Personalizing data
Normally numbers don’t do anything for me. Numbers don’t explain clearly — they confuse, and distort and complicate. That’s why I like […]
Read moreAuthor: Marlena Chertock
Marlena is a digital storyteller and poetry editor at District Lit. Her first poetry book, On that one-way trip to Mars, is available from Bottlecap Press.
Blueprints behind media websites
The blueprint of a website — not the code, HTML or CSS — is its design. News organization websites face a problem […]
Read moreEditor-in-Chief of The Writers’ Bloc
Editor-in-Chief of The Writers’ Bloc I’m currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Jimenez-Porter Writers’ House newsletter, The Writers’ Bloc, where I oversee content, reporting and editing […]
Read moreThe media is having a social, you’re all invited
News organizations use social media Follow us! Share this! Chat with us! Join the conversation! These are common invitations and pleas from […]
Read moreBurglaries, robberies & theft, oh my!
Crime covered by local news Most impressive multimedia Screen shot of infographic The Los Angeles Times website has an excellent page on its website […]
Read moreLocal news goes online
In 2012, I started up a blog called The DMV Report, which focused on news from the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia areas. […]
Read moreSandwich serving and salvaging furniture: Two Olney sisters’ restaurant
By Marlena Chertock March, 2012 Some people do everything to avoid their siblings. But two Olney sisters who opened a restaurant and […]
Read moreLocal elementary school program motivates fourth, fifth grade girls to stay active
By Marlena Chertock April, 2012 Pink pieces of paper with encouraging words lined the bus parking lot outside Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary […]
Read moreChanging careers for the love of poetry
Once a civil engineer, Zein El-Amine made a career switch 5 years ago By Marlena Chertock First published in The Writers’ Bloc. […]
Read moreWriters’ House preparing for 10-year anniversary
By Marlena Chertock, Online Editor of The Writers’ Bloc You may have seen it posted in Dorchester hallways. Or on the door to […]
Read moreRetaining Your Voice: Gowri Koneswaran Performs at Semester’s Final TerPoets
By Marlena Chertock First published in The Writers’ Bloc. “This next poem has an attitude problem. I have trouble reeling her in,” […]
Read moreReclaiming D.C.’s history: new online resource lists famous local writers
By Marlena Chertock First published in The Writers’ Bloc. This is the first part in a series on the D.C. Writers’ Homes […]
Read more‘Come up here, the stage is yours, share your story’
By Marlena Chertock First published in The Writers’ Bloc. It was his fourth time hosting the open mic night at the Busboys and […]
Read moreUndergrad hip hop enthusiasts find a home with Undergrounduates
By Marlena Chertock Published first in The Writers’ Bloc. The first time sophomore Ari Goldfarb showed up to an Undergrounduates meeting, he was too […]
Read moreStruggling with words: Four poets read about displacement
By Marlena Chertock Published first in The Writers’ Bloc. Being exiled or facing obstacles that keep you from returning to your country […]
Read morePoets discuss tension between page and stage poetry
By Marlena Chertock Published first in The Writers’ Bloc. Poets are constantly trying to define what poetry is and what type of […]
Read moreUndergrounduates MC wins at Circles13
By Marlena Chertock Published first in The Writers’ Bloc. A crowd of about 100 sat in bleachers, circled around three male students […]
Read moreYellow Rage spreads activism through poetry
By Marlena Chertock Published first in The Public Asian. Poetry has always been a form of activism for Yellow Rage, a two-person […]
Read moreProfessor to embark on archaeology adventure
Summer study abroad course to take students on dig in Israel By Marlena Chertock Sunday, March 25, 2012 Published first in The […]
Read moreAsian Fortune family pays tribute to founder Jay Chen
By Marlena Chertock Published first in The Public Asian The editor and founder of Asian Fortune, the only English-language Asian Pacific American […]
Read more