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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

Cutting costs by cutting jobs will not save the gaming industry | Full Inventory

Chloe Cramutola February 20, 2025
The gaming industry has been blown to pixelated bits. It’s not because of its games. It’s not the expensive, downloadable content or DEI controversies. It’s how the industry is treating its workers — the very talents who make the games we know and love.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Is my career field crumbling before me? | Is it Just Me Or?

Grace Donahue February 7, 2024
The diminishment of the local journalism industry will not stop me from pursuing my dreams.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

Death by Pitchfork | On the Record

Addison Schmidt January 24, 2024
Condé Nast’s merge with champion music publication Pitchfork threatens to kill the spirited focus on the underground music scene that made Pitchfork worth reading.
zinneken's food truck on commonwealth avenue

Boston food trucks take to the streets after a difficult 2020

Daniel Kool April 6, 2021
Thirty vendors participated virtually in the City’s 2021 Food Truck Lottery in March.
Zinneken's Food truck at boston university

Boston food trucks reflect on waning business during pandemic

Samuele Petruccelli February 19, 2021
Even as chain restaurants enter the city’s mobile vendor industry, long-standing local vendors have struggled.
Boston University’s Global Programs building. BU Study Abroad has canceled all international and domestic trips for the Spring 2021 semester. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU Study Abroad cancels all Spring 2021 trips

Melissa Ellin October 22, 2020
BU Study Abroad is canceling all of its international and domestic trips and the majority of its programming for Spring 2021 due to pandemic-related concerns, according to a Thursday email from Study Abroad Executive Director Gareth McFeely.
After already cutting $168 million from its 2021 budget, Boston University must make an additional $96 million in cuts, which will result in layoffs and furloughs for University staff. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

University faces $96 million more of budget cuts, prepares for layoffs and furloughs

Jane Avery June 29, 2020
BU must make an additional $96 million worth of financial cuts — after having already cut $168 from its budget — to cover its total $264 million budget shortfall for the 2021 fiscal year beginning July 1, according to an email to faculty and staff from President Robert Brown, dated Monday.
The Earl Center at Wheelock College. It was announced on Thursday that the BU-Wheelock merger will cause more than 100 layoffs. PHOTO BY YAOCHI FU/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Merger will result in more than 100 Wheelock layoffs

Haley Lerner March 19, 2018
The upcoming merger between Boston University and Wheelock College will result in more than 100 Wheelock faculty members being laid off. The decision to lay off some Wheelock faculty is a result of the economic struggles Wheelock is expecting, as well as an effort to reduce costs by avoiding redundancy in faculty positions.
The Boston Globe laid off nearly two dozen employees, including many copy editors, while 17 employees opted for buy-outs earlier this month. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Globe layoffs signify changes in news media landscape

Samantha J. Gross October 29, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] When Sarah Roberts started working as a metro correspondent for The Boston Globe in July, she overheard her higher-ups discussing recent buyouts and upcoming...

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