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‘Boston Strangler’ amplifies story of women behind uncovering famous serial killer

Daisy Levine March 20, 2023
The film, which tells the story of investigative journalists Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole, was released Friday on Hulu.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Graphic Artist

Highlighting The Truth In True Crime | EDITORIAL

Editors September 25, 2022
Content dedicated to the crimes of serial killers’ past presents a gray moral area.
apartment building at 1110 commonwealth avenue

Student renters charged illegal fees, face tenancy violations

Daily Free Press Staff April 29, 2021
Tenant inexperience and predatory behavior have contributed to a persistent illegal practices.
EDITORIAL: Bob Woodward missed the journalistic mark by withholding valuable information from the public

EDITORIAL: Bob Woodward missed the journalistic mark by withholding valuable information from the public

Editors September 11, 2020
Woodward is most famously known for reporting on Watergate — the scandal that shook America so hard Nixon had no choice but to resign from office. Woodward did not hesitate to expose the truth then, and his reasoning for the delay now is shaky.
Meredith Varner

The Next Four Years: The lessons you aren’t expecting to learn

Meredith Varner June 12, 2020
As I head into my senior year, I now realize I learned and experienced so much that I never would have expected as an incoming freshman.
President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Manchester, New Hampshire in October. PHOTO BY OLIVIA NADEL/ DFP FILE PHOTO

EDITORIAL: Trump’s threat of free press motivates, encourages journalists

Editors November 9, 2016

Now is a period of great unknowns. Donald Trump, previously known only for his reality television ventures and ill-looking spray tan, is the president-elect of the Unites States. The House, Senate and...

Mike Rezendes speaks at a talk held by the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center as part of its Friends Speaker Series Tuesday night in Metcalf Hall. PHOTO BY SOFI LAURITO/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Award-winning journalist Mike Rezendes talks “Spotlight,” journalism

Caroline Hitesman March 2, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCxiwjmEprs Mike Rezendes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe reporter and Boston University Class of 1978 graduate, spoke to members of the BU community and the public...

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