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https://soundcloud.com/julia-maruca-502898647/a-day-in-the-life-taking-care-of-penguins-at-the-new-england-aquarium Matt Samara is an aquarist at the New England Aquarium. In this interview, we get a sense of what his everyday work is like taking care of penguins, fish, and more. Check out the full interview here!
For this week’s blog, I took a look at the regular WBUR newsletter emails I get every day. The emails were fairly easy to sign up for--a prompt visible in multiple spots on the WBUR website directs you to input your email and sign up for the newsletter, and I did so earlier on in... Continue Reading →
For this week’s blog post, I decided to focus on Here & Now, WBUR’s flagship midday news show. Here & now is hosted by Tonya Mosley and Robin Young, and describes itself on the WBUR website as a show that “reflects the fluid world of news as it’s happening in the middle of the day,... Continue Reading →
One thing that really interests me about WBUR is the way that it, as a news outlet, combines audio and written stories as well as live and recorded stories. Before the Internet, you likely couldn’t easily go back and re-listen to an interview that had happened live on the air, but now that radio stations... Continue Reading →
For a primarily audio-based journalistic outlet, WBUR uses a lot of visuals and graphics to explain different topics. For my blog this week, I decided to take a deep dive into their regularly updating COVID-19 case count page, which is displayed prominently on the WBUR website’s main landing when you visit it. The first thing... Continue Reading →
From the beginning, I was interested and excited to explore WBUR’s coverage for my JO304 Newstrack blog. Audio journalism, in particular public radio, is the type of journalism I’m most interested in, and I had the chance to intern at Pittsburgh's NPR affiliate station, 90.5 WESA-FM, back in 2019, so I was interested to compare... Continue Reading →
Members of the Boston Area Brigade of Activist Musicians, an unusual musical ensemble dedicated to amping up the energy and morale at protest events, share what it's like to combine their passions for performance and social justice. Click here to watch.
A sign from #VisionZero, an organization aimed at preventing traffic deaths, at an intersection on Newberry Street.
Over 100 tuba players performed as part of the annual Tuba Christmas ensemble at Faneuil Hall.
Members of the Boston Area Brigade of Activist Musicians (BABAM) chanted “Vote! Yes! On! 3!” to the beat of a tuba rhythm and marched alongside other activists at the Rally For Transgender Rights in front of City Hall. BABAM is a volunteer group of musicians who attend protests and play music in support of activists.
Julia Maruca 