Jacob E. Osterhout
Welcome to the website of Jacob E. Osterhout.
After
stints in Ecuador and Argentina, a gig as a college sports writer for
CBS College Sports and Sports Illustrated, and a love affair with a
rottweiler named Panzona, Jacob is currently a copywriter in New York City. In a former life, he was also a features reporter for the New York
Daily News, where he wrote and photographed the Best of New York column as well as human interest pieces, tech/food articles and celebrity interviews.
Most of Jacob's writing and photographs are listed below.
- Check out Jacob's celebrity interviews
- Check out Jacob's Best of New York column
- Check out Jacob's top ten articles for the New York Daily News
- Check out Jacob's best videos from the New York Daily News
- Check out the rest of Jacob's New York Daily News articles
New York Daily News Highlights (updated March, 2013)
Best Features Articles
Features Articles
Best Features Articles
- How to turn your pet into an internet star
- Interview with the world's largest dog
- Man eats slice of pizza from all 362 pizza joints in Manhattan
- Brooklyn man turns household items into awesome robot costumes
- The subway animator who made $40K hustling his DVDs underground
- Flying high with Victoria's Secret Angel Alessandra Ambrosio
- The Peking Opera singing Chinese food Chinese deliveryman
- Stealth Marketing: When you don't even know you're being pitched
- The great Brooklyn Cyclones mascot try out
- The Geppetto of Brooklyn makes holiday dreams come true
- The world's fastest skateboarding dog
- 84-year-old inventor strikes gold with new word game
- Finger painting for adults: Couples make love on paint-covered canvases
- Bug Appetit! Eating insects with the Bug Chef
- The best afternoon in NYC ever with InsideHook
- Riding Six Flags Great Adventure's newest ride, The SkyScreamer
- Playing hoops with the world's tallest basketball player
- Riding bulls with professional bull rider Douglas Duncan
- A tutorial from Universoul Circus ringmaster Tony Tone
- Working out with Madonna's former lover Carlos Leon
- Victoria's Secret model Alessandra Ambrosio lends me her wings
Features Articles
- How to turn your pet into an internet star
- New York's first parkour gym opens in Bushwick
- Learning to cook like a Benihana chef
- New blog dives into NYC's worst toilets
- Women flock for the Kate Middleton nose job
- Analyzing the Baldwin brothers
- The legal return of street artist Moustache Man
- The coolest "Jeopardy!" contestant ever
- The death of the Lower East Side
- Brooklyn filmmaker explores the world of black dolls in new documentary
- Behind the scenes at the "America's Got Talent" auditions
- High profile sibling rivalries
- Grand Central stories from the people who have worked there longest
- "Puppy Bowl" referee talks treats, meats and peeing on the field
- Brooklyn man turns household items into awesome robot costumes
- First synagogue builit in Manhattan in over 50 years
- Miss America's favorite neighborhood spots
- Tat's all, Folks: A children's book attempts to explain Daddy's tattoo
- Eating insects with the bug chef
- The Bond Market: Product placement in "Skyfall"
- New York City's first Houdini Museum
- Seinfeld on Seinfeld
- Taste testing a $5K bottle of whiskey
- Columnist Juan Gonzalez talks immigration
- The Ghetto Film School
- Elgin James goes from gangbanger to movie director
- Behind the scenes at the "How to Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular"
- Wes Anderson's ten favorite NYC movies
- Hindenburg 75 years after the disaster
- Brother-sister duo in two shows on Broadway at the same time
- Director Peter Berg turns "Battleship" from a board game to a movie
- Book Review: Paul Ingrassia's "Engines of Change"
- Hey Chanel, it's just a jacket
- Book Review: Anthony Swofford's "Hotels, Hospitals and Jails"
- Riding Six Flags Great Adventure's newest ride, The SkyScreamer
- Washington Heights rapper dies
- Washington Heights rapper battles leukemia with beats and rhymes
- Performance artist moves all her stuff into the Whitney Museum
- Daily News photographer's colorful celeb pic featured at the National Portrait Gallery
- Interview with the world's largest dog
- Making Earth Day every day
- Ten easy tips for saving the planet
- Tupac returns! Thug Life hologram performs at Coachella
- "Apple Pushers" documentary highlights fruit cart vendors in NYC food deserts
- 12-year-old publishes kid's guide to NYC restaurants
- Alec Baldwin urges boycott of circus for elephant treatment
- Finger painting for adults: Couples make love on paint-covered canvases
- New York bartender becomes a "Fashion Star"
- Spring theater guide
- Playing the world's tallest professional basketball player in one on one
- Hunger Games set to become the next pop culture phenomenon
- Escape in style to the Dominican Republic
- An interview with Mr. Manners
