乐播传媒 in the News: June 9, 2023
A selection of recent mentions of 乐播传媒 and 乐播传媒 people in the news.
Arianna Fano ’19
U.S. debt ceiling: Of political game theory and unsustainable debt 鈥� Forbes India
Arianna Fano 鈥�19, an economic policy analyst for the Washington, D.C.鈥揵ased Bipartisan Policy Center, told Forbes India that the U.S. debt-ceiling crisis could 鈥渦ndermine confidence in the global banking system and potentially lead to a wider financial crisis.鈥�
鈥淭he growing national debt poses a threat to private investment, labour market productivity, and public spending on critical government programmes,鈥� Fano said.
鈥淧olicymakers of both parties must come together to explore solutions to the unsustainable fiscal path we find ourselves on.鈥�
- Read the story: 鈥�,鈥� Forbes India, May 24, 2023
乐播传媒 Commencement
乐播传媒 College graduates emerge from 鈥楥OVID-19鈥� college experience 鈥� Lewiston Sun Journal
The Lewiston Sun Journal鈥檚 coverage of Commencement included interviews with two local graduates who took non-traditional routes to 乐播传媒.
Jillian Richardson 鈥�23 of Auburn is a first-generation college grad who was home-schooled until coming to 乐播传媒, reported the Sun Journal‘s Joe Charpentier. 鈥淚鈥檓 forever grateful to my parents for making it possible for me to attend college, and to the people at 乐播传媒, who helped me along the way and opened doors to unforgettable opportunities,” said Richardson, who graduated with a biology major and All-America honors in cross country.
Environmental studies graduate Dylan LaRose 鈥�23 is a 38-year-old resident of Auburn who is a U.S. military veteran and co-owner of the popular Dag鈥檚 Bait & Sport Goods.
LaRose, reported Charpentier, “stared at the 乐播传媒 campus for years while picking away 鈥� first at a science degree, then a business degree 鈥� at Central Maine Community College in Auburn. It then occurred to LaRose he could simply apply to 乐播传媒 and see what happens.” 鈥淪omehow, I got in,鈥� he told Charpentier.
Read more:
- 鈥�,鈥� Lewiston Sun Journal, May 28, 2023
- 鈥�,鈥� Lewiston Sun Journal, May 28, 2023
Loring Danforth, anthropology faculty
Firewalkers in Greece honor Saint Constantine in mystery-shrouded, centuries-old rituals 鈥� The Associated Press
In May, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology Loring Danforth was interviewed by Associated Press reporter Giovanna Dell鈥橭rto for a story about the centuries-old ritual of firewalking in small Greek villages along the Bulgarian border.
Dell鈥橭rto鈥檚 story focused on the leader of a group of devotees of St. Constantine, known as the anastenaria, who still practice the ritual as a way of communicating with the saints.
Danforth, the author of Firewalking and Religious Healing: The Anastenaria of Greece and the American Firewalking Movement, put the ritual into historical context, explaining the way the anastenaria were persecuted by the Orthodox church for what were seen as pagan rites.
- Read the story: 鈥�,鈥� The Associated Press, May 25, 2023
乐播传媒 Dance Festival
10 not-to-be-missed dance performances 鈥� The Boston Globe
Gearing up for its 41st season, the 乐播传媒 Dance Festival has been covered by The Boston Globe, Portland Press Herald and Down East magazine.
Boston Globe dance writer Karen Campbell featured the festival in her piece on 10 dance events not to be missed this summer, calling BDF 鈥渟mall but mighty.鈥� Meanwhile, the festival was No. 63 on Down East magazine鈥檚 list of “101 Reasons to Love Summer in Maine.”
Festival Director Shoni Currier told Portland Press Herald feature writer Megan Gray about some of the performances that had been delayed by COVID and .
The short, five weeks of the festival creates a 鈥渕agical鈥� atmosphere on campus, Currier said. 鈥淚t creates its own space and time and dynamic and energy. There鈥檚 something about coming together around a purpose 鈥� and in this case, an artistic purpose 鈥� and having it be limited in time. It just feels essential.鈥�
Read more:
- 鈥�,鈥� The Boston Globe, May 19, 2023
- 鈥�,鈥� Down East magazine, May 2023
- 鈥�,鈥� Portland Press Herald, May 18, 2023
Jamie Merisotis ’86
Colleges buck enrollment trends by increasing their supports for students 鈥� Forbes
Writing in Forbes about the worrisome numbers of students who leave college without completing their degree, Jamie Merisotis 鈥�86, president and CEO of the Lumina Foundation, wrote about what colleges can and are doing to buck that trend. He highlighted Madera Community College and the way the California school is countering the trend by prioritizing student needs.
Merisotis shared his personal experience, comparing what administrators at Madera are doing with his own 乐播传媒 experience, where 鈥渆xtra attention鈥� helped him with what wasn鈥檛 an easy transition as a first-generation student.
