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Welcome to my personal website! I'm a 2014 University of Michigan English and Communication Studies working as a journalist. Use this website to explore my writing clips, social media work and resume. Thanks for visiting!
For more information, contact me at goldberg.haley@gmail.com
Click on the images to explore my writing:
 New York Post"The crazy new diet taking over NYC — and your Instagram" The latest diet craze to hit New York isn’t just about dropping pounds, it’s about broadcasting your painstaking effort to your social media followers. |  New York Post"Throw a Memorial Day soiree just like a real Hamptonite" Stuck in the city this holiday weekend? You don’t need to hop on the Jitney to bring the easy, breezy style of the Hamptons to your Memorial Day soiree. |  New York Post"A phone-charging backpack and 7 other accessories you need for music fest season" |
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 New York Post"6 real-life meet-cutes that prove you can find love in NYC" Just in time for Valentine’s Day, The Post rounded up six local couples who prove that you can find true love, rom-com-style, in New York. |  New York Post**Story highlighted on the front page of nypost.com. Garnered more than 84,000 reads.** When 20-year-old Iona College student Kelly Dombrowski listened to a cryptic voice message she received in late September, she had no idea it would lead to her hanging out with her idol Taylor Swift — in the music star’s Tribeca loft. |  New York Post"Why the selfie stick is 2014’s most controversial gift" It’s a sunny Friday afternoon on the Brooklyn Bridge, yet Tarsila Ferreira is proudly holding what appears to be the shaft of an umbrella. Attached at the top: her smartphone. |
 New York Post"Haikus and horoscopes for hire by these creative party teams" Forget the old-school magician or the goofy face painter. Today’s holiday parties demand entertainment that’s as quirky and captivating as Gotham itself. These four local acts — who’ve delighted the likes of Beyoncé and the staffs of Google and Vogue — are sure to please the crowds at your next seasonal shindig. |  Los Angeles Times"On road to film Lois Lowry's 'The Giver,' Jeff Bridges gave his all" Jeff Bridges' pursuit of "The Giver" persisted over 18 years, the actor mistakenly thinking the book's popularity would make it an easy film to produce. He calls it a "convoluted journey," with the film changing writers, producers and directors multiple times, and Bridges losing the rights to the film for a brief period. |  Los Angeles Times"Simon Pegg finds happiness" At 44, Simon Pegg thinks he's finally found happiness. The "Star Trek" and "Mission: Impossible" actor has that particular achievement on his mind recently, thanks to his new film, "Hector and the Search for Happiness." |
 Los Angeles Times"Nat Wolff skillfully juggles acting and music" Possibly the earliest fan of actor and musician Nat Wolff? The white-haired hostess at Art's Delicatessen in Studio City. She places her hand at her hip. "I knew him when he was this big," she coos, after the 19-year-old climbs out of a black chauffeured sedan and enters the restaurant. |  Los Angeles Times"Ansel Elgort has 'em screaming at Young Hollywood Awards" "The Fault in Our Stars" star Ansel Elgort snagged the bulk of this year’s shouts and screams on the award show's blue carpet. For the 20-year-old, who just started acting two years ago before landing a lead role in the young adult book-turned-movie, the reaction is still new. |  Los Angeles Times"Gabriel 'Fluffy' Iglesias, a social (media) sort of guy, gets a film" Clad in a Captain America T-shirt, comedian Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias nurses an all-nighter with a dairy-free, gluten-free, vanilla bean milkshake at a vegan restaurant in the Cahuenga Pass. |
 Los Angeles Times"James Marcus Haney's lucky 'break' into rock films" After James Marcus Haney snuck into his first music festival, he found himself in an opportune spot: Using his cameras as props and a "press pass" made with a shoelace, he placed himself on the 2010 Coachella stage alongside one of the festival's biggest acts, Muse. With his gear around his neck, the then-USC film school student figured he might as well hit "record." |  Los Angeles Times"Little Market online seeks to have a big effect for women worldwide" Fashion designer and former reality star Lauren Conrad, 28, has left "The Hills" and "Laguna Beach" behind quite literally with her fair trade project, the Little Market. |  Los Angeles Times"Ed Oxenbould puts the Aussie in 'Alexander'" There's a line in the 1972 children's book "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" by Judith Viorst where the red-headed 5-year-old protagonist Alexander, who's having the titular bad day, says with anguish, "I think I'll move to Australia." So it seems only fitting that the lead role in the film adaptation of the book is played by Ed Oxenbould, a 13-year-old Australian actor. |
