What Went Wrong: Videos
Video: Barlett and Steele talk about wages, money and politics
July 29, 2012
Rose Ciotta, senior projects editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer, talk to Jim Steele, left, and Don Barlett, about their conversations with people around the country and why they wrote their new book.
Video: Alan Vandersloot talks about the York Area Labor-Management Council
June 14, 2012
Alan Vandersloot of AFL-CIO Community Services talks about the York Area Labor-Management Council.
Video: John Lloyd talks about technology and innovation in manufacturing
June 14, 2012
John Lloyd of MANTEC talks about technology and innovation in manufacturing.
Video: Ellie Lamison talks about workforce development
June 14, 2012
Ellie Lamison of the York County Economic Alliance talks about workforce development.
Video: Michael Lawson: As a reporter
Nov. 11, 2011
Reporter Michael Lawson introduces himself and his role in the project.
Video: Michael Lawson: On Identity
Nov. 11, 2011
Reporter Michael Lawson talks about how the loss of your job can impact your identity.
Video: Michael Lawson: Finding encouragement
Nov. 11, 2011
Reporter Michael Lawson talks about how he is encouraged by the people he interviews.
Video: Michael Lawson: Who he's interviewing
Oct. 26, 2011
Reporter Michael Lawson talks about how we found people to share their stories of unemployment.
Video: Carlos Day
Sept. 16, 2011
Although he only has $20 to his name, Carlos Day talks about the need to stay fit and "vibrant" as a strategy to securing a job.
Video: Tara Flemming
Sept. 16, 2011
Tara Flemming, 60, is living on a friend's couch to cut expenses until she can find a job, and is "willing to do anything" to gain employment.
Video: Tonolin Young
Sept. 16, 2011
Street vendor Tonolin Young, 45, talks about how the economy has slowed business and how he stays afloat.
Video: Sean Gordy
Sept. 16, 2011
Sean Gordy, program manager of the Department of Employment Services' "One-Stop" career center, in Northeast D.C., speaks about the need for job training and placement programs.
Video: Susan Travers
Sept. 16, 2011
Susan Travers, a case manager at the Department of Employment Services' "One-Stop" career center, talks about the stress job-seekers and case managers alike feel in the anemic economy.
Video: Emanuela Cebert
Sept. 16, 2011
Emanuela Cebert, 25, a recent college graduate, talks about how difficult finding gainful employment is — even with a master's degree.
Video: James Wilkerson
Sept. 16, 2011
James Wilkerson, 55, was a baker with 25 years of experience before laid off from his most recent position at Costco. Wilkerson talks about his frustrating experiences during this recession.
Video: Judy Valencia
Sept. 16, 2011
Judy Valencia, 30, is an employment specialist at Catholic Charities, a nonprofit organization aiming to reduce poverty on the national level. She is an advocate for strengthening the "human contact" between employer and job-seekers. She also talks about the disadvantages of moving the job application process online.
Video: Lisa Ridgeway
Sept. 16, 2011
Lisa Ridgeway, 42, has 25 years of work experience, but talks about how age may play a role in a potential employer's hiring practices.
Video: Jennifer Dorris
Aug. 5, 2011
Jennifer Doris, Laurel, Md., schoolteacher, talks about the impact of poverty in the classroom.
Video: Counselors: Long road ahead
Aug. 5, 2011
Peyton Herbert and Alicia Acota-Mahone, housing counselors from HomeFree USA, talk about the long economic recovery road ahead.
Video: Subprime loans targeted at minorities, says housing counselors
Aug. 5, 2011
Two housing counselors talk about subprime loans targets to minorities.
Video: Despite demand, housing counselors lose resources
Aug. 5, 2011
Peyton Herbert and Alicia Acosta-Mahone, housing counselors at the nonprofit HomeFree-USA in Hyattsville, Md., explain the unwavering high demand for housing counseling. More government cuts for these assistance programs take effect this fall.
Video: Neighborhood struggles through housing collapse
July 21, 2011
Doris Tucker watched six out of the 11 houses on her block go into foreclosure: “You already see a change in the quality of life,” she said. “You see more drastic crime. People are desperate.”
Video: Union representative challenges citywide layoffs
May 31, 2011
A union representative from the Bronx shares the city's struggle in keeping its employees on payroll. From its libraries to its law enforcement agency, layoffs are occurring across the board, says Phyllis Streeter.
Video: Child care provider loses children to lost jobs
May 31, 2011
Children come and go to Melanie Collins' home on a daily basis. Parents drop them off on their way to work and pick them up on their way home, but when a parent loses his or her job, Collins' services go unneeded. And it hurts to know the challenges that family must now live with.
Video: Teacher sees little relief in Cleveland
May 31, 2011
A Cleveland teacher shares his school's struggle as Ohio's budget deficit mounts. Justin Hons said in October that stimulus money helped stymie the schools' suffering last year, but now, the Cleveland schools are sending warning signs this upcoming school year must face the cuts.
Video: Eroding the Middle Class
April 29, 2011
Steele describes how decades of American policies crumbled the middle class.
Video: Why this project now?
Feb. 7, 2011
Barlett and Steele explain why they are tackling this subject now.
Video: Reaction to the 1992 Book
Feb. 7, 2011
Barlett and Steele discuss the public's intitial reaction to their 1992 book.
Video: Tell Us Your Story
Feb. 7, 2011
Barlett and Steele explain what audience they are trying to reach.
