Good morning from Mattapan, where MBTA trains are running again with no slow zones! Service returned here and on the Red Line’s JFK/UMass-Ashmont branch after a 2 week closure. Follow here for the latest from GBH News and tune in as I report live!

Budding Journalists: Longer stories don’t always make for better ones. Tightly-written pieces are often far more effective at conveying information and holding the attention. Save the longer stories for those unique moments when the breadth of your storytelling demand room.

Bill to create 4-day work week program in Massachusetts set for hearing cbsnews.com/boston/news/4-…

Yessss!!! 💯👑 First Latina managing editor in The Boston Globe EVER, since the Globe was founded 150 years ago. WELCOME, CRISTINA! Cristina Silva

Here’s my poem “Abuelita’s Prayers” which Fourteen Hills #ChangingTheView just nominated for a Pushcart Prize!🔥

Still can’t quite believe this little poem has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Thank you New Ohio Review 🖤

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The one thing I'm walking into 2024 with is to document everything. Record your grandmother and her stories. Take photos of your grandfather. Get video of your uncles and aunties. Life is too short. Memories are the best thing to have once people are gone.

Charles Simic on prose poetry.

George Clinton, 82, the legendary frontman of the Parliament-Funkadelic, is about to get his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 🎵 ⭐ bet.us/48FZhea

🧵Personal news: Claudio Martinez and I are launching a nonprofit news initiative we're calling the Greater Boston News Bureau, with the aim of supporting local news outlets that serve communities of color in and around Boston.

Regina King stars as Shirley Chisholm in the first trailer for the upcoming Netflix film “Shirley”

I’m so happy to be headlining Roots Picnic for the first time this year in June. I’m coming home and have a special hometown set for yall. Pre-sale starts at 10am ET on 2/20 at RootsPicnic.com with code PICNIC. Awwwwww Phillyyyyy ❤️❤️❤️

“Magnificently rendered production! Delightful, delivered with ferocity!” – WBUR, Jacquinn Sinclair #JohnProctorBOS #JohnProctoristheVillain 📷: T Charles Erickson 📰: wbur.org/news/2024/02/2…

These workshops have been everything. I probably won’t be able to get to do these as often when I start working full-time for a university eventually so now is your chance to register. Classes start early next month.

Today, WBUR management offered a voluntary buyout package to all staff in an effort to reduce the station's financial shortfall. (Thread continues…)

Week Two of fringePVD starts TONIGHT! Make your plans to see the Fringe this week, and check out our photo highlights from Week One, now on our Facebook page: bit.ly/3yb9pPq