John Hancock
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Tech Lead, Newsroom Development Team, The Boston Globe. Building storytelling experiences through interactive design and data.
Top US colleges gave $1 billion in grants and discounts to foreign undergrads. In Trump’s America, can that continue? @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/05/m...
Database: See how much financial aid US universities are giving to foreign students. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/05/m...
Database: See how much financial aid US universities are giving to foreign students. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/05/m...
Top US colleges gave $1 billion in grants and discounts to foreign undergrads. In Trump’s America, can that continue? - The Boston Globe
Efforts to attract international students are under immense scrutiny amid the Trump administration’s attacks on elite colleges and immigration.
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August 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Top US colleges gave $1 billion in grants and discounts to foreign undergrads. In Trump’s America, can that continue? @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/05/m...
Database: See how much financial aid US universities are giving to foreign students. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/05/m...
Database: See how much financial aid US universities are giving to foreign students. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/05/m...
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Lots of smoke out there this morning from wildfires in Canada. 📈 via @johnhancock.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2023/06/07/m...
August 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Lots of smoke out there this morning from wildfires in Canada. 📈 via @johnhancock.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2023/06/07/m...
Boston police officers chased a care after being told to stop. Minutes later, three teens died in a crash. Read the
John R. Ellement and Sean Cotter report on a tragedy that could have been avoided. Video by Randy Vazquez. Map by me. @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/08/m...
John R. Ellement and Sean Cotter report on a tragedy that could have been avoided. Video by Randy Vazquez. Map by me. @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/08/m...
April 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Boston police officers chased a care after being told to stop. Minutes later, three teens died in a crash. Read the
John R. Ellement and Sean Cotter report on a tragedy that could have been avoided. Video by Randy Vazquez. Map by me. @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/08/m...
John R. Ellement and Sean Cotter report on a tragedy that could have been avoided. Video by Randy Vazquez. Map by me. @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/08/m...
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I’m misty-eyed with nostalgic reverie. Last night I bleached my groceries for old time’s sake.
March 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I’m misty-eyed with nostalgic reverie. Last night I bleached my groceries for old time’s sake.
Since taking office, President Trump has signed a wave of executive orders that align closely with Project 2025. But there could be more to come. @bostonglobe.com's Alyssa Vega explores what could be next. apps.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/nati...
Project 2025: Key proposals Trump could implement
The conservative governing blueprint is a huge plan — roughly 900 pages — and there’s a lot the president could do. Here’s a look at which proposals could possibly be adopted.
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March 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Since taking office, President Trump has signed a wave of executive orders that align closely with Project 2025. But there could be more to come. @bostonglobe.com's Alyssa Vega explores what could be next. apps.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/nati...
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Every news outlet reporting Elon Musk's comment about accidentally canceling Ebola prevention efforts and quickly restoring them should also say they haven't been restored, they're still canceled, the outbreak-fighting teams are dismantled, the money is gone
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Musk says DOGE ‘restored’ Ebola prevention effort. Officials say that’s not true.
USAID’s initiatives to fight Ebola and other diseases have been gutted, current and former agency officials said.
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February 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Every news outlet reporting Elon Musk's comment about accidentally canceling Ebola prevention efforts and quickly restoring them should also say they haven't been restored, they're still canceled, the outbreak-fighting teams are dismantled, the money is gone
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Is a college degree really worth it? Inside the heated debate about the value of higher education. Check out Hilary Burns' story and use our database to explore/compare the ROI of different degrees from New England universities. @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/12/m...
February 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Is a college degree really worth it? Inside the heated debate about the value of higher education. Check out Hilary Burns' story and use our database to explore/compare the ROI of different degrees from New England universities. @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/12/m...
Year 2 of tracking 311 pothole reports in Boston for @bostonglobe.com. Thirty-three days into 2025, and the city's 311 system has already received almost 1200 requests for pothole repairs (36 a day). apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/2024/0...
February 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Year 2 of tracking 311 pothole reports in Boston for @bostonglobe.com. Thirty-three days into 2025, and the city's 311 system has already received almost 1200 requests for pothole repairs (36 a day). apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/2024/0...
New @bostonglobe.com project: The Green Book's legacy in New England. Though long out of publication, pieces of New England history live in its pages. We mapped the listings, highlighting places such as Western Lunch Box, Slade's, and The Pates Hotel. apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/2025/0...