 Los Angeles Times"Outfest 2014: 'Life Partners,' other films move beyond the coming out stage" In its 32nd year, Outfest — Los Angeles' LGBT film festival — finds itself in a celebratory mood. In a historic ruling last summer, the Supreme Court declared a key part of the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, and now 19 states have legalized same-sex marriage. It's a major shift from the state of LGBT rights in 1982 when UCLA students first conceived the festival. |  Los Angeles Times"Vocal coach Roger Love helps put the sing in Hollywood performances" Keira Knightley hates karaoke. She describes her relationship with singing as the occasional tune in the shower. Yet in an early scene in her new movie she's apprehensively clutching a guitar on a small stage, singing an original song over the hum of a New York bar. |  Los Angeles Times"Desiree Akhavan's 'Appropriate' sense of identity" Most references to director, writer and actress Desiree Akhavan place a neat three-word descriptor by her name: bisexual Iranian American, often followed by the words "the next Lena Dunham." Yet Akhavan isn't trying to fit into an already defined space in comedy or in life. |
 Los Angeles Times"Sarah Steele of 'The Country House' finds comfort in her characters" Sarah Steele's character in the play "The Country House" — which is directed by Daniel Sullivan and moves to Broadway in October — exists as a beacon of normalcy in a dysfunctional family of overdramatic actors. In a way, so does Steele, in a business in which young starlets work to brand themselves alongside their talent. |  Los Angeles Times"Halle Berry believes in 'Extant,' aliens" Halle Berry is making the move from film to television in this summer’s CBS television series “Extant,” a new sci-fi show produced by Steven Spielberg and his Amblin Television team. |  Digital Magazine ProjectIn my final semester at the University of Michigan, I created a prototype for an original digital magazine. "The Lineup" is an annual publication designed for music festival fans. I designed, wrote and edited the entire magazine. Click on the link to explore the "inaugural" issue. (Images in the magazine contain copyright watermarks since this project did not come with a budget to purchase photos) |
 Opinion viewpoint"About that bucket list..." When I leave Ann Arbor for the West Coast in May, sure, I’m going to crave the #73 “Tarb’s Tenacious Tenure” from Zingerman’s and a craft brew from Mash, but I’m going to long for the people more. |  USA TODAY"Keegan's 'Opposite of Loneliness' voices 'all of the feels'" Posthumous collection of essays and stories by Yale student touches an emotional nerve — and displays promise that will sadly never be fulfilled. |  The Statement**The Society of Professional Journalists 2013 Mark of Excellence National Finalist — Non-Fiction Magazine Article** "No easy choice: How student survivors of sexual assault manage the maze of options before them" For student survivors of sexual assault, their decision isn’t black and white; it isn’t "turn him in to face justice" or "let him go free." It's much more complicated. |
 Glamour.com"Obsessed With Playing 2048? Then Get Ready for the Beyonce Edition" I’ve always resisted the latest gaming trend (sorry, Angry Birds, Candy Crush), but then, the mind-numbingly simple format of 2048 collided with something I hold most dear in this world: Beyonce. |  USA TODAY"'Dear White People' takes on collegiate racial identity" The satire - based on white people's misconceptions about black culture - will debut at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on Saturday and explore "racial identity in 'post-racial' America." |  USA TODAY College"VH1 aims to share morning-after stories in new show ‘Walk of Shame Shuttle’" Urban Dictionary defines a “walk of shame” as “the walk across campus in the same clothes as yesterday after you slept with someone and spent the night in their dorm room.” But during her senior year at the University of Michigan, Kellyann Wargo, 23, defined a “walk of shame” as a business opportunity. |
 USA TODAY College"FBI releases short movie to warn students about espionage recruitment abroad" College students: Don’t become a spy when you study abroad. That’s the basic message of Game of Pawns: The Glenn Duffie Shriver Story, an FBI produced 30-minute movie released last week to warn college students about the threat of foreign governments recruiting them as spies. |  USA TODAY College"New documentary 'Of Many' highlights need for interfaith dialogue" The story of Of Many isn’t rare, it’s just rarely told. The documentary, which premiered last Thursday at the Tribeca Film Festival, chronicles the friendship between Imam Khalid Latif, New York University’s Muslim chaplain, and Rabbi Yehuda Sarna, the university’s Jewish chaplain, as they work together to connect Muslim and Jewish students on campus. |  USA TODAY College"So... why is everyone saying "so?" So… have you noticed the growing trend in people using the word “so” to start and end sentences? Linguists agree that the word is “trending,” but what role does the two-letter word actually play in our language? |
 USA TODAY College"UNICEF challenges nation to set phones aside, make a difference" There’s a new reason to take a break from your smartphone and it gives back, too. |  USA TODAY College"College students head to the Olympics with NBC" Nailing a double McTwist 1260 or a triple axel isn’t the only way for college students to score a spot in Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics. |  USA TODAY College"Campuses hope for clarity, resources from new White House sexual assault task force" As President Obama’s newly created task force begins to address the sexual assault epidemic on college campuses, campus prevention and advocacy groups hope for clarity in federal guidelines and more resources as a result of the new, interagency effort. |
