METRO LINK – Mentored by Holmes Norton, Grosso and McDuffie bring ethical change to D.C.
Photos: Elise Vu/DC Spotlight Newspaper
April 1, 2013
Jordan Schatz
News Reporter
Metro Link
“We told folks during the campaign that we were going to come down here, roll up our sleeves, and get to work, and over the last seven months, we’ve done exactly that.” — D.C. Councilman Kenyan McDuffie
WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia left [...]
LIMELIGHT – David Grosso: Heating Up the Battle for the District’s Future
November 1, 2012
Jordan Schatz
Reporter/News Writer
Limelight
The campaign shop of D.C. City Council at-large candidate David Grosso is busy and dynamic—much like the man whose name is displayed in large red letters on the front window. On the inside, stacks of posters, campaign signs, and district maps line the four walls of the one-room building, an image that seems to evoke a military headquarters rather than a politician’s command center. For Grosso, the shop has come to symbolize what he hopes to [...]
METRO LINK – A.J. Cooper: An Uphill Climb to DC City Council At-Large
October 1, 2012
By Jordan Schatz
Reporter/News Writer
Metro Link
Washington, D.C. City Council hopeful A.J. Cooper had never intended to run for office, until it seemed he had not other choice. “Anyone who knows my family knows that we have a history of public service and a history of politics, so when I was growing up I wanted to do the exact opposite,” said Cooper, who resides in the same two-story house where he was born, just off Georgia Avenue in [...]
Top 10 (#2) Michelle Komes-Dolge: The Presence of Girl Power at WNEW
September 1, 2012
Jordan Schatz
Reporter/News Writer
Top 10 Most Interesting People 2012
When Steve Swenson, the vice president and market manager of CBS’ two all-news radio stations in New York, was asked to start the all-news radio station WNEW 99.1 in Washington, D.C., there was only one person he wanted as the station’s news director: Michelle Komes-Dolge.
More than a decade ago, the Dolge and Swenson had worked together at Washington’s all-news radio station, WTOP, turning the then-struggling station into the most listened-to frequency [...]
Top 10 (#1) Steve Swenson: WNEW Aims at WTOP in David and Goliath Battle
September 1, 2012
Jordan Schatz
Reporter/News Writer
Top 10 Most Interesting People 2012
In January 2012, Washington, D.C.’s newest all-news radio station, CBS’s WNEW 99.1, took to the airwaves for the first time, signaling the beginning of a new era in Washington news radio. This was thanks in large part to the hard work and enormous vision of Steve Swenson, the vice president and market manager of CBS Radio in Washington, D.C. Swenson has undertaken a battle in the DC market that is reminiscent [...]
Stopping bullying: Why Maryland scored an A++ with the Bully Police
September 2, 2012
By Jordan Schatz
Reporter/News Writer
Cool Kids Club
Recent statistics suggest that bullying in schools throughout the country has become an epidemic, despite strong legislation in most states, including Maryland. When Maryland Delegate Anne Kaiser presided over a public committee hearing on bullying in early 2008, she had no idea that the testimony of a group of teenagers would alter her life forever.
That evening, the teenagers took turns describing, in harrowing detail, their own accounts of bullying. Their narratives of abuse [...]
The Top 10 (#9) Joe Brophy: Inspiring DC Kids through Sports and Poetry
September 1, 2012
Jordan Schatz
Reporter/News Writer
Top 10 Most Interesting People 2012
Joe Brophy knows how to have fun. It’s in his job description.
Brophy is the elementary program coordinator for the major non-profit company DC SCORES, which supplies over 800 kids in the Metro area with after-school programs focusing on soccer and poetry. Brophy inspires as both a soccer coach and a poetry reader, and also leads summer camps and deals with the logistical side of the organization, including monitoring attendance and communicating [...]
Top 10 (#5) Virginia Ali: Matriarch of the Ben’s Chili Bowl Legacy
August 1, 2012
Jordan Schatz
Reporter/News Writer
Top 10 Most Interesting People 2012
Bon Appetit
If after calling Ben’s Chili Bowl you find yourself placed on hold (chances are you will—the restaurant is very busy), the recording you’ll hear is of comedian and TV star Bill Cosby, thanking you for dialing his favorite Washington D.C. eatery.
Cosby began dining at Ben’s Chili Bowl when the restaurant first opened in 1958, forming a close friendship with the establishment’s founders, Virginia and Ben Ali. From [...]
Top 10 (#6) Justin Friedlander: Striking Back Against Brain Tumors
August 1, 2012
Jordan Schatz
Reporter/News Writer
Top 10 Most Interesting People 2012
Cool Kids Club
Justin Friedlander is on a quest that few can top. Shortly after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in March 2009 at only 12 years old, Friedlander, now 14, elected to fight his disease and discover a cure. An avid sports fan, Friedlander decided to carry out his mission through basketball. His quest: to shoot 63,000 baskets—one for approximately each person in the United States [...]
Obama: Where there were questions, there are now answers
July 1, 2012
By Jordan Schatz and Raquel Reichard
Reporter/News Writer
The Nation
The one thing I’ve learned in politics—and I’m not sure how this plays out in presidential politics—but sometimes people just want people to be firm and decisive and take a stand.
– Maryland State Delegate Anne Kaiser
With roughly four months until the presidential election on November 4, potential voters in the metro area are quickly running out of time to decide which candidate they wish to elect into the Oval [...]
Tiger Woods back in the hunt after second round 68
June 29, 2012
Jordan Schatz
Reporter/News Writer
Metro Events
BETHESDA, Md. – Despite rising temperatures that exceeded 100 degrees at Congressional, Tiger Woods shot his way into contention Friday, firing a 3-under 68 that left him five shots back of the leader in his second round at the AT &T National.
A day after shooting a 1-over 72 Thursday, Woods improved his position, collecting two birdies in the final five holes and earning an eagle on the 16th hole after sinking a 48-foot putt that [...]
Rep. Chris Smith: New Africa bill creates thousands of American jobs
Photos: Wendy Thompson/DC Spotlight Newspaper
May 1, 2012
By Jordan Schatz
Reporter/News Writer
The Nation
WASHINGTON – In the spring of 2000, President Bill Clinton signed into law the “African Growth and Opportunity Act” (AGOA), which led to the creation of more than 300,000 jobs in Africa while earning the continent more than $300 billion in export earnings. Now, a newly proposed bill will allow Africa to give back to the U.S.
“Africa is filled with entrepreneurs: the men and women who, if given the opportunity [...]