Legacy of the Green Book travel guide in New England
Though long out of publication, pieces of New England history live in its pages. The Globe mapped the listings.
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January 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
New @bostonglobe.com project: The Green Book's legacy in New England. Though long out of publication, pieces of New England history live in its pages. We mapped the listings, highlighting places such as Western Lunch Box, Slade's, and The Pates Hotel. apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/2025/0...
1/ Another winter season means another round of updates for our @bostonglobe.com snowfall tracker. We've implemented snowfall contours to our map to compliment the individual location reports from the National Weather Service. apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/weathe...
Here’s a look at snowfall totals across New England
See town-by-town snow totals reported by the National Weather Service over the last 48 hours
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January 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
1/ Another winter season means another round of updates for our @bostonglobe.com snowfall tracker. We've implemented snowfall contours to our map to compliment the individual location reports from the National Weather Service. apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/weathe...
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Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
Some unprecedented weather along the Gulf Coast. Use the @bostonglobe.com severe weather tracker to keep up with weather alerts in New England and across the US. apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/weathe...
January 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Some unprecedented weather along the Gulf Coast. Use the @bostonglobe.com severe weather tracker to keep up with weather alerts in New England and across the US. apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/weathe...
Watched Alien: Romulus on the flight home from visiting family. While it's not the strongest entry in the franchise, I loved the return to the retro-style icons and computer screen interfaces, especially the simplistic stick-figure indicators for when gravity was on/off.
January 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Watched Alien: Romulus on the flight home from visiting family. While it's not the strongest entry in the franchise, I loved the return to the retro-style icons and computer screen interfaces, especially the simplistic stick-figure indicators for when gravity was on/off.
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New @globespotlight.bsky.social report out this morning looks at the accommodating relationship Massachusetts elected officials and regulators had with Steward Health Care.
Steward Health Care regulation in Mass. What happened?
The Globe Spotlight Team found Steward benefited from insufficient scrutiny from the Healey administration and other elected officials until the company imploded and it was too late.
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December 14, 2024 at 12:58 PM
New @globespotlight.bsky.social report out this morning looks at the accommodating relationship Massachusetts elected officials and regulators had with Steward Health Care.
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Explore our map of where wildfires are affecting air quality in Massachusetts.
See maps of where wildfires are burning around Mass. - The Boston Globe
Fires on the North Shore are affecting air quality Wednesday. See details.
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November 20, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Explore our map of where wildfires are affecting air quality in Massachusetts.
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A raging brush fire burned more than 40 acres at the popular Blue Hills Reservation this week, but the record dry weather responsible for hundreds of wildfires in the state may finally see some relief with rain in the forecast over the next few days.
Could wildfires become our new normal? - The Boston Globe
In the latest flare-up, scores of firefighters from multiple communities worked to douse the blaze toward the southern perimeter of the Blue Hills.
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November 20, 2024 at 4:12 PM
A raging brush fire burned more than 40 acres at the popular Blue Hills Reservation this week, but the record dry weather responsible for hundreds of wildfires in the state may finally see some relief with rain in the forecast over the next few days.
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According datajournalism.com, 60% of data journalists in their last survey were male. And a recent @pewresearch.org paper showed about 2/3 of "news influencers" are men.
So please share this with anyone who might be interested in broader horizons.
Representation matters!
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So please share this with anyone who might be interested in broader horizons.
Representation matters!
go.bsky.app/8gob51T
November 20, 2024 at 4:12 PM
According datajournalism.com, 60% of data journalists in their last survey were male. And a recent @pewresearch.org paper showed about 2/3 of "news influencers" are men.
So please share this with anyone who might be interested in broader horizons.
Representation matters!
go.bsky.app/8gob51T
So please share this with anyone who might be interested in broader horizons.
Representation matters!
go.bsky.app/8gob51T
Voter turnout: Did Democrats stay home in 2024? In counties across the US where Donald Trump earned marginally more or fewer votes than he did in 2020, it can't help but feel like Kamala Harris missed an opportunity. t.co/3MmlmxJj1S
November 15, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Voter turnout: Did Democrats stay home in 2024? In counties across the US where Donald Trump earned marginally more or fewer votes than he did in 2020, it can't help but feel like Kamala Harris missed an opportunity. t.co/3MmlmxJj1S