A wonderfully talented team of New York Times journalists working on the year-long multimedia project One in 8 Million won an Emmy this year! I was fortunate enough to have contributed a report to the series. Congratulations to all!
On Aug 2, 2010, I began reporting on digital media and advertising for The New York Times. You can read my work here and you can follow me on Twitter @tanzinavega.
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An audio slide show I produced based on an article by Steven Greenhouse about an apparel factory in the Dominican Republic that pays its workers a living wage. Photos and audio by Michael Kamber for The New York Times.
I was recently a guest on KGO Radio where I was interviewed by Michael Finney about my Bucks blog post on finding the best checking account reward programs.
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The New York Times is inviting small-business owners to submit videos about what its like to own a company that struggles but survives. Find out more below.
In today’s edition of Times Cast I interview Patrick Healy on the Tony Awards nominations.
On Friday, I made my debut in The Times’s new daily video show, Times Cast. I interviewed Laura Holson about the backlash against Botox and breast implants in Hollywood.
My audio slide show, Cut in Half, that was produced for the Business section of The New York Times, captured third place for best team audio slide show by the NPPA for October 2009.
My graduate school multimedia thesis on immigrant entrepreneurs, Setting Up Shop, will be featured at the Science, Industry and Business Library of The New York Public Library to help launch Immigrant Heritage Week. The piece focused on the regulatory and credit issues affecting immigrant small-business owners in New York City and has also been featured on The Brian Lehrer Show.
My first feature article for The New York Times has been featured in the anthology, The New York Times Book of New York. Grab a copy today to read this and hundreds of other stories about the people and places of New York City.