- Artist designs sculptures out of old newspapers
- Multimedia exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum explores black identity
- Dr. Josh Bazell takes on med school and Minnesota lake monsters at the same time
- Getting all hot and bothered on the beaches of Los Cabos, Mexico
- Museum of the City of New York revives the South Street Seaport Museum
- Professional bull rider Douglas Duncan teaches reporter to grab life by the horns
- Man eats slice of pizza from all 362 pizza joints in Manhattan
- Brooklyn artist releases the "Hip Hop Coloring Book"
- Former paparazzo uses guerrilla photo skills to snap pics of wedding proposals
- Swedish chocolatier makes sci-fi sculptures out of chocolate
- Your guide to upper FiDi
- Brooklyn bandmates open clam shack in Gowanus
- How one Bronx family sets up the craziest Christmas lights in New York City
- The Geppetto of Brooklyn makes holiday dreams come true
- Working New York: Dim sum chef folds 1,000 dumplings a day
- Working New York: Restaurant fish butcher weilds a sharp knife
- Working New York: NYC server masters the art of balancing egos and plates
- Working New York: Sweating it out with a Mexican line cook
- Heavy metal group by night; kids band by day
- Art program helps New York teen leave behind life of crime
- Queens bartender submits film to Sundance Film Festival
- Lead singer of band Jack's Mannequin overcomes leukemia, keeps on rockin'
- MLB Cavemen watch every single baseball game this season
- Working New York: Community van driver
- Working New York: MTA train operator
- Working New York: Parent Coordinator
- Working New York: Janitor
- A behind the scenes look at the Times Square billboards
- Two Brooklyn exterminators track down NYC's biggest rats for a new TV show
- Surf's up: Learning to surf in the Rockaways
- Former drug dealer sells motivational books on the subway
- Tony the Pigeon rides the ferry to Weehawken every day for three years
- The King of Bed-Stuy: Nigerian royalty runs Brooklyn's hottest lounge
- A brief history of salsa music and dancing in the Bronx
- 84-year-old inventor strikes gold with new word game
- New Queens exhibit allows visitors to try out for the circus
- A behind the scenes look at what it takes to pull off the National Puerto Rican Day Parade
- Brooklyn family-run bookstore finds success where others fail
- Soho's last steel sculptor makes eco-friendly sexy
- Describe, the rapping rabbi, drops a beat in Crown Heights
- Trying out for a spot in "Stomp!"
- Arm wrestling with the world champ
- How will Manhattan look in 2030? Five architects predict the future
- A Wolfe in Streep clothing: The lyrical trials and tribulations of Meryl Streep's son
- Train your dog to scoot and skate
- College grads guide to surviving New York City
- Brooklyn artist attempts to paint every building in New York City
- Four up-and-coming Brooklyn filmmakers share their secrets
- Turn it up: Final Fantasy music comes to Brooklyn
- Cooking tips from Maangchi the YouTube Korean chef
- Bushwick street artists create community mural project
- Ringmast of Disaster: Training with Tony Tone of the UniverSoul Circus
- Brooklyn art gallery burns down, keeps on making art
- Writer's search of 28,000 rubber duckies lost at sea
- Working out with Carlos Leon
- Filmmaker shows movie at theater where he used to work
- Celebrating black cinema in Brooklyn
- Queens born BMX rider hurtles through life with no brakes
- The subway animator who made $40K hustling his DVDs underground
- Cat, Dog, Stoop - The animated life of a dog and cat in Fort Green
- Milan - A wonderful winter getaway
- The secrets of New York's beef jerky queen
- Flying high with Victoria's Secret Angel Alessandra Ambrosio
- Sew cool - New Yorkers making sewing cool again
- The spiciest chicken in NYC at Peaches HotHouse
- Making art out of used laundry detergent bottles
- The ultimate guide to tipping
- Brooklyn redesigns the Gateway Arch
- The return of the McRib
- New York's next bubble master
- A guide to oddest sights New York has to offer
- Behind the music with Justin Timberlake
- Chopstick 101 with New York's chopstick master
- Sitting down with Geoffrey Canada, charter school guru from "Waiting for Superman"
- Brooklyn teen creates world's biggest bobblehead
- A peak into the homes of New York's best designers
- Sculptor makes magical habitat out of sticks
- Queens comedian locks himself in a bathroom for five days just because he can
- Drink, Play, F@#k: A new (and improved) take on "Eat, Pray, Love"
- Sizzling summer meltdowns
- What's up, Doc? An interview with a 20 lbs. rabbit
- Ten secrets to being the Old Spice guy
- New York's puppet master
- Why the marriage that freaked out America is the best thing to happen to Katie Holmes
- Lice, lice, baby
- Five performers on the verge of greatness
- New York's app addicts
- Generation TMI: Everything worth sharing?
