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Who wants to go to Augusta?
As with the candidates for Maine Senate, we compiled some biographical information on each candidate and then asked each person what they would take action on right up front, if they were elected.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | October 29, 2008

Barbarisi assigned to the Sox; more changes coming

As The ProJo Turns
In a locally unorthodox move, the Providence Journal is reassigning Dan Barbarisi, its well-regarded Providence City Hall reporter, to cover the Red Sox.
By IAN DONNIS | October 09, 2008

Journal job cuts: Practical or self-destructive?

As The ProJo Turns
When John Hill sought his first mortgage as a young reporter, his banker told him, “Oh, you’ll be fine — you work at the Journal .”
By IAN DONNIS | October 02, 2008

In crisis, there is opportunity

Jobs are out there, even with the Internet remaking the media business
The news about the news business is bleak.
By A.J. PACITTI | August 27, 2008

Buyout falls short of goal; questions remain

As The ProJo Turns
Twenty-two Providence Journal employees, 12 in news and 10 in advertising, have taken the company up on its latest buyout.
By IAN DONNIS | August 27, 2008

Paper chase

The counterintuitive, durable case for journalism education
On the face of it, this isn’t a great time to study journalism.
By ADAM REILLY | August 20, 2008

Herald or harbinger?

Press releases
Those of us fascinated by the rapidly deflating balloon that is the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram have had a lot to chew over from a lot of sources lately.
By JEFF INGLIS | July 02, 2008

Arts slashed at the University of Rhode Island

Shockwaves hit the arts community
On Tuesday, the University of Rhode Island informed Judith Tolnick Champa, who runs the URI Fine Arts Center Galleries, and Roxana Tourigny, who runs the school’s “Great Performances” program, that they will be laid off, effective July 4, and that the galleries and performance program will close.
By GREG COOK | June 06, 2008

Ten-5 plan for Providence City Council sparks sharp debate

Ten-5 plan for Providence City Council sparks sharp debate
Critics react to the plan to reformulate the Providence City Council.
By IAN DONNIS | May 21, 2008

Jobs with a future

With the job market in flux, how can colleges prepare students for any career?
A fifth/a quarter/a third of all jobs that people will be doing in 15/20/25 years have yet to be conceived, or the job you’re doing now won’t exist in 20 years, or not in the way you do it now.
By F.S. WOLFE | April 28, 2008

Whither Joyce Kulhawik?

Boston TV kills A&E coverage
Veteran arts-and-entertainment anchor Joyce Kulhawik is the last of her kind, at the station and in Boston.
By SEAN KERRIGAN | April 09, 2008

Staying focused

Press releases
If current PPH newshounds don't stay sharp, they might as well be writing on the wall.
By JEFF INGLIS | April 09, 2008

Fishing for filmmakers

Maine struggles to attract the movie industry
When you can make Shreveport look like Bridgton for less money, what’s the bottom-line allure of filming in Maine?
By DEIRDRE FULTON | April 02, 2008

Extreme makeover: Globe edition

Now more than ever, this is Marty Baron’s newspaper
Earlier this week, in an e-mail to the Boston Globe newsroom, editor Marty Baron announced the imminent departure of three key employees.
By ADAM REILLY | March 12, 2008

Read the runes

Letters to the Boston editor, March 7, 2008
As a user of the special collections at the Boston Public Library, I have been appalled at the light coverage of key service desks necessitated by staff cuts over the past several years.
By BOSTON PHOENIX LETTERS | March 05, 2008

New Times editor, Ben Dover

Kristol’s op-ed addition marks a sellout to the neocon cabal
This is the disgraceful hiring of a political operative, not a journalist.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | January 16, 2008

Carcieri goes for his cuts

The Governor on his cost-reduction plan, the casino threat, and more
Carcieri seems to find motivation in things like a handwritten note sent by an elderly telephone company retiree, exhorting him to cut state spending.
By IAN DONNIS | October 24, 2007

Monster man

Massachusetts dot-commie spotted torching the decks at Burning Man
Burning Man: 50,000 lunatics celebrating inarticulable notions of radical self-expression and all-purpose debauchery in Salvador Dali-esque splendor.
By MIKE MCKAY | October 08, 2007

Patrick’s winning hand

Why the governor’s casino plan is aces
Casino gambling may not solve all of the fiscal challenges facing Massachusetts, but it is the best idea currently on the table.
By EDITORIAL | September 19, 2007

State house stalemate

Carcieri takes another run at cutting state workers, but the outlook is murky
Many Rhode Islanders take an almost visceral delight in those occasions when a state worker is shown to be goofing off on the public’s dime.
By IAN DONNIS | September 12, 2007

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