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Cynthia Needham @CynthiaNeedham

Senior assistant managing editor @BostonGlobe. All things breaking news, politics, weird & interesting. On an extended Twitter break.

Joined March 2011
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Samantha J. Gross @samanthajgross
16 Nov 2022
Documents: Weeks before migrants were flown to Martha’s Vineyard, FL officials and executives with a FL-based plane company were in TX, gleefully working up a plan to send unassuming migrants to blue states. #mapoli (Graphics by @sahar_fatima @CPrignano) bostonglobe.com/2022/11/16/m…
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New: Boston Globe names NPR news chief Nancy Barnes as its next editor bostonglobe.com/2022/11/14/b…

The Boston Globe names NPR news chief Nancy Barnes as its next editor - The Boston Globe

Barnes, who has strong local roots and has run newspapers in Houston and Minneapolis, will be the Globe’s 13th editor in the organization’s 150-year history and the first woman to serve in that role.

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Massachusetts voters: Confused about the ballot questions, or who is running for what? The @BostonGlobe 2022 voter guide has you covered. bostonglobe.com/2022/10/31/m…

Massachusetts elections 2022 voter guide - The Boston Globe

Here is everything you need to know about each statewide candidate for office, the four ballot questions, and your options for casting a ballot.

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FBI identifies ‘Lady of the Dunes’ nearly 50 years after mutilated remains were found near Provincetown bostonglobe.com/2022/10/31/m…

FBI identifies ‘Lady of the Dunes’ nearly 50 years after woman’s mutilated body was found in...

Law enforcement officials on Monday identified the victim as Ruth Marie Terry, a Tennessee woman who was 37 at the time of her death. The gruesome and mysterious 1974 case has haunted Cape Cod...

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😍 The best kind of weekend news dump.
Online News Association @ONA
25 Sep 2022
WINNER: General Excellence in Online Journalism, Large Newsroom: @BostonGlobe. awards.journalists.org/entri… #OJA22
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A collaboration here between @BostonGlobe & @TexasTribune using the resources of newsrooms on both ends of the migrants’ story. bostonglobe.com/2022/09/16/m…

Migrants detail ruse as lawyers, advocates explore possible criminal violations - The Boston Globe

The migrants consistently report they were induced to board the planes in San Antonio with false promises of work in Boston, educational opportunities, and help with immigration paperwork.

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Incredibly grateful to have worked for @GlobeMcGrory. He is deeply committed to the craft of journalism, but unafraid of dynamic change. The Globe and Boston are better for his tenure.
Cynthia Needham @CynthiaNeedham
7 Sep 2022
Brian McGrory to step down as Globe editor bostonglobe.com/2022/09/07/b…
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Brian McGrory to step down as Globe editor bostonglobe.com/2022/09/07/b…

Brian McGrory to step down as Globe editor - The Boston Globe

McGrory, who started at the Globe in 1989 and worked as a reporter, editor, and columnist before being named to the top newsroom job, will become chair of Boston University’s journalism department.

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New: Suffolk DA candidate Ricardo Arroyo was twice investigated in possible sexual assaults. He says he was never informed. bostonglobe.com/2022/08/23/m… via @BostonGlobe

Suffolk DA candidate Ricardo Arroyo was twice investigated in possible sexual assaults. He says he...

Ricardo Arroyo, a Boston city councilor currently locked in a heated campaign to be district attorney, said that he only learned of the accusations and the investigations when he was questioned by...

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Dick was the kindest colleague and this story is heartbreaking. A thank you to @mariacap for writing it with sensitivity. The projo alumni network is strong. bostonglobe.com/2022/08/17/m… via @BostonGlobe

Former Providence Journal reporter Richard Dujardin dies in fall from drawbridge in Milwaukee - The...

The former religion reporter was crossing the Kilbourn Avenue Bridge in downtown Milwaukee on Monday when the drawbridge opened while he was still on it. “We met with police and detectives,” his son...

