Articles

Reporting in China:

Affluence Prompts More Women to Light Up – The Rise of Female Smokers in China

(Canadian Medical Association Journal, July 2010)

Reporting from Chinatown, New York City:

Selected coverage of the fight to move the 9/11 terror trials out of Manhattan’s Chinatown

Chinatown, Furious Over Terror Trial Lockdown, Wants Attorney General To Move Trial to Governors Island
Mayor Calls Move of 9/11 Trials To Governors Island ‘Dumb’, Chinatown Says Current Plan ‘Dumber’
NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly Outlines Plans To Cut Lower Manhattan Into Security Zones

More from Chinatown…
In Chinatown, Fujianese-Cantonese Rift Exposed At Neighborhood Meeting
Chinatown Residents Call on City To Fix Manhattan Bridge Death Trap
Robotic Arm Builds Great Wall in Chinatown
Knock Off Raids Turn One Side of Canal Street into a “Ghost Town”
Chinatown Buses, Long Denied Legal Drop-Off Zones, Lobby for Downtown Curb Space
Loew’s Canal Street Theater May Become Chinatown Cultural Center
Chinatown Landlord Compares Proposed Tax to Gang Extortion
Window Farms Give Growing Power to Manhattanites

Some of my stories for the Associated Press:

New York City Beekeepers Buzzing For Legislation

Masses yearn to huddle in Liberty’s Reopened Crown – July 2, 2009

NYC Muslims push to add holidays to the school year – July 3, 2009

Lady Liberty’s crown reopens on July Fourth – July 4, 2009

Canadian doughnut chain Tim Hortons Aims to Kreme Rivals in NY – July 24, 2009

Storm Fells Hundreds of Trees in NYC – August 19, 2009

NY vigil marks 20 years since Yusuf Hawkins murder – August 23, 2009

Museum of Chinese in America Finds New Home – August 29, 2009

On 9/11, Day of Mourning Becomes Day of Service – Sept. 11, 2009

Some Feature Writing

From the Far East to Farmingdale – The Long Island Press

Mu Zijian was preparing for his Chinese culture class at Sichuan University in western China when his desk began to shake, the floor beneath his feet rumbled, and the walls of his fifth-floor dormitory room swayed from side to side.

Determined to Serve – The Ottawa Citizen

At the outbreak of war, thousands of Canada’s minority communities lined up to enlist in the armed forces. Many were turned away because of the colour of their skin. This two-page spread in the Ottawa Citizen tells the remarkable stories of five minority veterans who fought discrimination.

The devastating impact of one mosquito bite – The Globe and Mail

For Connie Voynovich, it started with sharp, searing pains through her skull. “It felt like a lightning bolt hit my head,” she said. The story of one Canadian woman and her battle with the West Nile Virus.

Making the Force Fit The City – The Globe and Mail

The Toronto Police Service’s drive for a diverse force is paying off — but some things still get lost in translation

Getting really close – The Hamilton Spectator

Put on your pajamas and snuggle up to a roomful of strangers. That’s what a cuddle party is all about. And this reporter just had to try it.