The next edition of MetroFocus features some of the best segments from the past months beginning with a look behind the jobs numbers that perplex economists and drive the conversation on the campaign trail. Unemployment is dropping but what kinds of jobs are Being created and how much do they pay? MetroFocus visits a small start-up grocery store in the booming Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg to find out.
Host Rafael Pi Roman follows up with an interview with The Wall Street Journal's Laura Kusisto who analyzes the economic recovery in the New York region. MetroFocus looks at an innovative solution for the homeless and working poor in the Bronx. Multimedia producer Marisa Wong takes us to "Part of the Solution," a non-profit organization that offers a unique mailroom for those with no permanent place to call home. Host Rafael Pi Roman follows up with an interview with Ralph da Costa Nunez, president and CEO of the Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness about his new book The Poor Among Us: A History of Family Poverty and Homelessness in New York City.
As the one year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy looms, The Nature Conservancy's chief scientist Peter Kareiva explains how nature can protect us from natural disasters. Pi Roman interviews Kareiva about a new study from The Natural Capital Project that outlines the value of marshes, dunes and much more in protecting millions of coastal residents.
And finally, a walk on the wild side in Central Park as part of the 24-hour "BioBlitz," where scientists, park volunteers and students from the Macaulay Honors College at the City University of New York came together to try to find out how many species of plants, animals and insects live in the 843-acre urban park.
MetroFocus is an award-winning multi-platform news magazine focusing on the New York region. The MetroFocus television program features interviews, in-depth reporting, content from many partners and solutions-oriented reports from the community. Major areas of coverage include sustainability, education, science and technology, the environment, transportation, poverty and underserved communities. MetroFocus.orgamplifies that reporting with daily updates and original stories that also cover culture, government and politics, the economy, urban development and other news in the metropolitan region. More information at: thirteen.org/metrofocus/about-us-faq/
MetroFocus is a production of WLIW21 in association with WNET, parent company of THIRTEEN and WLIW21. For 50 years, THIRTEEN has been making the most of the rich resources and passionate people of New York and the world, reaching millions of people with on-air and online programming that celebrates arts and culture, offers insightful commentary on the news of the day, explores the worlds of science and nature, and invites students of all ages to have fun while learning.
MetroFocus is made possible by James and Merryl Tisch, Cheryl and Philip Milstein Family, Jody and John Arnhold, Charlotte and David Ackert, Betty and John Levin and the Ford Foundation. Corporate funding is provided by Mutual of America.
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