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New: Michael Cox, who 30 years ago was beaten by his fellow Boston Police officers while working undercover in the department’s gang unit, will return to Boston to lead the department as commissioner. bostonglobe.com/2022/07/13/m…

Michael Cox named new Boston police commissioner - The Boston Globe

The veteran law enforcement leader was beaten by fellow Boston police officers while undercover in 1995.

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Hanna Krueger @hannaskrueger
24 Jun 2022
It's easy to get caught up in the 78 pages of opinion and legalese. But the reality on the ground is what really matters. Here's a glimpse of that, from the actual clinic at the heart of the case: bostonglobe.com/2022/06/14/m…

Boston doctor treated patients at Mississippi’s Jackson Women’s Health days before court struck...

Women arrived at the Mississippi abortion clinic in oversized sorority tees, surgery scrubs, and pantsuits. They had driven there from Tennessee, Louisiana, and Texas. In the coming days, they will...

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Take a few minutes for this one by @hannaskrueger who spent four days inside the Miss. abortion clinic at center of the Supreme Court case, watching the stories that unfolded in what will likely be the clinic’s final days. bostonglobe.com/2022/06/14/m…

Boston doctor treated patients at Mississippi’s Jackson Women’s Health days before court struck...

Women arrived at the Mississippi abortion clinic in oversized sorority tees, surgery scrubs, and pantsuits. They had driven there from Tennessee, Louisiana, and Texas. In the coming days, they will...

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10 May 2022
New York Times veteran James Dao has been named editorial page editor of The Boston Globe. trib.al/jFOG6iL

New York Times veteran James Dao is named editorial page editor of The Boston Globe - The Boston...

Dao has reported on wars, edited local and national news, and overseen the Times’ opinion columns.

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Jon Chesto @jonchesto
10 May 2022
“Employers are going right up to the line of requiring folks to come in. They’re not quite there yet. ... Once you start crossing that line into mandating, you lose people.” bostonglobe.com/2022/05/10/b… via @BostonGlobe

Survey says: The future of work is hybrid - The Boston Globe

The Mass. Business Roundtable found that more employers open to hiring out-of-state and that most will only require workers come back to the office a few days each week.

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The strangest, sweetest story you’ll read this week, from @steveannear. Love, loss, and the family who rallied to get an 800-pound Egyptian-style statue out of a Quincy home bostonglobe.com/2022/04/29/m…

Love, loss, and the family who rallied to get an 800-pound, Egyptian-style statue out of a Quincy...

It was $2,000, but Paul Turowski had to have it, even if it cost more than that to ship it from California and have a crane company hoist it up to the second floor of the house he shared with his...

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Moderna asks FDA to authorize COVID shot for kids 5 and younger bostonglobe.com/2022/04/28/b…

FDA will consider applications for young children’s vaccines in June - The Boston Globe

Moderna said it would complete its FDA application next week; Pfizer will do so in the next few weeks.

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This story is full of quotes encouraging parents to vaccinate their children. Just a reminder that families of the youngest kids are still patiently waiting for that vaccine… bostonglobe.com/2022/04/26/n…

Most Americans have been infected with COVID-19 at least once, CDC says - The Boston Globe

The new research suggests that three out of four children and adolescents in the United States had been exposed to the coronavirus by February 2022, compared with one-third of older adults.

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In landmark report, Harvard confronts its ties to slavery bostonglobe.com/2022/04/26/m… via @BostonGlobe

‘This report is unflinching’: Harvard University confronts its ties to slavery - The Boston Globe

The university will spend $100 million to provide educational opportunities for communities descended from enslaved people and to continue researching slavery and its legacy in the modern world.

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Jeneé Osterheldt @SincerelyJenee
25 Apr 2022
A very big congratulations to @amberwaves, @debofficially, and @KimberlyEAtkins. @the_emancipator, a journalism platform centering justice, culture, and historical context, is here. 🖤✊🏽 bostonglobe.com/opinion/the-…

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The next chapter Since launching as a newsletter in 2021, The Emancipator has evolved into the nation’s leading news magazine focused on solutions to racial inequity. In partnership with a diverse...

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