Boston Herald editorial page editor riddle answered

Herald Radio producer Tom Shattuck named to post

By Michael Jonas Boston Herald, Joe Sciacca, Tom Shattuck 0 Comments Apr 11, 2018

THE MYSTERY OF the Boston Herald editorial page editor is over. Tom Shattuck, a former talk radio producer who has run the paper’s online radio station and written op-ed columns, will replace Rachelle Cohen, the paper’s longtime editorial page editor who left last month when Digital First Media took ownership of the Herald. Editor Joe(...)

Spring 2018

Lawmakers refuse to release records

Governor, courts met some requests despite exemption

By Colman M. Herman Governor Baker, Massachusetts Legislature, Public Records, Supreme Judicial Court 0 Comments Apr 10, 2018

THE LEGISLATURE, THE GOVERNOR, and the judiciary are all exempt in one way or another from the state’s Public Records Law, but the governor and the judiciary sometimes voluntarily comply with requests for information. By contrast, lawmakers take the view that their records are off-limits to the public. CommonWealth tested the willingness of officials from(...)

The Herald’s phantom editorial page

Unclear who’s running paper’s opinion page under new ownership

By Michael Jonas Boston Herald, Joe Sciacca, Julie Mehegan, Rachelle Cohen 0 Comments Apr 5, 2018

BY ALL OUTWARD appearances, the Boston Herald continues to chug along under its new ownership, with its hard-working reporters churning out solid stories amidst the demoralizing departure of co-workers from the newsroom’s already depleted ranks. The paper’s editorial page, too, hasn’t skipped a beat, offering up a daily dose of sharp opinion despite the exit(...)

Chaos in the Senate?

Hard to see

By Bruce Mohl Massachusetts Senate 0 Comments Apr 3, 2018

THE AWKWARD TRANSITION from Senate President Harriette Chandler to Senate president-elect Karen Spilka makes for great copy, but it doesn’t seem to be having a huge impact on the chamber’s legislative output. Senators are still processing legislation. (Criminal justice reform emerged from a conference committee a little over a week ago.) Votes are being taken.(...)

Social media maelstrom

By CommonWealth Staff Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association, privacy rights 0 Comments Mar 22, 2018

Facebook’s billionaire founder Mark Zuckerberg finally stepped out yesterday to try to stanch the bleeding that has his empire under full-scale assault after revelations that information on 50 million users was improperly harvested and used by the political data firm Cambridge Analytica in its work on Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. “We have a responsibility(...)

Is the Globe entitled to a question?

By CommonWealth Staff The Boston Globe 7 Comments Mar 7, 2018

Early on, young reporters learn one very important lesson: Editors don’t care one whit what you didn’t get and who you didn’t talk to for your story. Because readers don’t care one whit, either. “But so and so wouldn’t talk to me,” many a newbie would whine to the crusty codger on the desk who(...)

Whither the Herald?

By CommonWealth Staff Boston Herald, Boston Herald sale, Digital First 0 Comments Feb 14, 2018

When your head is on the chopping block, does it really matter who’s wielding the ax? That may be a bit of a harsh metaphor for the sale of the Boston Herald — but not by much. The tabloid was looking at one of three potential owners all with a history of slashing costs after taking(...)

Free speech free-for-all

By CommonWealth Staff Boston Globe, First Amendment, free speech, WEEI talk show 0 Comments Feb 13, 2018

Yesterday, Globe columnist Shirley Leung ripped radio station WEEI over racist comments made by suspended host Christian Fauria and called on the station to also suspend his two co-hosts who laughed at his remarks and urged advertisers to pull their dollars from the station. Today Leung writes a follow-up news story reporting that some advertisers(...)

Chandler no longer “acting”

Senate Dems look to put Rosenberg in the rear view mirror

By Jack Sullivan Bryon Hefner, Ethics and Open Government, Harriette Chandler, Massachusetts Legislature, Massachusetts Senate, sexual harassment, Stan Rosenberg 0 Comments Feb 7, 2018

SENATE DEMOCRATS AGREED to remove the “acting” title from Senate President Harriette Chandler for the remainder of the year before holding an election for a new president, deciding the storm clouds hovering over Sen. Stan Rosenberg were overwhelming the chamber’s business and precluding any comeback by the former president at least this year and maybe(...)

Read all about it

By CommonWealth Staff Boston Globe, Media and Journalism 0 Comments Jan 10, 2018

The newspaper business is changing in so many ways but none more disheartening than the financial stability, which affects any and all aspects of the industry. But one of the interesting angles is how does a paper cover the business problems of itself or its competitors? One of the more stark examples comes in Wednesday’s(...)


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Herald Radio producer Tom Shattuck named to post

Governor, courts met some requests despite exemption

Unclear who’s running paper’s opinion page under new ownership

Hard to see

Senate Dems look to put Rosenberg in the rear view mirror

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