鈥淲hether they are first-generation students, have pressing family responsibilities, or face any of the myriad other social, economic or other hurdles confronting students today, we know quite a bit about what helps people finish their degrees, including ‘student supports’ 鈥� the practice of schools offering everything from extra advising to food pantries and childcare.”
- Read the story: “,” Forbes, May 24, 2023
Rebecca Herzig, gender and sexuality studies faculty
How to have a realistic conversation about beauty with your kids 鈥� The Atlantic
Trying to convince your child that personal appearance doesn’t matter or create privilege is 鈥渁 really complicated form of gaslighting,” said Rebecca Herzig, professor of gender and sexuality studies, in an interview with journalist, podcaster, and author Elise Hu for a story in The Atlantic about Hu talking to her own young daughters about beauty.
Hu wrote about trying to convince her daughters that looks didn鈥檛 matter. But they were skeptical, and empirical evidence 鈥� 鈥渟tudy after study confirms that prettiness can be a privilege鈥� 鈥� suggested they were right to be skeptical, no matter how much their mother wished it were otherwise.
- Read the story: 鈥�,鈥� The Atlantic, May 18, 2023
Sam Gerry ’24
Woburn High School graduates raising awareness of teen suicide with kickball tournament 鈥� CBS News Boston
Sam Gerry 鈥�24 of Woburn, Mass., was featured in a CBS News Boston story about a charity kickball tournament he helped inspire while he was in high school. His friend Noah Dhaliwal started the Kick it for a Cause, a suicide prevention tournament as a junior, when Sam was struggling with his mental health, with Sam鈥檚 full endorsement.
“Oftentimes, I find that people tend to shy away from really anything regarding suicide and suicide prevention,鈥� Gerry told CBS. So Dhaliwal鈥檚 brainstorm back when they were still in high school was more than welcome. 鈥淚t was really, really encouraging, not just any random teen but one of my best friends reaching out to express interest.”
Gerry, who became the co-founder of the tournament and helped to raise thousands of dollars for local groups, is studying psychology at 乐播传媒. 鈥淚鈥檓 planning to pursue a Ph.D. of some kind focusing on suicidology,” he told the outlet.
- Read the story: 鈥�,鈥� CBS News Boston, May 18, 2023
Katherine Haesche Thomson ’00
Welcome to the great Marblehead newspaper war 鈥� The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe noted the hopeful growth of community journalism in the North Shore, specifically in Marblehead, where has some 乐播传媒 connections.
Kate Haesche Thomson ’00 is a board member, and the paper’s founders include consulting editor Kris Olson P’25, formerly with the Marblehead Reporter, which had pivoted away from local coverage; and Ed Bell ‘P’97, a former Associated Press bureau chief.
It’s been inspiring work, says Thomson, who uses her advertising and brand strategy background to help market the paper. “Literal cornerstone-of-democracy stuff.”
In a story over the winter, the Globe noted that a year ago, the “local news outlook… appeared bleak. Media giant Gannett had recently shifted the North Shore town鈥檚 longtime weekly, the Marblehead Reporter, from local to regional coverage, leaving the community of 20,000 without a dedicated newspaper for the first time in more than a century.”
Since then, three new outlets “are in the unexpected position of battling it out for the readers of Marblehead and wresting back hyperlocal news from corporate control.”
- Read the story: 鈥溾�� The Boston Globe, Jan. 3, 2023
Brian McGrory ’84
The future of journalism is uncertain under Gannett CEO Mike Reed 鈥� The Boston Globe
Speaking of newspapers: In two columns for The Boston Globe, former editor Brian McGrory 鈥�84 took on Gannett CEO Mike Reed, saying that while Reed “didn鈥檛 cause the seismic collapse of the newspaper industry,” he had “inflicted brutal and probably irreversible damage on already struggling news organizations all across this country.”
McGrory recalled working at The Patriot Ledger right after 乐播传媒 when it was “one of the best suburban papers in America鈥� with a 鈥渃ouple hundred journalists at its peak.鈥� The paper, now owned by Gannett, 鈥渉as four news reporters: Four.鈥�
鈥淲e are at a perilous moment in our civic life,鈥� wrote McGrory, who now chairs the Department of Journalism at Boston University.
鈥淵ou鈥檝e heard it before and I鈥檒l say it again: Democracy is under threat. Quality information is in short supply. Misinformation and disinformation are all over your social media feeds. Lies have become the currency of a certain kind of office-holder at every level, right down to your local school committee.鈥�
Read more:
- 鈥�,鈥� The Boston Globe, March 23, 2023
- 鈥溾�� The Boston Globe, April 12, 2023
Chuck Radis ’75, James Reese
Remembering John Jenkins, political trailblazer and champion of Lewiston-Auburn 鈥� News Center Maine
When the late John Jenkins 鈥�74 received his 乐播传媒 degree, it was to a standing ovation, recalled Chuck Radis 鈥�75 in a recent interview with Rob Caldwell for 207, a TV news magazine produced by News Center Maine.
