Amelia "shmabelia" Mason
@shmabelia
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arts/culture reporter/critic @WBUR, shop steward @wemakewbur. I love pasta.
Cambridge, MA
Joined February 2011
Meanwhile across town Samantha was dealing with an indictment of her own
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.@WBUR has posted some additional jobs, including for a producer and an education reporter. https://t.co/5B1CzEw43T
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Cannot emphasize enough that @shmabelia tried a Cool Dog that spent the last decade in a Back Bay freezer
Inside the rise and fall of Cool Dogs, Ayo Edebiri's favorite hot dog-shaped ice cream treat https://t.co/AkRayyMtDo via @shmabelia
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V lucky to have an editor who let me devote multiple work days to finding out what happened to this hot dog-shaped ice cream treat they used to sell at Fenway
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Green Line D Branch: Delays of about 15 minutes after personnel assisted a turtle from the tracks at Chestnut Hill.
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I've spent the last year talking to women with sickle cell disease who've felt pushed into getting sterilized when they still wanted more kids and weren't given adequate information, sometimes as recently as 2017 and 2022. https://t.co/8QoywqfkW8
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STAT series 'Coercive Care' looks at pregnancy complications from sickle cell disease and patients who felt pressured to have an unwanted tubal ligation.
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Basic Black was created in 1968 and is the longest running public television show focused on people of color.
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GBH announced layoffs of 31 staff members on Wednesday, representing 4% of its overall workforce.
Damn. GBH laying off over 30 staffers and "immediately" ceasing production of TV shows Greater Boston, Talking Politics and Basic Black https://t.co/CnkH3qvKJN
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A horrible, terrible no-good very bad scoop from me today (God I'm so sick of this sh*t): @kqed is planning to lay off 18-25 employees due to budget deficit. Too bad they spent $94 million on a renovation 2 years ago. Link to my newsletter in bio.
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Believe it or not, no one was asking for a podcast about the Big Dig. There was no big anniversary or new revelation. Kudos to @GBHNews for believing that there was value in telling the story now, and to @lacyjaneroberts and @isabel_hibbard for making the show what it is.
Did you know that the first #PeabodyAwards were issued in 1941 for excellence in radio programming broadcast? Radio, and its contemporary evolutionary convergence into podcasts, holds a special place in Peabody lore. We're honored to award these radio/podcast winners for their
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The news is out to members: LAist will be offering buyouts to staff. It may not be enough to prevent layoffs. There will be plenty of work happening over the next few weeks with our union, but I ask that if you love LAist, consider donating: https://t.co/tgyAd8Sfu2
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Honored to break down “Deep Side” for @NPR @nprmusic @MorningEdition @WBUR !! Tysm for having us @shmabelia
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Huge thanks to @WBUR & @shmabelia for premiering “Deep Side”! Tune in to the Morning Edition tomorrow am on 90.9FM to hear the full interview!
A funny moment captured during recording made the Boston indie-pop band Divine Sweater go viral in 2022. Now, they've released the full version of the song. Listen to the exclusive premiere of "Deep Side" here: https://t.co/XySGHPgQQ6 via @shmabelia @divinesweater
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A funny moment captured during recording made the Boston indie-pop band Divine Sweater go viral in 2022. Now, they've released the full version of the song. Listen to the exclusive premiere of "Deep Side" here: https://t.co/XySGHPgQQ6 via @shmabelia @divinesweater
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A funny moment captured during the recording of "Deep Side" garnered the Boston indie pop band over 2 million views. The finished product is a summertime bop about a crush.
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Faculty rally at 116 and Amsterdam at the gates of Columbia U rn, which is locked down today. “Wait until the numbers come put from One Police Plaza,” said Rashid Khalidi, a Columbia professor, calling the claims of outside agitators “lies��. “They were all students.”
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For years, women complained they were sexually assaulted. Each time, DNA pointed to the same man, who allegedly picked up intoxicated women outside Boston bars. But again and again, police declined to make an arrest and kept the incidents secret.
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Experts say the case against Alvin Campbell is a striking example of how police and prosecutors often fail to take action when victims report sexual assaults, potentially allowing serial rapists to...
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