@Work: A Port Truck Driver Tries to Get By
Posted on 11. Dec, 2009 by Christian Yarnell in @Work
Jose, a truck driver from Elizabeth, New Jersey, has for the last four years worked at the seaports of New York and New Jersey. Jose talks about the difficult working conditions for port truckers. Jose asked that we not use his last name because he feared retribution from his boss or from port employees, on whose good graces his livelihood depends.
@Work: Kizmin Reeves
Posted on 07. Dec, 2009 by Radhika Gupta in @Work
@Work: A Doorman Tells All
Posted on 02. Dec, 2009 by Elif Ince in @Work
Pablo, 29, works as a doorman in one of the hundreds of high-rises that punctuate the Manhattan skyline. For the past three years, he has spent countless days and nights sitting in the lobby of this Garment District high-rise. Pablo talks about how he kills time, what he knows about the tenants, and, some things he wishes he didn’t know.
@Work: Corky Lee
Posted on 02. Dec, 2009 by Candice Chan in @Work
Corky Lee, a photojournalist from New York City, has been capturing images of the Asian Pacific American community for 40 years. In this episode of @ work, Candice Chan talks with Mr. Lee about his mistaken identity and his tips for becoming a photojournalist.
@Work: David Muller, MD
Posted on 01. Dec, 2009 by Valentina Rodriguez in @Work
Nearly 17 years ago, Dr. David Muller co-founded Visiting Doctors, now the country’s largest academic physician home visiting program. In this episode of @ Work, Dr. Muller discusses how Visiting Docs has changed his views on physician- patient relationships, access to health care, and dying with dignity.
@Work: Molly Hatfield
Posted on 01. Dec, 2009 by Ryan Hatch in @Work, Uncategorized
Molly Hatfield
Vermont resident Molly Hatfield has sold Christmas trees along Broadway and 111th street for 16 years. She talked about her experiences and how the season is shaping up as the calendar turns to December.
@Work: Fareed Niggah
Posted on 01. Dec, 2009 by Jeannette Neumann in @Work
Fareed Niggah, 38, is a barber at Culture Trendz barbershop on the corner of 125th and Amsterdam Avenue. Jeannette Neumann talks with him about how a barber often plays the role of psychologist for clients.
@Work: Robert Braiterman
Posted on 01. Dec, 2009 by Nathaniel Adams in @Work
Robert Braiterman has been running the Jersey City book sale at Grace van Vorst Church every Sunday since 1997. Jersey City only has one other bookstore.
@Work: Neville Alfred
Posted on 01. Dec, 2009 by Shawna-Kaye Lester in @Work
Neville Alfred is in his 24th year as a mailman with the United States Postal Service, in which time he has worked exclusively in Manhattanville. On a cold Saturday afternoon on Riverside Drive in Upper West Manhattan, he speaks about his job with City Beat’s Shawna-Kaye Lester.
@Work: Drums on the S Train
Posted on 01. Dec, 2009 by Lulu Yilun Chen in @Work
Yhonahsahn A. Scarborough,26, and Shaaltiel A. Hunte,25, are both from the Bronx. The two artists play drums on the shuttle train from Time Square 42nd St. to Grand Central.
