Providence Business News

BEATS: State government, healthcare, hospitality + tourism, coronavirus

NOTE: This is a selection of my clips at PBN. For a full list, please click here.

• COVER: Slow-spending R.I. has two months to disperse $900M in CARES Act money or risk losing it

• With Mattiello out, fight for House speaker at the Statehouse begins

• R.I. House Dems pave way for Shekarchi to speakership

• Cost of R.I.’s vaccine effort unclear

• Leyden Vineyards provides fruit wines to help you unwind

• Challenges for nonprofits reach unimagined heights

• Raimondo warns of rolling back to Phase II; will announce new restrictions on Friday

• Could downtown Providence’s Mathewson St. see a renaissance?

• Report: Affordable housing continues to be out of reach for many

• COVER: Changes brought on by COVID-19 easing foreign trade efforts for R.I. businesses

• Clinical trial on plasma makes headway in R.I.

• Shortage of substitute teachers plagues some schools

• Bannister workers end three-day strike, no new negotiations set

• Providence nursing home workers begin three-day strike

• COVER: Latino business leader: Some barriers lowered, but more to go

• Luxury projects keeping homebuilders busy

• COVER: Lifespan, CNE move toward merger, leaving many to wonder about side effects

• TattooMedics provides comfortable ink removal

• Bill filed to halt evictions; Ruggerio says a crisis was looming before COVID-19

• COVER: EVICTION DILEMMA: Both tenants, small landlords vulnerable as crisis looms

• Diver, R.I. firm create life-saving oxygen hood

• COVID-19 tracking websites change testing calculations to align with RIDOH

• Warwick’s CME Corp. wins $49.5M contract with Pentagon

• HARI looks to improve maternal health for Black women across Rhode Island

• Innovative surgery a Rhode Island first

• Fauci: Rhode Island is well into ‘green zone’ for COVID-19 rates

• Virus testing data raises questions

• Female engineers fear setbacks amid pandemic

• COVER: TOURISM PIVOT: Struggling industry shifts focus closer to home

• Providence Promise eases path to higher education

• Following discovery of falsely reported positive COVID-19 tests, 106 cases removed

• Raimondo: Small-business relief is coming, but not for another few weeks

• Child immunizations down; R.I. sees first multisystem inflammatory syndrome case

• After ‘weeks of good news,’ Raimondo eyes Phase III start

• COVER: Going back to work? Here are answers to some tricky questions

• Rhode Island's full name returns to spotlight

• CNE says system is “up and running” after last week’s cyberattack

• Pandemic adds obstacles to fight against cancer

• No patient information accessed after CNE computer system failure

• Stepping Up: Family Service of Rhode Island teams up with local businesses to feed, provide PPE for families

• Pandemic highlights hazards of offshoring for manufacturing

• COVER: Should newspapers be rescued by the government?

• Providence library, other projects near finish in uncertain times

• Lt. Gov. McKee floats small business relief plan on his own

• Rep. Williams calls out systematic racism, lack of diversity in R.I.’s judicial system

• Raimondo responds to protests, riots throughout the country

• Health care students charging into action

• Stepping Up: Frontline Foods RI looks to help restaurants, feed health care workers

• Legal issues raised over returning to work

• R.I. hospitals to resume elective surgeries

The Boston Globe

• Armed with sewing machines, 'Sew We Care' hand-makes masks for Massachusetts [Front page of the print Metro section] (2020)

• The mystery of Royal Roast Beef [Front page of the print Metro section] (2020)

The Boston Guardian

• Summer at Fenway Park remains a mystery during coronavirus pandemic [Print only- click to download PDF] (2020)

El Mundo Boston

• Councilor Ricardo Arroyo looks to make Boston fourth city in US to declare racism a public health crisis [Translated into Spanish for print and online] (2020)

• East Boston will have a choice between two Democratic Ward Committees come Super Tuesday [Translated into Spanish] (2020)

The Bay State Banner

• Black vote looms large in primary [Photo Credits online and front page] (2020)

• Election Day over, one seat remains contested (2019)

• Activists argue for better state data on ethnicity (2019)

• Race and politics mingle in Hyde Park (2019)

• At-large candidates discuss housing issues at Right to the City forum (2019)

• At-large candidates call for separate planning department, question exam school admissions (2019)

• Wu, St. Guillen, Arroyo take lead in preliminary (2019)

• St. Guillen, Arroyo among top vote-getters (2019)

The Scope

• Opioid crisis touches lives of City Councilor candidates (2019)

• Can rent control end displacement? At-large candidates discuss at community forum (2019)

• New bill aims to collect more data from Mass. ethnic subgroups (2019)

