Jan 7th, 2009 · Photojournalist David Gilkey spoke with Corey Flintoff via telephone Tuesday from Israel. Gilkey had just returned from a reporting trip to Sderot, one of the Israeli towns near the border with Gaza. Here are some excerpts from the interview.
Dec 19th, 2008 · Los Angeles County's 211 telephone service provides help for callers with basic needs like food and shelter. As the economy falters, the call center is seeing a dramatic rise in calls, especially from families facing foreclosure.
Nov 22nd, 2008 · In towns and cities across the United States there are patients who do not speak English. Whether they're sick, in labor or going in for an annual check-up, they rely on people like commentator Nataly Kelly. For years, Kelly worked as a telephone interpreter. She shares highlights of what it's like to be the voice of the patient and the doctor, or the dispatcher, the social worker or the benefits coordinator. Her essay appeared originally in the journal Health Affairs.
Nov 22nd, 2008 · They look just like telephone booths, but they are decorated with hands folded in prayer, and there's a place to kneel. The prayer booths are an art installation designed to spark dialogue on prayer in the public sphere. There are prayer booths in Jackson, Tennessee, in Ceder Rapids Iowa — and now on a bustling Manhattan street in New York City.
Nov 12th, 2008 · MTV's afternoon countdown show, Total Request Live, was considered extremely innovative when it launched 10 years ago. Using telephone voting, text messaging and the Internet to chart the day's Top 10 music videos, the show was a huge hit. But it will air its final episode next month, just as the world of music videos seems to be entering a new golden age.
Oct 7th, 2008 · Jurors heard secretly-recorded telephone conversations Monday in the trial of Alaska Senator Ted Stevens. The calls were taped in 2006 with the consent of witness Bill Allen, who admitted under cross-examination he never tried to bribe the Alaska lawmaker. Stevens is charged with lying about money and gifts on financial disclosure forms.
Sep 29th, 2008 · Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is barely known in the U.S. Most of his wealth was created through the privatization of Mexico's telephone company. Slim recently bought a 6.4 percent stake in The New York Times Company.
Jul 20th, 2008 · David Matyziak e-mails a simple tune to a musician, and that musician creates a new song out of it. The second musician passes it on to a third musician, who makes a new song and passes it on again. It's that old children's game telephone, transformed into a collaborative songwriting technique.