The news in Syracuse this week has been overwhelmed by two very big, late-breaking stories. First, on Monday, a fatal crash along Route 31. Then, Thursday, a shooting at an AT&T store in Rome. These two stories have consumed much of my time during the last four days, and so I wanted to save links [...]

This post and the 11 others preceding it are embeds of the final News21 stories from my 2009 summer fellowship. These videos are being both hosted on Vimeo and on the project’s website. I also want to make sure I share credit on these 11 videos with my partner, Andrew Burton, whose work ethic and [...]

We asked high school students at Taft High School what their last text message was while taking their portraits. We edited their responses into a video montage. _______________ This is a video from youngandthewireless.com, a newhouse.syr.edu and news21.com project.

For generations, most every teenager in Sioux County, Iowa, has cruised Highway 75 on Sunday nights. They gather to hook up, show off, and hang out. The cops can still remember cruising as kids themselves, but now they’re enforcers, cracking down at the urging of shop owners angry with the litter and crowds. The cruisers [...]

Eighteen new computers are in the hands of Wally Bryan’s friends in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Actually, these friends are neighbors, too. Five years ago, Wally used to be their mayor. But he gave it up to help them – and to live where they live. He’s grown his charity out of an apartment and into two [...]