Two of my fellow Columbia J-Schoolers are looking for an unemployed New Yorker near his/her last unemployment check to profile for a new media project. Here’s the e-mail I got: My name is Shefali Kulkarni and I’m a reporter with the Columbia Journalism School here in New York. My colleague Sarah and I are doing [...]

Somebody sent me an e-mail about an interesting project: The unemployment rate is 9.4% and over 6.7 million workers have lost their jobs due to the recession.  Who are the people that make up these staggering statistics? That’s what The Discarded wants to know. In an attempt to put a face to each of the [...]

Did you lose your job because of the Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy? France 2 TV is looking for former Lehman Brothers employees who would be willing to tell them about their lives since the crash. If you or anybody you know is interested, contact Julie Sibony at: julie.sibony@gmail.com.