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A sign outside of The Boston Globe office at 1 Exchange Place. The importance of newspaper endorsements in elections is being discussed in light of multiple newspaper outlets announcing they would not endorse a presidential candidate. RACHEL FEINSTEIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

To endorse or not to endorse: Boston journalists discuss their role in politics

Ruby Voge November 6, 2024
During an election year, newspapers' opinion pages usually endorse presidential candidates. Usually. However, during this election, more news organizations than ever are opting-out of an official endorsement.
A California man was arrested after he made 22 threatening calls to the office of The Boston Globe following their editorial campaign defending the free press last month. PHOTO BY HALEY ABRAM/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Young journalists still determined after threats made to Boston Globe

Samantha Day September 6, 2018
A man was charged with making calls threatening to shoot and kill reporters at The Boston Globe, the Globe reported. The man, Robert Darrell Chain, reportedly called Globe reporters “the enemy of the people,” following the newspaper’s nationwide editorial campaign protesting President Donald Trump’s rhetoric against the press.
The new Public Records Law, which came into effect on Jan. 1, is the first major freedom of information overhaul in Massachusetts in more than 40 years. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

NECIR, WGBH host panel discussion about public records law

Amanda Kaufman January 31, 2017

The New England Center for Investigative Reporting and WGBH co-hosted a panel discussion Wednesday to inform journalists and citizens about recent changes to the Massachusetts Public Records Law. Several...

Harvard University’s daily student newspaper, The Harvard Crimson. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Report finds some students newspapers, journalism advisers face unfair censorship

Nathan Bindseil December 8, 2016

Administrative censorship of student newspapers is on the rise, according to a report released Dec. 1 by the American Association of University Professors. Journalism professors and student journalists...

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