Amanda Rivkin

selected tearsheets: newspapers

Newspaper tearsheets from The Financial Times, Le Monde, The New York Times and others.

THE NEW YORK TIMES(USA)"On the Malecon, Havana, March 15, 2010" (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times)"Why We Travel," Travel p. 13April 25, 2010
   
THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA)January: Rod Blagojevich in the governor's mansion in Springfield prepared his defense for Illinois legislators shortly before he an Elvis left the building. 12/87 (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times)"2009 - The Year in Pictures,"December 23, 2009.
   
LE MONDE (France)Le groupe francais M83 a beneficie du coup de coeur de Pitchfork. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/Polaris pour Le Monde)"Pitchfork diapason 'indie rock', fait son festival," p. 14,July 21, 2009.
     
  
THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA)Residents of Gary placed flowers in front of his boyhood home at 2300 Jackson Street. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times)"Fans React to Jackson's Death,"June 25, 2009.
   
THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA)Connie Fuller, 39, took a picture of Curtis Harris, 50, and Daren Adkisson, 39, of Rock Island, Ill. after they picked up their marriage license at the Scott County Recorder's Office in Davenport, Iowa. County officials across Iowa began accepting marriage license applications from same-sex couples on Monday morning, making it the third state to allow such marriages. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times)"Pictures of the Day, April 27,"April 27, 2009
   
THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA)(Top down) Carol Mrowka went to court when Chicago deemed her East Village neighborhood a landmark. 'It's a nice neighborhood,' she said. 'But this is not a landmark.'; Some residents say the East Village is not as significant as other city landmark districts.; Preservationists worry how a ruling will affect Chicago landmarks like the Cultural Center, Wrigley Field and the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company building. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times)"In a City of Landmarks, a Court Case Alarms Preservationists," p. A 12,March 24, 2009.
     
  
THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA)(Above the fold) Rod R. Blagojevich readying for the address he gave Thursday before Illinois legislators voted to oust him as governor. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times)"Blagojevich Has His Final Say, Making Day of It," p. A1January 30, 2009.
   
THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA)(Top) On what turned out to be Rod R. Blagojevich's last dayas governor, he went through a range of moods, including gallows humor. (Center and bottom) After his defense to state senators, Mr. Blagojevich flew home to Chicago, but not until he had retrieved his hairbrushes from the restroom adjacent to his office in Springfield. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times)"Blagojevich Has His Say, Making a Day of It," p. A19January 30, 2009.
   
THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA)(Above the fold) Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois selected Roland W. Burris for the United States Senate. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times)"Defiant Governor Names Successor to Obama," p. A1December 31, 2008
     
  
THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA)(Top) Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois on Tuesday after his announcement that he had selected Roland W. Burris for a Senate Seat; (Below) Roland W. Burris. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times)"Governor Chooses Successor to Obama," and "Low-Key Groundbreaker: Roland W. Burris," p. A17December 31, 2008
   
THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA)(Top) Jeremiah Taylor, 3, and Daisha White, 4, at an Educare Center in Chicago. The center offers all-day care for children from 6 weeks to 5 years. (Lower) Keyoveun Williams, 3, at the center, which is financed by federal, state and local taxes and money from family foundations. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times)"Obama's $10 Billion Promise Stirs Hopes and Passion in Early Education," p. A26,December 17, 2008.
   
THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA)(Below the fold) With their father in the car, Sasha Obama, left, and Malia Obama arriving Thursday at school. (Credit: Pool photograph by Amanda Rivkin) "For Obama and Family, the Other Transition Is Strictly Personal," p. A1November 14, 2008.
     
  
THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA)(Top) Percy Matthews, 25, of Chicago, has voted just once in his life, but said he was not certain for whom. This election is different. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times)"Some Black Voters are Finding Politics is for Them, Too," p. A30.November 2, 2008.
   
LE MONDE (France)(Top) Un trader a la Bourse de Chicago, jeudi 18 septembre, apres l'annonce du plan de sauvetage. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/Agence France Presse)Front page, "Un plan de sauvetage de geant pour les banques"September 20, 2008.
   
FINANCIAL TIMES (UK)In business: a trader on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as US stocks rebounded last week. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/Agence France Presse - Getty Images)"Investors downbeat about equities," p. 3September 22, 2008.
     
  
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE (USA)(Top) The patio at O'Shaughnessy's Public House is a safe bet on a sunny day, or head inside for gorgeous dark wood and stained-glass accents, green drapes, TVs, great beers in the cooler and on draft (try the Strongbow cider), and friendly faces. (Lower) O'Shaughnessy's menu features dishes with Irish touches - boxty, or mussels in garlic and Guinness, for example.(Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The Chicago Tribune)"A pub with a neighborhood-clubhouse vibe,"At Play, Section 5A, p. 7,August 7, 2008.
   
GLENCOE NEWS (USA)Patti Vile, 65, and Rabbi Steven Lowenstein, "voluntourists" from the Am Shalom synagogue in Glencoe work on the new home of Aniece Gibbs, 89, in the Hollygrove section of New Orleans. Gibbs survived Hurricane Katrina when a neighbor rescued her and currently lives in a FEMA trailer equipped for the disabled while awaiting the completion of her home. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for Pioneer Press/Sun-Times News Group)"Voluntourists sign up for work in 'Big Easy,'"May 8, 2008.
   
GLENCOE NEWS(USA)Patti Vile, 65, of Glencoe, Ill. and Tron Lee, 23, of Destrahan, La. prune a bush earlier this spring outside the new home of Aniece Gibbs, 88, in the Hollygrove section of New Orleans, La. Vile organized a local group of "voluntourists" to visit and help restore New Orleans. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for Pioneer Press/Sun-Times News Group)"Voluntourists sign up for work in 'Big Easy,'"May 8, 2008
     
  
THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA)The year 2000 was welcomed in celebrations both religious and wry (top right) in Ethiopia, where Orthodox Christians follow a calendar that differs from the Gregorian calendar by more than seven years. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/Associated Press)"Millennium Arrives Seven Years Late and Right on Time," p. A3September 12, 2007.
   
THE GUARDIAN (UK)Debre Birhan, Ethiopia : A woman rides her horse along a muddy trail. As urban Ethiopians prepare for the Coptic millennium celebrations on September 11, life in the countryside continues with little fanfare. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/Associated Press)"24 hours in pictures: September 4 2007"