Video

A few samples of my video reporting.

DNAinfo – Moose or Caribou? Manhattanites Busted For Animal Ignorance After Lower East Side Lawsuit

When a large animal bust reportedly fell off the wall of a Lower East Side restaurant and struck a woman on the head, many press reports mistakenly identified it as that of a moose because, well, it had antlers.

It was, in fact, a caribou.

Enraged taxidermists and out-of-town hunters wrote into DNAinfo, lashing out at the website, irate that we could not tell the difference between a moose and a caribou.

So DNAinfo hit the streets and in an unscientific survey, discovered that most Manhattanites couldn’t tell the difference between the animals (watch the video), and that sent the taxidermy world into fits of rage, which they’ve been expressing on DNAinfo’s comment section.

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DNAinfo – Chinatown Eyes Chatham Square

Chatham Square is Chinatown’s busiest intersection. The city was supposed to get started on a three-year, $50 million project to reconstruct the area this summer. But, the project has been delayed. Chinatown residents oppose the project, fearing a drop in local business, major traffic disruptions, and the permanent closure of Park Row.

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DNAinfo – Electrified Artists Transform Movement into Sound

If muscles could sing, what tune would they carry?

Two artists from Inwood are experimenting with electricity, translating movement into sound.

It’s both a science and a performance art. Jenny Torino and Ben Margolis have spent the last year experimenting with electromyography — a technique for measuring the electrical activity of muscles, a way to test the health of the muscles and the nerves that control the muscles.

For their latest project, the married couple tape electrodes, responsible for sensing muscle contractions, onto a performer’s skin. When the performer moves, the electrodes transmit signals to a computer that then uses a program to translate that movement into sound.

A throbbing, trance-like echo is heard as the performer moves about.

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DNAinfo – Window Farms Give Growing Power to Manhattanites

CHINATOWN — Urban gardeners don’t have to risk life and limb — and a city fine — to grow lettuce, beans and baby bok choy on their apartment fire escapes any longer.

A new invention, designed by two New York artists, give city dwellers a chance to grow vegetables in the confines of their apartments by installing a drip system made from recycled water bottles along the inside of a window pane.

The system, called a Window Farm, can hold up to 25 plants and grows anything from broccoli and cherry tomatoes to herbs like basil and rosemary.

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The Brooklyn Ink - Coney Island Vet Takes Us On a Tour

Brooklynite Ana Liao has lived in the Coney Island area for over 20 years. On opening day, she takes The Brooklyn Ink on a tour of Coney Island amusements – both spooky and terrifying – and ponders what the new re-zoning plan might mean for her “childhood playground.”