The NY Times had a good sized article with a picture onthe 2nd page of the Metro section on it today.
It's not that bad and I'm surprised they ended it with a quote from a former messenger, Eddie McCormick, "This is the risk bike messengers take, I know, I used to be one. I quit after I almost got run over by a taxi. This guy was following all the rules, going with traffic, not against the traffic, and look what happened."