Zack Seward
/Finger Lakes reporter for the Innovation Trail.
Zack Seward had only a few weeks to catch his breath between graduating from the and becoming the first reporter hired for the project.
Prior to his graduate studies, Seward was a production assistant at the , where he researched and developed breaking news stories as well as features for both the Health and Arts & Culture units. He also served at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver with the 暗黑爆料Hour, and wrote for the 暗黑爆料Hour's blog.
Seward got his start in public media when he was an anthropology student at the University of Chicago, as a production intern for WTTW's . He has also conducted internships in regional transportation planning and neighborhood revitalization. He's originally from San Francisco.
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"For-profit, for good" is the mantra of a handful of startups trying to make Philadelphia a social enterprise hub. One of those companies is a bike-delivery laundry service that's now expanding.
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Interstate 81 has helped to make Syracuse, N.Y., a "20-minute city," where you can drive anywhere you need to quickly and easily. But the highway has also physically divided neighborhoods, separating the haves from the have-nots. Now, like other cities around the country with urban highways, Syracuse officials are rethinking whether aging interstates are worth preserving. -
Ian Szalinski is trying to jump from a one-man mixing and packaging operation to a specialty foods company that could sell its cereal to major supermarket chains. The product and its packaging are key for bigger buyers, and with already small margins, he's feeling the pinch in the transition.