• At-large candidates propose eliminating MBTA fares, make climate justice a priority (2019)

• At-large candidates call for separate planning department (2019)

• Life in Mission Hill: Originally from the Soviet Union, Isakharova has made the Hill her home (2018)

Storybench

• Even before Ukraine news, Joe Biden was the 2020 candidate with the most media coverage (2019)

• In the effort to cover impeachment inquiry, media ignores 2020 candidates (2019)

• Media continues to downplay Elizabeth Warren's surging success in favor of a more comfortable narrative (2019)

Chicago Tribune

• Activists say Kavanaugh confirmation might 'fuel the fire' for upcoming Women's March [Photo Credit] (2018)

The Suffolk Journal

2014-2018

Titles: Editor-in-Chief (more than 2 years) and previously served as International News Editor (more than 2 years) The below list is from stories I wrote as Editor-in-Chief. If you're looking for more, please visit thesuffolkjournal.com

• SU approved by BPDA for more student housing (2018)

• Suffolk Law loses faculty legend (2018)

• Law professor Jeffrey Wittenberg passes Thursday night (2018)

• Will Suffolk last another 10 years? [Editorial] (2018)

• Marisa Kelly next president of Suffolk (2018)

• Since SGA's earlier firearms survey, there have been countless mass shootings in the US (2018)

• Mueller takes aim at Russia: Indictments in probe continue (2018)

• Fighting spirit: Gazzani talks terms' final stretch (2018)

• State of the Union: Democrats have watershed moment, Trump looks for unity in push of GOP message (2018)

• Walsh clinches mayor's race for second term (2017)

• Walsh wins second term (2017)

• Suffolk looks to add more student housing, slow gentrification (2017)

• Suffolk places in national ranking system, twice (2017)

• Suffolk picks from within for new VP of Diversity, Access and Inclusion (2017)

• Editor's Word: Nicholas Williams was a fellow journalist, editor and Ram [Editorial] (2017)

• Electrical smoke sounds alarms in 73 Tremont (2017)

• Editor's Word: Class of 2021, you are the future [Editorial] (2017)

• Seniors say goodbye: The historic class that has 'seen it all' turns to next chapter (2017)

• Boston sports soul leaves lasting impact (2017)

• Former Suffolk Law student earns jail time in lieu of degree (2017)

• Temple Street Speaks Out: Residents say they did not want Suffolk to leave historic hill, condemn luxury apartments being built (2017)

• Suffolk's flood gates opened; case not closed (2017)

• Moulton challenges Trump, addresses Russia's ties to election (2017)

• University forum weighs heavy on rankings, international recruitment (2017)

• The Great Flood: Students displaced, no timeline for repairs as of yet (2017)

• Editor's Word: The Journal brings home the silver medal [Editorial on Award] (2017)

• Gazzani makes history: Suffolk elects first international student as SGA president (2017)

• Kelly stands behind transgender students, some critique motives (2017)

• Campus forum lectures inclusivity during Trump's immigration crackdown (2017)

• NESAD's move off Arlington in works, renovations at Sawyer continue (2017)

• Flynn's departure causes Suffolk's international community to weigh in (2017)

• Search for next Suffolk leader still at starting gate (2017)

• Boston, Suffolk officials push the breaks on travel ban (2017)

• 'Our Suffolk' union makes move toward Labor Board (2017)

• Boston officials, Suffolk community push back against immigration executive order (2017)

• The 45th President: Boston remains divided on Trump on Inauguration Day (2017)

• Two alumnae elected to serve on Board of Trustees (2016)

• Kelly signs for Suffolk to support DACA policy for undocumented students (2016)

• SGA meeting divides campus, discusses letter in support for neutral campus by MAGA student (2016)

• Editor's Word: Post Election and the Silent Majority [Editorial] (2016)

• Viral blog under scope, no word on investigation (2016)

• The nation chose the unexpected: Donald Trump to be president (2016)

• In the Spotlight: Witnesses speak on student's viral blog (2016)

• Martinez said viral blog post isn't her first racial incident (2016)

• Suffolk student accused of plagiarism, blog post goes viral (2016)

• The Search is On: John Brooks leads Suffolk in hunt for next president (2016)

• Law Dean takes position to bring innovation to legal services (2016)

• Interim president pushes for progress (2016)

• McKenna let go by Board, new president named from within (2016)

• Media gap: Editors discuss what makes headlines and what falls flat (2016)

• Entrepreneurs discuss refugee reality, encourage continued collaboration (2016)

• Suffolk hopes new chairman brings stability (2016)

• Ready for the unexpected (2016)

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Other Publications

Hartford Courant and the Bacon Courier.