I attended the event.
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Pet owners should take precautions against random acts of animal cruelty this Fourth of July.
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Pet owners should take precautions against losing their pets during Fourth of July festivities...
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