 Glamour"The Buzz of a Coffee Shop Can Actually Boost Your Creativity (No, Really!)" How can you get that atmosphere without actually having to, you know, go to a coffee shop? Enter Coffitivity, a new, free website that plays the natural “hum” of a coffee shop, including everything from the whispers of fellow cafe-goers to the clattering of dishes. It’s like putting a volume switch on Starbucks. |  USA TODAY"Non-profits help give homeless children a happy birthday" For many children dealing with being homeless, celebrating a birthday may not be something they get to experience. Now, as the number of homeless children and families continues to increase, non-profit organizations across the country are working to change that. |  The Michigan Daily"Ann Arbor Affairs: Keep your love" My group and I quickly separated, my phone promptly died, and I found myself stranded in the middle of a mud field, trapped not only in muck but all my fears about music festivals. But in the past-tense words of Icona Pop: I loved it. |
 The Statement"The Fans of Fairness" Ted Hillary has attended 24 men’s basketball NCAA Tournaments, four Final Four games and over 2,500 basketball games throughout his life — averaging about 95 games per season. But at the age of 64, Hillary had a new experience with basketball this year: filling out a March Madness bracket. |  USA WEEKEND"Update your style with less, not more" It takes fewer items than you think to give your look a seasonal shake-up. Fashion and beauty specialists agree that once you reduce the closet and makeup clutter to essential items, style is easy to find. |  The Michigan Daily"London aims to leave a legacy with Summer 2012 Olympic Games" LONDON — As I walk down the narrow path, created by construction boards barricading off the park’s unfinished areas, the gray sky blankets the Olympic Park. We are on the east side of London, which was chosen as the location of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games to help revitalize an industrial area that has become decrepit over time. |
News story"Michigan fans receive 'Heartsaver Hero' awards" — Article selected as a winner in the 2012 American Heart Association Pulse Awards, Excellence in Cardiovascular Media for the CPR/AED category While fans became consumed by the seconds ticking away in the final minutes of the Michigan versus Notre Dame football game on Sept. 10, Leo Staudacher, a Notre Dame fan, was thankful for another ticking — the beating of his heart. |  The Michigan Daily"Holocaust survivors share stories with students at annual luncheon" A worn, manila folder sat on the table in front of George Vine, 85, with two words handwritten on the label: “Holocaust Records.” |  The Michigan Daily"MLK’s 1962 visit highlighted in long-forgotten photographs" While the University has a long, visible history of honoring late civil rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Martin Luther King Jr., one of his visits to the University during the height of the civil rights movement has been overlooked — until now. |
 Arts story"Babo: a market by sava fuses food, aesthetics and community in design" Walking into babo: a market by sava, it’s easy to forget the fluorescently lit, barren grocery stores of shopping trips past. | Arts column"Haley Goldberg: My celebrity Christmas wish" Last year for Christmas, there were only two things I wanted: Reese Witherspoon to be happy and Jennifer Aniston to find a significant other. I know, it’s a little weird to ask for the happiness of some of my favorite celebrities as a gift, but when you grow up reading People religiously what’s a girl to do on such a holy holiday? |  USA WEEKEND"Gift ideas that deliver tasty memories" Thanks to sites such as Etsy and Pinterest, handmade and homemade are more popular than ever. In fact, making your own gifts can save you time and money, says Lucy Baker, author of Edible DIY: Simple, Giftable Recipes to Savor and Share. |
 The Michigan Daily"Twitter CEO, University alum talks power of technology" Rather than 140 characters, it took one, grainy photo for Twitter CEO Dick Costolo to reveal his connection to the University. “Here’s proof that I actually went to Michigan. That’s my 1985 Student ID card in the Computer Science department,” Costolo said. | Arts column"Haley Goldberg: The two percent of celebrity dating" Jalena, Bennifer, Speidi, Brangelina, Bey-Z — no, these are not the names of newly born celebrity children, but the merged names for some of the many famous couples that fill our gossip magazines on the daily. More often than not, it seems the hottest celebrities are attracted to other celebrities, leading to a duo of hotness that earns its own name. |  USA WEEKEND"Top cities for living clean and sober" Climate and culture are factors when deciding where to live, but what about a city’s sobriety? |
 The Michigan Daily"Team returns to proud fans" The players entered the stadium through the stands, greeting the cheering fans along the way. Then they took their seats on the floor, in 24 Michigan-themed folding chairs — chairs that faced the media, the fans and the sole banner hanging above the section: the 1989 NCAA National Championship banner. |
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