“We’ve always styled ourselves as the voice of the region,” says Rick Holmes, the opinion editor for The MetroWest Daily News. “Heck, we invented the term MetroWest.” Indeed, the newspaper can proudly take credit for the term now used to describe the expanse of cities and towns west of Boston, having sponsored a contest in […]
Jeffrey Klineman
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Former political activist Jim Braude wins converts as a broadcast news star
It’s hour two of the Wilfredo Laboy Telethon, and Jim Braude and Margery Eagan have managed to raise only $37. But since the telephone lines are lit up—with callers ready to pile on, rather than shell out—they’re hardly disappointed. Jim Braude: Now going solo on New England Cable News. The paltry sum isn’t that surprising, […]
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Fox25 stakes a lonely claim on Beacon Hill
An ink-stained wretch no more, Joe Battenfeld wears a white T-shirt and dress pants as he walks through the Boston Common and up Beacon Street, carrying a camera-friendly suit jacket and a button-down shirt in a plastic dry-cleaning bag as he trods familiar ground. In a dozen years as a political reporter for the Boston […]
Posted inHealth Care
Supply and Demands
Sitting on a Brighton hilltop like a fortress against disease, the beige brick edifice of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital stands out against the gray March sky. The driveway, which carves a path up to the emergency room and where one might expect to hear the blare of ambulance sirens, is clear and quiet, but motorists heading […]
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Boston tries to keep a token presence in the magazine publishing industry
Jeremy Brosowsky, age 28 but already a publishing success, thought he had the formula. His Washington Business Forward was 18 months old and going strong. He could imagine Business Forward magazines in two dozen markets, including fast-growing cities like Atlanta and San Antonio. Why not Boston, for a start? Before long, Brosowsky had a downtown […]
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The Boston iMetroi is a tabloid on the fast track
Joe Pesaturo gets paid to know what’s going on at the MBTA. So you’d better believe that when Pesaturo, the transit authority’s chief spokesman, is waiting for his trolley, he’s watching what his fellow riders are doing. And what are they doing? According to Pesaturo, they’re picking up the Metro. “It’s almost automatic,” he says. […]