- Pac-Man turns 30
- Making art from missed connections
- The world's fastest skateboarding dog
- Stealth Marketing: When you don't even know you're being pitched
- Subway artist reminds New Yorkers of proper etiquette
- The Peking Opera singing Chinese food deliveryman
- The Jet-setter's guide to internet travel
- Doing "The Jerk": A new dance craze sweeps through NYC schools
- Filmmakers trade Manhattan for Brooklyn
- "Slumdog Millionaire" kids: One year after the Oscar
- The Avatar Effect
- "Fela!" and fate reunite Broadway stars
- How to build a soapbox car
- Dirty flip-flops a hotbed of bacteria
- The great mascot try out
- Young professionals turn to internships during a recession
- The secrets of New York City community gardens
- Waiting to inhale: Smoking bars in NY
- Your guide to Bed-Stuy
- Circus elephants walk through the midtown tunnel
- Recession forces New Yorkers to turn to pawnshops
- The plight of the recently homeless
- Tyrese Gibson and Rev Run
- 50 Cent
- Anthony Mackie
- "On the Road" star Garrett Hedlund and director Walter Salles
- Flo Rida
- Amber Riley
- Abigail Spencer
- Dan Stevens
- Macy Gray
- Tony Danza
- Olivia Wilde
- Ari Graynor
- Zach Galifianakis
- Gina Gershon
- Mike Tyson
- Mexican telenovela star Sandra Echeverria
- Tyler Perry, Denise Richards and (Lil) Romeo
- Olivia Munn
- "Magic Mike" stars Alex Pettyfer and Adam Rodriguez
- Mark Wahlberg
- Actress and director Zoe Lister-Jones
- NBA baller Etan Thomas
- Cooking Channel star Baron Ambrosia
- Questlove
- Greta Gerwig (II)
- Clyde Frazier
- Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill
- Emily Blunt (II)
- William Shatner
- Nick Jonas
- Sam Worthington
- Dulé Hill
- Dito Montiel
- Albert Brooks
- Anne Hathaway
- Zoe Saldana
- Don Cheadle
- William Shatner
- Michael Rapaport
- Charlie Day
- David Hyde Pierce
- Miss New York
- Will Blagrove
- Ed Burns
- Kevin Bacon
- Kim Cattrall
- Michael Showalter
- Dan Fogler
- Michael Angarano
- Rashida Jones and Chris Messina
- John Leguizamo
- Greta Gerwig
- Emilio Sosa
- Russell Simmons
- Frieda Pinto and Lucy Punch
- Staten Island Chuck
- Jay-Z live from the NYPL
- Bobby Flay
- Grandma the Clown
- Nick Cannon
- Jay Mohr
- Cara Buono
- Michael Imperioli
- Frieda Pinto and Lucy Punch
- Jessica Szohr
- Hugh Hefner
- Selena Gomez
- Marisa Tomei
- Mira Sorvino
- Lewis Black
- Regina Hall
- Ethan Hawke
- Zoe Kazan
- Mark Ruffalo
- Zoe Saldana
- Shaquille O'Neal
- Bryan Greenberg
- Parker Posey
- Usher
- Emmanuelle Chriqui
- Chris Rock
- John Krasinski
- Matt Damon
- Intro
- Mashed potatoes
- General Tso's chicken
- French onion soup
- Croissant
- Toy store
- Italian sausage
- Pumpkin Pie
- Pho
- Carrot Cake
- Tea Shops
- Cobb Salad
- Huevos rancheros
- Dim Sum
- Candy store
- Arancini
- Mojito
- Pad Thai
- Veggie Burger
- Lobster roll
- Sandwich shop
- Gazpacho
- Key lime pie
- Deviled Eggs
- Ramen
- Peach Cobbler
- Wine bar
- Strawberry shortcake
- Falafel
- Ice cream sandwich
- Flea market
- Banh mi
- Cannoli
- Biscuit
- Smoothie
- Community garden
- Cupcake
- Nachos
- Cheesesteak
- Nature Walk
- Sicilian Slice
- Cheesecake
- Chili
- Pork Bun
- Doughnut
- Gyros
- Florist
- Egg dish
- Butcher
- Lasagna
- Sports Bar
- Hardware Store
- Apple Pie
- Meatballs
- Doorman
- Pickles
- Independent Bookstore
- Mac and Cheese
- Jamaican Beef Patties
- Pet Groomer
- French Toast
- Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Tailor
- Grilled Cheese
- Italian Ice
- Dumplings
- Milkshake
- Nail salon
- Barbershop
- Breakfast Sandwich
- Fried Chicken
- Public Pool
- BLT
- Street Performer
- Ice Cream
- Rooftop Bar
- French Fries
- Skate Park
- BBQ
- Tacos
- Pancakes
- Margaritas
- Coffee shops
- Beer gardens
- Dog parks
- Shoe shines
- Everything bagels
- Bloody Marys
- Chicken wings
- Poured pints of Guinness
- Hot Chocolate
- Ice skating rinks
- Hot dog
- Place to pop the question
- Pastrami Sandwich
- Cheeseburger
- Fireplace
- Pizza slice
- Public sculpture
