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business producer/reporter @bostonglobe | prev @bostonglobearts, @dallasnews, @Bethesda_Mag, and @beaconupdate | baby food enthusiast | she/her/hers. ✨
Boston, MA
Joined June 2019
SCOOP: The imperiled monkeys involved in a tuberculosis vaccine study that was stripped of its NIH funding this week will live to see another day. 🐒 In @BostonGlobe: .
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The rhesus macaques were at risk of being prematurely euthanized after the $60 million research project, led in part by a Harvard scientist, was cut off from its NIH funding this week.
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RT @aidanfitzryan: I profiled Matt Shearer, the region's most viral journalist who has introduced the more than 103-year-old WBZ NewsRadio….
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Through his wacky New England dispatches, Shearer has racked up millions of views for the 103-year-old station on TikTok and Instagram, platforms where news outlets have struggled to gain ground.
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What are your memories from the pandemic? Being sent home from school? Missing out on a milestone? Losing a loved one?. @BostonGlobe is fielding submissions for an upcoming story marking the five-year anniversary of COVID-19.
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For an upcoming story to mark the anniversary, the Globe is asking readers to share their memories of moments from the pandemic, through May 2023.
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Does @dunkindonuts have a new commercial planned for football’s biggest night? . Read my latest for Boston Globe Media to hear about the 'three-peat' that could be brewing. ☕️.
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The Canton-based coffee brand has made a splash with its last two spots during football's biggest night (with some help from Ben Affleck). Will they go for another touchdown?
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RT @BostonGlobe: In October, the bakery chain Tatte gave dozens of employees at its Boston-area locations two options: Present proper docum….
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The bakery's actions — the only recent, publicly known example of immigration-based termination in Mass. — could be a sign of what is to come when President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White...
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RT @andrewnbrinker: For those following MBTA Communities state housing law: In new emergency regs filed today after SJC ruling last week, t….
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SCOOP: Boston Dynamics, the Waltham robotics firm known for its wacky videos of robots Spot and Atlas, has laid off 5 percent of its workforce as its commercial sales have lagged behind spending.
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The chief executive of the Waltham robotics firm told employees that the job cuts were a result of "burning through cash at a rate that exceeds our commercial progress to date."
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Walkable neighborhoods. Liberal politics. Green space. I spoke with more than 30 people who have left Greater Boston since the pandemic for @BostonGlobe. And according to them, there's plenty to miss.
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From top-rated health care to walkable neighborhoods to cultural hotspots, people who have departed Greater Boston in the last few years say there's a lot they feel they left behind.
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SCOOP: @HillaryClinton has endorsed the "yes" camp for Question 5 in Massachusetts, which would raise the minimum wage for tipped workers here from $6.75 an hour to the standard $15. Read more ⤵️
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In throwing her support behind the "yes" camp of Question 5, Clinton framed the issue primarily as one of gender equality.
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Have you canceled a stay at a hotel in Boston due to the ongoing worker strikes? I want to talk to you for a @BostonGlobe story. DMs are open, or email me at dana.gerber@globe.com.
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For awhile now, I've noticed that my Dunkin' medium iced coffee costs more in downtown Boston than it does in Cambridge. A Tufts undergrad noticed, too — and decided to do something about it. Read my latest for @BostonGlobe ☕️
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Prices of Dunkin’ items, from cold brew to glazed doughnuts, can vary by location — sometimes by a dollar or more. A new software program zeroes in on the lowest prices.
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For @BostonGlobe, I talked to 8 neurodivergent people in Greater Boston about what works for them in the workplace, like. - AI tools 💻.- Written instructions 📝.- Remote work🏠. Long story short: Accommodations are not a one-size-fits-all affair.
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Some work remotely to minimize disruptions. Others request that instructions are given in writing, rather than verbally. Others punctuate their daily to-do lists with regular rewards.
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RT @fonseca_esq: If you're a patient or family member that's been affected by IT outages at Boston-area hospitals, I'd love to chat about w….
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New: Just a few days before Teena Kamal was killed by her husband, Rick, in Dover, a new beneficiary was added to her $1.25 million life insurance policy: Rick's brother.
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Rick Kamal’s brother became a beneficiary on Teena Kamal’s $1.25 million policy less than a week before the shocking murder-suicide.
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Why go to therapy when you can just get absolutely obliterated by a Kowloon fortune cookie?
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At the hottest ticket in town for @BostonGlobe: The opening of a new Trader Joe’s in Back Bay. Story to come. 🛒
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