Lisa Elaine Held

Bedoya

On Social Security, undocumented workers face uncertainties

March 21, 2011
By Lisa Elaine Held

A debate rages over the impact that illegal immigrants will have on the social insurance program. 

An Irish vote that doesn’t count

April 03, 2011
By Lisa Elaine Held

Ireland does not allow its citizens abroad to vote, causing many expatriates to feel disenfranchised and cast off.

Queens7online

In one of the nation’s most diverse places, Queens7.com takes hyper-local news to new level

May 09, 2011
By Lisa Elaine Held
Along Roosevelt Avenue,  Queens7.com s looking to capture  the news of the area’s famously diverse communities on one site.

A living language

  • Yiddish

    Yiddish in New York City is more than just ordering a bagel with a shmear and kvetching about traffic.

Lucha Libre NYC

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    The moves in Mexican-style professional wrestling are high-flying and death-defying. And the masks are cool, too.

Delivery City

  • Cycle
    Inside the world of New York City's bicycle delivery workers and the policy debate swirling around them.

Right now on Uptown Radio

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    Gorging on grasshoppers, and other dishes, on the latest broadcast 

The Obama Agenda

  • Obama

    An examination of various aspects of  the president's major policies

Vibrations
The Changing Languages of Deafness in the Age of the Cochlear Implant

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    A Digital Media master's project explores how cochlear implants continue to change what it means to be deaf.