“Oh, my gosh, it was like a rock star was getting the degree,” Radis smiled. “And John just soaked it up.”
Radis is the author of The Mayor of Maine, a biography about Jenkins, the former mayor of Lewiston and Auburn and Maine鈥檚 first Black state senator, who died in 2020.
James Reese, associate dean of students at 乐播传媒, joined the interview, telling Caldwell that he seldom meets a 乐播传媒 person who knew Jenkins and doesn鈥檛 have 鈥渁 powerful story, whatever the examples are.”
- Read the story: 鈥�,鈥� News Center Maine, April 25, 2023
Robin Dodson ’00
Body lotions, mothballs, cleaning fluids and other widely used products contain known toxic chemicals, study finds 鈥� The Conversation
Household and cleaning products like hairspray and windshield wiper fluid release thousands of tons of volatile organic compounds into California鈥檚 air every year, and consumers rarely know what is in the products they鈥檙e buying, said Robin Dodson 鈥�00, in a brief for The Conversation.
Dodson, an adjunct assistant professor of environmental health at Boston University, recently co-wrote and published a study analyzing data on consumer product emissions in California and identifying product types and chemicals they see as high priorities for reformulation with safer alternatives or regulatory action.
鈥淲e believe our new analysis points to the need for national action that ensures consumers and workers alike have safer products,鈥� she wrote.
- Read the brief: 鈥�,鈥� The Conversation, May 2, 2023
Angela Twitchell ’90
Maine Coast Heritage Trust hires Topsham resident to lead program 鈥� The Times Record
Angela Twitchell 鈥�90 is the new director of a signature program of the Maine Coast Heritage Trust, reported The Times Record of Brunswick.
As land trust program director, Twitchell will consult with and advise local land trusts and work to build a land trust network across Maine.
A Topsham resident, Twitchell has over 15 years of knowledge and experience in land conservation. Like many Mainers who grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, she experienced 鈥渇irsthand the effects of pollution on the Androscoggin River and the result of humans not being good stewards of the land,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 knew from a young age that I wanted to go into an environmental field.鈥�
- Read the story: 鈥�,鈥� The Times Record, May 4, 2023
Christian Beal ’21
Richmond outfielder Christian Beal will join Blue Jays, but not as player 鈥� Richmond Times-Dispatch
In joining the Toronto Blue Jays’ player development department, Christian Beal ’21 has begun a career in Major League Baseball that he hopes will include the big job of general manager, wrote John O鈥機onnor for the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
鈥淚t kind of connects my passion for baseball and also my passion to be a business leader,鈥� Beal said. After graduating from 乐播传媒, with eligibility remaining due to COVID, Beal played for two years for the University of Richmond, where he is studying for an M.B.A.
He first applied for a “head of data鈥� position with the Jays. He realized he wasn’t qualified for the position but hoped his resume might attract some attention, which it did. 鈥淚 decided I was going to go out on a limb,鈥� he said – it was a home run.
He’ll begin his career in Dunedin, Fla., home of Toronto鈥檚 spring-training facility, in a role that involves 鈥渄ata but also a lot of the day-to-day (operations), and understanding how it鈥檚 all connected.鈥�
- Read the story: 鈥�,鈥� Richmond Times-Dispatch, May 18, 2023
Dominick Pangallo ’03
Pangallo to become Salem’s next mayor 鈥� The Salem News
Longtime Salem, Mass., resident Dominick Pangallo 鈥�03 is now his home city’s mayor after winning a special election to fill the seat on May 16.
Pangallo is the longtime chief of staff to former mayor Kim Driscoll, whose move to become the commonwealth’s lieutenant governor created the special election.
- Read the story: 鈥�,鈥� The Salem News, May 16, 2023
Vanessa Paolella 鈥�21, Pat Webber
Androscoggin Watershed Conference set for Poland May 16 鈥� Lewiston Sun Journal
Vanessa Paolella 鈥�21 and Pat Webber, director of Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, spoke at the annual Androscoggin Watershed Conference on May 16, addressing the history of the Androscoggin River, said the Lewiston Sun Journal in a conference advance.
At the conference, Webber talked about the history of the river, beginning with its formation by glaciers and ending with the Clean Water Act, which became law 50 years ago through the efforts of U.S. Sen. Edmund Muskie ’36.
Paolella, a geology major who did her senior thesis on the Androsoggin, discussed remediation strategies for the river beginning in the 1940s. She provided data from her thesis to help illustrate what worked (the Clean Water Act and wastewater treatment facilities) and what had little effect (building lagoons to store waste and modifying the papermaking process.)
- Read the advance: 鈥�,鈥� Lewiston Sun Journal, May 9, 2023
