A photo editor for The Boston Globe was killed last Saturday when he was struck by a car while bicycling in rural Illinois. Lloyd Young, 57, had traveled to Illinois to visit family, according to the Globe. The driver, a 54-year-old woman, was not identified. According to 25News, a local television station, Young had worked … Continue reading "Boston Globe photo editor struck and killed by motorist in rural Illinois"| Media Nation
The Boston Globe has published an editorial favoring passage of a shield law that would protect journalists from being ordered to identify their anonymous sources or turn over confidential reporting materials. The editorial is a strong statement in favor of press freedom, but it would have benefited from some context. The Globe says that Massachusetts … Continue reading "Some context for The Boston Globe’s editorial endorsing a shield law to protect journalists"| Media Nation
Jennifer Peter, the longtime number-two editor at The Boston Globe, is leaving to become editor-in-chief of The Marshall Project, a highly regarded nonprofit news organization that covers criminal justice. Peter will start her new job on Sept. 29. The Pulitzer Prize-winning outlet was founded 10 years ago with former New York Times executive editor Bill … Continue reading "Longtime Globe managing editor Jennifer Peter is leaving to take the top job at The Marshall Project"| Media Nation
Boston Globe reporter Bob Hohler carved out a unique beat for himself over the years. As an investigative reporter focusing on sports, he’s covered such high-profile stories as the Red Sox…| Media Nation
The mayor of Burlington, Vermont, has rescinded a gag order that had prevented the city’s police department from issuing press releases without the approval of her office. The contentious ord…| Media Nation
Mike Magee “The Monetarization of Medical Care.” It had appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine 13 years earlier, on May 3, 1984, and was written by a Columbia University economics professor named Eli Ginzberg. At the time I first read it, doctors were in an upheaval in Massachusetts. Managed Care and Health Maintenance […] The post What Would Eli Ginzberg Think of MAGAnomics? appeared first on HealthCommentary.| HealthCommentary
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UNTIL THE LAST YEAR, when the Central African Republic’s civil war became a humanitarian crisis too dire to ignore, most Americans thought little about the country at all. It has a low global profi…| Graeme Wood