Posted in Political, tagged foreclosure, Jocelyn Voltaire, mortgage, New York, predatory lending, Queens Village on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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New video piece I shot, which updates her case and reveals new info on the mortgage company. Edited by Steven Greenstreet.
“Last week, ANP reported on the foreclosure of Jocelyn Voltaire in Queens Village, NY and the impending [...]
Posted in Personal, tagged correction, foreclosure, Iraq, Jocelyn Voltaire, media, predatory lending on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Almost all major media have dropped Jocelyn Voltaire’s story after discovering her son, a former Marine who served in Iraq, did not die in Iraq as first reported. His recent death was apparently not related to his military service.
The Daily News and other newspapers had initially reported she had lost her son in Iraq, and [...]
Posted in Political, tagged foreclosure, Jocelyn Voltaire, lending, mortgage, predatory, son, veteran on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Shot the press conference today held by Jocelyn Voltaire supported by Code Pink, in front of the Queens Court building. Code Pink has gotten behind Jocelyn because they saw the ANP piece I just shot and wrote about! Lots of major news media there including Fox News and the New York Times.
But before that comes [...]
Posted in Personal, tagged crisis, debate, economic, foreclosure, Huffington, Iraq war, Jocelyn Voltaire, McCain, Obama, presidential on October 15, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Hey, this is the video I was shooting Friday and Saturday when all hell broke loose. American News Project has it up on the eve of the debate. It’s gotten an impressive ranking on Huffington Post and judging from a Google search it’s all over the internet.
I tried to embed it here for posterity, but [...]
Posted in Personal on October 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So with half a tank of gas and my second brain stolen, the obvious solution: a walk on Long Beach, and seafood at Jordan’s Lobster Farm in Island Park.
Posted in Personal on October 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Doing a freelance job with American News Project Friday-Saturday in Hempstead village on Long Island, we park our rental car on Main Street, shoot passerby interviews about the economic meltdown for an hour and twenty minutes, come back to find out car gone. My laptop was in the trunk. No, I didn’t have everything backed [...]
Posted in Personal, tagged birthday, Pyramid club on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday was Michelle’s birthday outing, we revisited the 80’s at the Pyramid Club, a den of low-cost clubbing that’s somehow survived the hyper-stylization and upscaling that’s plowed over every familiar hangout in NYC it seems.
Ever since our special night at Pacha in Ibiza (which I haven’t gotten to writing about yet) we’ve meant to incorporate [...]
