journalism
News Notes – March 17
BU alumnus among missing NYT journalists in Libya by Josh Cain/BU Daily Free Press – Mar 16, 2011 Four New York Times reporters covering the violence in Libya have gone missing, The Times reported on Wednesday on its website. Among them is Tyler Hicks, a Times war photographer and Boston University alumnus who graduated with [...]
News Notes – December 13
With help of BU, Free Press launches new site n by Saba Hamedy/BU Daily Free Press – Dec 9, 2010 The Daily Free Press launched its new website on Monday after about a year and a half of planning, members of The Free Press Board of Trustees said. Former Board president Evelyn Ratigan, who served [...]
News Notes – December 1
Berklee retunes plans for dorms By Thomas Grillo/Boston Herald – December 1, 2010 Berklee College of Music is moving ahead with plans for a 16-story, mixed-use building at 168 Massachusetts Ave. that would house a 350-student dorm, increasing the school’s on-campus housing capacity to 1,200. The school hopes to start construction on the $65 million, [...]
News Notes – October 13
Judge quizzes witness who said he won’t testify in Turner trial – Jury selection set in bribery case By Jonathan Saltzman – Globe Staff / October 13, 2010 On the eve of the much-anticipated corruption trial of Councilor Chuck Turner, a federal judge yesterday questioned the government’s key witness about reports that he will refuse [...]
News Notes – March 29
Disquiet outside Boston Public Library – Branch-closing fears lead to tactful protest By Patricia Wen – Globe Staff / March 29, 2010 They are lovers of libraries, the kind of people who opt for intellectual strategy, not inflammatory scenes, to fight the city’s threat to close some of its beloved neighborhood branches. And so it [...]
News Notes – February 3 (“The Day the Music Died,” 1959)
Professor vs. tycoon, Part 2 By Brian McGrory – Globe Columnist / February 3, 2010 It’s not easy being Michael Kettenbach these days. First, his attempts to use his (wife’s) fortune to convert a gorgeous Back Bay condominium building into one of the city’s most glorious single-owner residences have been thwarted by the 82-year-old professor [...]
Announcement: 13 of 15 Candidates to Participate in At-Large Boston City Council Forum at RCC TODAY
The following press release was distributed by Open Media Boston: BOSTON – A panel of reporters and editors from Open Media Boston, The Bay State Banner, Jamaica Plain Gazette, and El Planeta newspaper will hold a Public Forum with At-Large Boston City Council candidates TODAY (9/9) at 6:30 p.m. This event will take place at [...]