Saw “Challengers” last night (🫢🙏🏻🫠) and of course had to highlight the movie’s Boston ties in an article for GBH News.

I interviewed location manager Mark Fitzgerald about what it was like working on the film:
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My latest: The student journalists at The Berkeley Beacon have faced a number of challenges covering protests at Emerson College over the war in Gaza. It comes at a time when it’s grappling with its role on campus and relationships with student groups. bostonglobe.com/2024/04/28/bus…

NEW: I spent the last 8 months(!) digging into the situation at NPR with my colleague Jeremy Peters. Here's what we found
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Roughly 14% of WBUR's staff is leaving the company as 24 employees took buyouts and 7 employees were laid off, its CEO said Weds. The cost-cutting measures come as the station has been looking to cut its budget after a steep decline in advertising revenue. bostonglobe.com/2024/04/24/bus…

This is what I aspire to be

“He’s a very New England guy,” Mr. Ford said. “When you meet this guy, if he told you he’s going to make a wooden canoe, you’d go, ‘Alright.’”

Great piece on Rusty Foster, who writes a media newsletter from his home in Maine. nytimes.com/2024/04/17/sty…

Misinformation roiled the 2016 and 2020 elections. Here’s what to expect as 2024 races heat up. trib.al/L7OJsGm

In our age of rapidly shrinking local news coverage, the passing of reporters like Fred Hanson of the Patriot Ledger, who died this week, are also a loss for the communities they served. I wrote about Fred's decades-long career covering the South Shore bostonglobe.com/2024/04/11/bus…

A good look at States Newsroom, a nonprofit journalism organization that now has a presence in all 50 states, including newsrooms like the New Hampshire Bulletin, Rhode Island Current, and Maine Morning Star here in New England. From CJR cjr.org/the_media_toda…

WBUR and GBH, home to Boston's two NPR news stations, have warned staff of potential layoffs due to financial challenges. My latest story looks at the current struggles, which are affecting stations nationwide, and the future of public radio in Boston. bostonglobe.com/2024/04/04/bus…

Inbox: Some good news — The Atlantic has topped 1 million total subscribers and is profitable.

Full release with more info below:

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Chevron owns the primary news site in the port city of Richmond, CA.

Many stories aren't told.

My latest investigation with ⁦Miranda Green⁩ of ⁦Floodlight⁩ npr.org/2024/03/28/123…

New: Layoffs at GBH 'are not off the table' as the media organization faces financial headwinds, CEO Susan Goldberg confirmed to the Globe on Wednesday. It's the latest public media org to weigh job cuts and comes a day after WBUR offered buyouts to staff. bostonglobe.com/2024/03/27/bus…

WBUR has offered employees buyouts in an effort to cut roughly 10% of its budget. CEO Margaret Low said the station still expects to freeze hiring for some roles and to lay off staff. bostonglobe.com/2024/03/26/bus…

I spoke with Report for America's Kim Kleman about phasing out its work with news outlets owned by private equity firms and hedge funds and why the move has little impact on the program's footprint in New England. bostonglobe.com/2024/03/22/bus…

In case you missed it: Workers at ABC6 voted overwhelmingly -- 22 to 3 -- to form a union. bostonglobe.com/2024/03/20/met…

My latest story is about the blogger Aidan Kearney, better known as the blogger Turtleboy, who has transformed the Karen Read murder case in Canton, Mass. into a true crime spectacle. The Boston Globe bostonglobe.com/2024/03/20/bus…

Amina Smith, who has spent the last three years as a Celtics and Patriots studio host at NBC Sports Boston, is leaving for ESPN. trib.al/fpYEU3f

Faculty leaders have signed off on a plan to eliminate the current UNH English/Journalism major. The move represents the end of an era — but not the end of journalism education at an institution whose alumni include several Pulitzer Prize winners. bostonglobe.com/2024/03/13/met…

New: WBUR is weighing a hiring freeze and job cuts as the station has seen “a dramatic loss of sponsorship support,” CEO Margaret Low wrote in an email to donors on Wednesday. bostonglobe.com/2024/03/06/bus…

BNN Breaking, a website accused of spreading fake news and producing AI-written articles, claimed L Street Tavern in NH was closing. But it confused the restaurant with Boston bar L Street Tavern which is not closing, but being sold. From Seacoastonline.com seacoastonline.com/story/news/loc…