By Craig McGuire

Craig McGuire spent several years as a beat reporter and photographer on assignment encompassing all aspects of community journalism for this string of eight community weeklies covering various neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

During this period in his career, he was assigned to write on all aspects of Brooklyn community life — including news, features, crime blotters, and photography. From reporting on raging school board battles and covering violent crime scenes to interviewing beleaguered politicians and profiling quirky local personalities, this work captures many unique perspectives of one of the most vibrant collections of communities in the world. These publications, with corresponding neighborhoods of coverage, include:

•  Bay News: Sheepshead Bay, Coney Island, Sea Gate, Brighton Beach, Manhattan Beach, Bensonhurst, and Gravesend
•  Bay Ridge Courier: Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Fort Hamilton
•  Brooklyn Graphic: Bensonhurst and Gravesend
•  Brooklyn Heights: CourierBrooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Fulton-Ferry, Vinegar Hill
•  Canarsie Digest: Canarsie
•  Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill Courier: Carroll Gardens, Gowanus, Red Hook
•  Flatbush Life: Flatbush, East Flatbush, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Parkville, Kensington, Boro Park
•  Kings Courier: Marine Park, Mill Basin, Bergen Beach, Flatlands, Midwood, Gerritsen Beach, Georgetown, Boro Park
•  Park Slope Courier: Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Windsor Terrace, Gowanus, Greenwood

• 76th Police Precinct Reports on Falling Crime Rate
• 84th Precinct Reports Outstanding Warrants Below Average
• 86th Street in Brooklyn in a Parking Daze
• Advocates Protest Cuts to Coney Island Drug Treatment Program
• African-America Educator Testifies to Holocaust Horrors  
  AIDS Quilt Brings the Tragedy Home to Brooklyn
• April Fools - Bay Ridge Family Suffers Bizarre Bird Attack
• April Fools - Local Lawmakers Impose a Midnight Curfew on Bay Ridge Bars
• April Fools - Pedestrians Kicked Off Ocean Parkway
• April Fools - Nude Sunbathing Comes to Brighton Beach

• April Fools - P.S. 101 Renamed for Al Sharpton
• Bay Ridge Church Gets Special X-Mas Gift - A Lady Reverend
• Bishop Daily Goes to Fulton Ferry for Ash Wednesday Event
• Blanketing the Littlest Victims of AIDS With Love
• Borough President Lashes Out a Subway Proposal
• Brooklyn "Knight" Drops in on Hometown
• Brooklyn Libraries Facing Rudy's Budget Axe
• Brooklyn's Baby New Year - The First Baby Born
• Brooklyn Union Leads the Way in Utilizing Alternative Fuels
• Bringing the Brighter Side of Brooklyn to the Big Screen

• Canarsie Civic Asked for Help
• Church Avenue Residents Brace for Drought
• Community Board 6 Waits on DOT Traffic Plan
• Community Court Program Debuts in Red Hook
• Committee: Clinton's Healthcare Package is Bad Medicine
• Community Banishes Poster Advertisements
• Community Galvanizes to Sponge Away Gross Graffiti
• Con Artists Coming Your Way
• Construction on Expanded ER for Maimonides to Begin
• Cortines Postpones District Restructuring

• Cortines Reaches Out to CSB 22
• Councilman Re-arming for Assault Weapon Bill
• D.A.'s Staff Offers a Closer Look at Justice System
• Dist. 15 "Growing Rumbling'Shakes Schools' Budget Plan
• District 18 Gets Big Federal Bucks to Fight Drugs
• DoS Lets Residents Dump all Over Them
• DOT Paves Way for New Smith Street Construction
• Downtown Cops Board Bikes to Battle Crime
• Downtown Residents Call for More
• Downtown Water Tunnel Blasting Completed
• Drug Bust Nabs Cop 'Officer of the Month' in 84th Precinct
• Flatbush Residents Chard Bd. of Ed. With Canarsie Favortism
• Fresh Ammo for Weapons Bill
• Gov. funds Go To Local Schools to Battle Drugs
• Grade Schoolers Help Seniors Celebrate Christmas
• Graffiti 'Markers' May Be Put Out of Minor's Reach
• HIV/AIDS Curricula Controversy Resurfaces in District 22
• Holocaust Support Group Gathers to Remember the 'Six Million'
• Jerusalem Mayor Comes to Brooklyn
• Junior's Restaurant Battles Board Over Street Renaming

• Lax Recyclers Beware - Sanitation Fines Coming
• Maimonides Hospital Overhauls its Emergency Room
• Mayor Giuliani Crosses Over Party Lines
• Merchants Want Their Money's Worth Out of Beat Cops
• Molinari Plan to Keep Dayton Manor from Housing Homeless
• New Brooklyn Postmaster Named
• New Investigation Division Created to Root Out Corruption
• New Sunners PlayGround Dedicated in Brooklyn
• Next Step in Auto Safety Proves to be a Lifesaver
• No Honeymoon for Newly Elected Hevesi
• Packer Students are Live and On the Air!
• Parents Blast Board Over Threat to Replace Superintendent
• 'Principal for a Day' at Fort Hamilton High School
• Profile of Automotive High School
• Proposed Library Budget Cuts Draw Official's Ire
• PS 139 Parents Go Along for the Ride
• Red Hook BID Gives Cold Shoulder to Capital Improvement Plan

• PS 235 Secures Funding for 10-Classrom Expansion
• Residents in Canarsie Frustrated With Illegal Apartment Conversions
• Rudy Dives in to Help Flooded CG Residents
• Schools Board 18 Calls for More Hirings
• Single Payer Health Care Plan Makes Sense to Brooklyn Group
• Stellar HS Student Doesn't Make Principal's Grade Grade
• Students Welcome Chancellor Cortines
• Techniques for Removing Hazardous Household Waste
• Tenacious Tabbies on 9th Lives Need a New Home
• The Right Rx For Area Gardeners on the Way
• Underground Blast KO's Area Phone Service
• Volunteers Make Thanksgiving Special for the Poor
• Water Main Break Leaves Flood of Problems
• Winter Ice Storm Chills Public Hearing's Attendance