4-foot mummified bone from extinct species of walrus highlights interest in ancient artifacts By RAQUEL MARIA DILLON Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Among all the fossils, skeletons, meteorites and gemstones for sale Sunday at the I.M. Chait Gallery natural history auction, lot #127 stands out. It’s a mummified baculum, or penis bone, from […]
Dairies crack down on stolen milk crates that feed black market for plastics Ran on AP Business wire, in USA Today and in LA Times business section (without a byline) By Raquel Maria Dillon | ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES (AP) _ For decades, college kids have used stolen milk crates as the basic building blocks […]
Do you speak Kitteh? By RAQUEL MARIA DILLON for ASAP (AP’s now defunct multimedia service) LOS ANGELES (AP) _It looks like the inspirational posters found in a guidance counselor’s office — a Siamese kitten playing with balls of colorful yarn. Then there’s the caption: “I’m in ur fizx lab, testn ur string therry.” Lolcats — […]
I produced this piece for a class at UC Berkeley’s Journalism School. I shot most of it myself, and got help from classmates with the stand-ups and some of the interviews. Soon after I started shooting, the New York Times ran the story on the front page.
Internet provides support for loved ones during illness, sympathy when worst happens (This story ran on Sunday’s A1.) By Raquel Maria Dillon | THE PRESS DEMOCRAT In the early-morning hours, as his son was waging what would be a fatal fight with meningitis, Greg Fogg would leave his son’s San Francisco hospital room and sit […]
SONOMA COUNTY FAIR: Trio Zaragoza takes audience down memory lane with greatest hits of 1940s Mexico This story ran on Sunday’s A1 and with an audio slideshow online. The editors were desperate for a piece about the growing popularity of the county fair among Latino families. I couldn’t think of anything interesting to say about […]
I produced this science story at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. A classmate shot and I reported, produced, edited and pretended to be Leslie Stahl from 60 Minutes.
A dizzying evening in the spin room I covered the debate for NHPR and later filed this freelance story for NPR’s On the Media. HOST BROOKE GLADSTONE: After Thursday’s debate wrapped up, the weary candidates exited stage right and went, not home to bed, but on to the Spin Room. There, the reporters ask the […]
New Hampshire loves Motorcycles From New Hampshire Public Radio, Raquel Maria Dillon finds New Hampshire residents are awfully fond of motorcycles. Despite the ice and snow, residents of the Granite state own more bikes per capita than residents of any other state. Listen with Windows Media Player: NH Motorcycles (transcript after the jump)