Mark your calendars and join us at the Journalism Hub (4th floor, ILC) for an exciting lineup of guest speakers this October:

Greta Jochem – Oct 16 | 5:30 PM
Elsi Pacheco – Oct 21 | 5:30 PM
Justin Silverman – Oct 28 | 5:30 PM

Don’t miss the chance to hear from industry professionals and experts!

When Christmaelle Vernet enrolled in Professor Kathy Roberts Forde’s class, she didn’t expect to co-author a TIME Magazine piece — but that’s exactly what happened. Click the link below to read more about the power of faculty-student relationships.

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Have Holyoke educators finally won the fight for local control? After a decade of receivership, members of the Holyoke Teachers Association feel the state’s exit plan comes up short of justice for the predominantly Hispanic district.

After a decade of receivership, members of the Holyoke Teachers Association feel the state’s exit plan comes up short of justice for the predominantly Hispanic district.

Reporting by divina cordeiro.

This is the first article in a two-part series on the state’s takeover of Holyoke Public Schools.

Police, DA made millions from a cannabis bust. Here’s how they’re spending it. Police seized over 30 luxury cars from an alleged drug trafficker in New Salem. After auctioning many of the cars, they’ve been busy spending the more than $2 million in proceeds.

After seizing 30+ luxury cars from an alleged cannabis trafficker in 2020, the Northwestern DA auctioned many of them. Since then, police & prosecutors have been busy spending the $2 million in proceeds. Our latest from @dustyc123.bsky.social on the controversial process of “civil asset forfeiture”:

Thanks, @mindyforma.bsky.social, for joining my @umassjournalism.bsky.social class for a press conference about your bill to make period products available in public buildings and for *always* saying yes to invitations to connect with students in meaningful ways like this.
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UPDATE: SPJ has joined a coalition of groups, led by @pressfreedom.bsky.social, in a statement urging the U.S. government to keep journalists safe in the wake of the moves against USAGM.

Read the full statement on CPJ's website: cpj.org/2025/03/medi... #pressfreedom #advocacymatters #voa

Memories of a Catholic Girlhood by Mary McCarthy review – incurable sadness if bravely borne Colm Tóibín introduces this welcome reprint of the US author and critic’s poignant account of orphanhood, first published in 1957

Memories of a Catholic Girlhood by Mary McCarthy review – incurable sadness if bravely borne - Review by John Banville

Colm Tóibín introduces this welcome reprint of the US author and critic’s poignant account of orphanhood, first published in 1957

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Mass. Municipal Empowerment Act . . . "It will shut people out of the democratic process" . . . Maine FOAA Bill . . . "Will implicitly give permission to every agency to take a month to fulfill a request, no matter how simple it might be" . . . and more. conta.cc/3QoJpWd

Amherst town worker hired to take minutes says council violating Open Meeting Law AMHERST — A Greenfield resident hired by the town to compile minutes for meetings, including Town Council sessions, is contending that Amherst officials are violating the state’s Open Meeting Law by n...

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Check out the first episode of our new RadioMoLI series, Books & Their Makers! In this episode Paul Lynch appears in conversation with Juliet Mabey and Margaret Kelleher to discuss his novel Prophet Song, the Booker Prize, and independent publishing. radio.moli.ie/r/paul-lynch...

I’ll be interested to see what alternatives you find. (I can’t make the switch to ebooks.)

Those must be those golden eggs we’ve always heard about.

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Justin Silverman, executive director of the New England First Amendment Coalition, said that the city’s justification wasn't specific enough to justify the broad withholding of all legal payments. “Whose privacy is the city looking to protect here?" www.telegram.com/story/news/2... #opengov