Bits: Celebs Gone Good Chronicles Charitable Activities of the Famous

By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor

September 6, 2007 | Read Time: 1 minute

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Not all celebrity news is about drunk driving and conspicuous consumption. Do Something, a youth organization in New York, has started a blog, Celebs Gone Good, that chronicles the rich and famous who are using their celebrity for charity. Recent items have featured the actress Angelina Jolie’s visit to a refugee camp in Iraq, the soccer star David Beckham’s afternoon spent teaching the sport to kids in Harlem, and the auction of a gown worn by Princess Diana to benefit a children’s charity. To get there: Go to http://www.celebsgonegood.com.

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NICOLE WALLACE

Features Editor

Nicole Wallace is features editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. She has written about innovation in the nonprofit world, charities’ use of data to improve their work and to boost fundraising, advanced technologies for social good, and hybrid efforts at the intersection of the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, such as social enterprise and impact investing.Nicole spearheaded the Chronicle’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts on the Gulf Coast and reported from India on the role of philanthropy in rebuilding after the South Asian tsunami. She started at the Chronicle in 1996 as an editorial assistant compiling The Nonprofit Handbook.Before joining the Chronicle, Nicole worked at the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs and served in the inaugural class of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps.A native of Columbia, Pa., she holds a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University.