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Social Media Society: Stay skeptical about social media stories

Gabriela Romero April 22, 2022
Instead of opening up your preferred platform in the morning, make a habit of opening up a news application.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Journalists don’t need to go to college to study journalism, but it provides an advantage

Editors March 1, 2021
Should journalists go to college? The answer is: maybe. It’s an individual choice, but there will unfortunately always be an advantage to higher education.
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.
A runner during the 2017 Boston Marathon. PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/DFP FILE PHOTO

Journalists discuss trauma of reporting during Boston Marathon bombing aftermath

Michal Shvimer April 11, 2018
On April 15, it will have been five years since the Boston Marathon bombing, and journalists are continuing to ask questions about tragedy and how best to cover it.  
Governor Charlie Baker delivers the State of the Commonwealth in the House Chamber of the Massachusetts State House Thursday evening. PHOTO BY KELSEY CRONIN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Governor Baker delivers State of the Commonwealth address

Lauren Fogelstrom January 22, 2016

In the State of the Commonwealth address Thursday evening, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker discussed the need to collaborate on legislation that will improve issues such as transportation, education...

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