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Back in my birth state, where I guess I’ll just be melting for the next six days 🫠

Back in my birth state, where I guess I’ll just be melting for the next six days 🫠

No new #aprilfools jokes please. Instead, read a funny story about 2004, when people thought the Gmail launch was too mind-bending to be...

No new #aprilfools jokes please.

Instead, read a funny story about 2004, when people thought the Gmail launch was too mind-bending to be real.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/04/01/business/gmail-april-fools-day-launch-2004/

Applications will open for the next class on April 2nd. And May 2 will be the last day to apply. (Quick application window!)I highly...

Applications will open for the next class on April 2nd. And May 2 will be the last day to apply. (Quick application window!)

I highly recommend the program for strategic and digitally-savvy journalists who are excited by the prospect of building news products that engage audiences ✨
https://newsproduct.org/news-product-management-certification

In January I started the News Product Management Certification class as part of NPA’s inaugural cohort. It’s been such a great...

In January I started the News Product Management Certification class as part of NPA’s inaugural cohort. It’s been such a great experience — invaluable, honestly.
https://newsproduct.org/blog/npmc-spring-cohort

Mother Jones and The Centerfor Investigative Reporting are merging. The two organizations will integrate their newsrooms, and will continue...

Mother Jones and The Center
for Investigative Reporting are merging. The two organizations will integrate their newsrooms, and will continue to produce Mother Jones’ magazine and website and the Reveal radio show and podcast, according to the announcement. https://www.motherjones.com/press-releases/mother-jones-cir-announce-merger/

A lone gunman perpetrated one of the deadliest mass shootings in New England history Wednesday night, killing at least 18 people and...

A lone gunman perpetrated one of the deadliest mass shootings in New England history Wednesday night, killing at least 18 people and injuring 13 others.

If you’re following this story, you should be reading The Boston Globe’s coverage. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/10/26/metro/lewiston-maine-news/

Ahhhh🤩 Des Linden set a new American masters record, too! #ChicagoMarathon

Ahhhh🤩 Des Linden set a new American masters record, too! #ChicagoMarathon

What an awesome race! Kelvin Kiptum set a world marathon record in Chicago! And Sifan Hassan set a course record 🔥#ChicagoMarathon

What an awesome race!

Kelvin Kiptum set a world marathon record in Chicago! And Sifan Hassan set a course record 🔥
#ChicagoMarathon

Sifan Hassan is an amazing athlete. Love seeing her get up in front in Chicago ✨ #ChicagoMarathon

Sifan Hassan is an amazing athlete. Love seeing her get up in front in Chicago ✨
#ChicagoMarathon

The heat was expected to be “dangerous.” It was the first time the Twin Cities Marathon in Minneapolis and St. Paul had been canceled...

The heat was expected to be “dangerous.” It was the first time the Twin Cities Marathon in Minneapolis and St. Paul had been canceled because of weather. But some runners took on 26.2 anyway.

I really enjoyed reading this.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/10/07/twin-cities-marathon-canceled/

I love that even New Englanders are talking about Travis Kelce and Taylor...

I love that even New Englanders are talking about Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/09/25/sports/bill-belichick-taylor-swift-travis-kelce/

The women’s marathon world record was shattered this morning....

The women’s marathon world record was shattered this morning. https://theathletic.com/4894413/2023/09/24/womens-world-marathon-record-broken-tigst-assefa/?source=user_shared_article

Awesome. 92,003 people packed Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska, to watch the Nebraska women’s volleyball team beat state rival Omaha...

Awesome. 92,003 people packed Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska, to watch the Nebraska women’s volleyball team beat state rival Omaha 3-0 Wednesday.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/08/31/sports/nebraska-volleyball/

We did it!! #married

We did it!! #married

*Whispers* I’m getting married next week 💍✨

*Whispers* I’m getting married next week 💍✨

It was Wild Wednesday in Washington, complete with a trio of spectacles that underscore the fragile state of American governance in...

It was Wild Wednesday in Washington, complete with a trio of spectacles that underscore the fragile state of American governance in 2023.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/05/10/nation/even-by-washington-standards-wednesday-was-one-weird-day/

Supported my runner with the best signs possible at the Brooklyn half marathon today.

Supported my runner with the best signs possible at the Brooklyn half marathon today.

Don't mind me. I'm still just getting lots of positive energy from Everything Everywhere All At Once's Oscar wins ✨

Don't mind me. I'm still just getting lots of positive energy from Everything Everywhere All At Once's Oscar wins ✨

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Olympic medalist Lynn Jennings is one of the elite American track stars of the last 50 years.But while pursuing greatness, she harbored a...

Olympic medalist Lynn Jennings is one of the elite American track stars of the last 50 years.

But while pursuing greatness, she harbored a secret: Her coach had sexually abused her while she was a teen in Massachusetts under his tutelage in the 70s.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/02/17/sports/lynn-jennings-john-babington/