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MetroFocus is a multi-platform magazine covering news, culture and life in and around New York. MetroFocus delivers local content with a public media sensibility to help fill the gaps left by commercial news coverage and to amplify the excellent work of niche media and nonprofits in the region.

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Full episodes
31 VIDEOS

Full Episode: Sandy rebuilding, closed beaches, new MLK book
26:46 Air Date 06/19/13

June 12: Neighborhood Parks Alliance, NY and NJ Politics
26:46 Air Date 06/12/13

May 29: Political Scandal, Raising Houses, Homelessness
26:46 Air Date 05/29/13

May 22: Minimum Wage, Libraries, Salt Sugar Fat,
26:46 Air Date 05/22/13

May 9: Sandy and Infrastructure, Lady of the O.K. Corral
26:46 Air Date 05/08/13

May 1: Public Housing After Sandy,Kids Mental Health,MoMath
26:46 Air Date 05/01/13

April 17: Corruption, Robin Hood Foundation, Sonia Manzano
26:47 Air Date 04/17/13

April 3: Solutions for Failing Schools, Yoani Sánchez
26:46 Air Date 04/03/13

March 20: Minimum Wage, Five Borough Ballot, Birdwatchers
26:47 Air Date 03/20/13

MetroFocus Full Episode February 27
26:46 Air Date 02/27/13

February 13: Guns and Poverty, How to Survive a Plague
26:46 Air Date 02/13/13

January 22: Sandy, Grand Central Terminal
26:47 Air Date 01/22/13
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Previews
22 VIDEOS

MetroFocus Preview June 19
0:30 Air Date 06/19/13

MetroFocus Preview June 12
0:30 Air Date 06/12/13

MetroFocus Preview: May 29
0:30 Air Date 05/24/13

MetroFocus Preview: May 9
0:30 Air Date 05/03/13

MetroFocus Preview: May 1
0:28 Air Date 05/01/13

MetroFocus Preview: April 17
0:30 Air Date 04/17/13

MetroFocus Preview: April 3
0:30 Air Date 04/03/13

MetroFocus Preview March 20
0:32 Air Date 03/19/13

MetroFocus Promo
0:30 Air Date 03/06/13

MetroFocus Preview February 27
0:32 Air Date 02/27/13

MetroFocus Preview February 14
0:33 Air Date 02/14/13

MetroFocus Preview January 22
0:30 Air Date 01/22/13
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Shorts
185 VIDEOS

Gospel of Freedom: A Look Back at MLK Jr's Birmingham Letter
5:03 Air Date 06/19/13

New Report Lays Out Strategy For Post-Sandy NYC
10:32 Air Date 06/19/13

Sandy Debris Causes Middletown to Ban Swimming at Beaches
2:48 Air Date 06/19/13

Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines
1:37 Air Date 06/19/13

Author Traces History of Greenwich Village
5:14 Air Date 06/12/13

New York Senator Proposes Neighborhood Parks Alliance
5:02 Air Date 06/12/13

Recognizing New York City's Landmark Buildings
2:52 Air Date 06/12/13

Tri-State Politics Heat Up
4:32 Air Date 06/12/13

Flood-Prone Communities Prepare for Hurricane Season
4:34 Air Date 05/29/13

Scandal and Redemption in NY Politics
4:46 Air Date 05/29/13

Tackling Homelessness in Brownsville: A Community Solution
4:27 Air Date 05/29/13

Turning Sandy Debris Into Art
2:51 Air Date 05/29/13
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