{"id":11,"date":"2023-03-16T21:07:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T21:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maureenker.com\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-03-25T19:07:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T19:07:31","slug":"articles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maureenker.com\/index.php\/articles\/","title":{"rendered":"Published Journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A curated selection of my journalism, commentary and children\u2019s science writing. My work has appeared in the <em>New York Daily News, Newsday, Scholastic<\/em> publications and other outlets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Human\u2011Interest &amp; Community Reporting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/maureenker.com\/index.php\/meet-the-fortune-teller-of-flushing\/\">Meet the fortune-teller of Flushing \u2014 <em>New York Daily News<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A profile of Master Li, a sidewalk fortune\u2011teller whose quiet presence draws a steady stream of anxious New Yorkers seeking reassurance and guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maureenker.com\/index.php\/acupuncture-helps-new-yorker-get-pregnant\/\"><strong>Acupuncture helps New Yorker get pregnant \u2014 <em>Newsday<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A reported piece on a study published in the <em>British Medical Journal<\/em> showing that acupuncture before and after IVF embryo transfer may increase the chances of pregnancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maureenker.com\/index.php\/human-cockfights-or-sport\/\"><strong>Human cockfights \u2014 <em>Newsday<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A look at the rise of mixed martial arts and the push to overturn New York\u2019s 11\u2011year ban on MMA competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><strong>Education &amp; Learning<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maureenker.com\/index.php\/majority-rules\/\"><strong>Majority rules? \u2014 <em>Scholastic Math<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A curriculum\u2011aligned explainer helping students understand how voting systems work and how many votes it takes to win a U.S. election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A curated selection of my journalism, commentary and children\u2019s science writing. My work has appeared in the New York Daily News, Newsday, Scholastic publications and other outlets. Human\u2011Interest &amp; Community Reporting Meet the fortune-teller of Flushing \u2014 New York Daily News A profile of Master Li, a sidewalk fortune\u2011teller whose quiet presence draws a steady&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maureenker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maureenker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maureenker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maureenker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maureenker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/maureenker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144,"href":"https:\/\/maureenker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maureenker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}