Maren Halpin
@marenhalpin.bsky.social
✍️ Correspondent at @bostonglobe.com
🗞️ Editor-in-Chief of The Suffolk Journal
✉️ mhalpinjourno@gmail.com | mhalpin.28 on Signal
🗞️ Editor-in-Chief of The Suffolk Journal
✉️ mhalpinjourno@gmail.com | mhalpin.28 on Signal
As federal layoffs send thousands of workers into the job market, many are looking to Boston, contributing to a 60 percent application increase for City of Boston jobs. Read more in my final story as a business co-op at @bostonglobe.com here:
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Many of the 58,000-plus laid-off federal workers are looking to move to Boston - The Boston Globe
The City of Boston has seen a boom in job applications, with positions that it once struggled to hire for now receiving a record amount of interest.
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June 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
As federal layoffs send thousands of workers into the job market, many are looking to Boston, contributing to a 60 percent application increase for City of Boston jobs. Read more in my final story as a business co-op at @bostonglobe.com here:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/29/b...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/29/b...
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Faithful shoppers at supermarket chain Market Basket are dismayed by the boardroom coup against chief executive Arthur T. Demoulas, with many saying that they’re ready to boycott the popular chain just as they did over a decade ago.
With CEO Arthur T. Demoulas on leave, Market Basket shoppers brace for potential boycott - The Boston Globe
“I just love this place, and I’m keeping my fingers crossed that they’ll work it out,” one customer said.
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May 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Faithful shoppers at supermarket chain Market Basket are dismayed by the boardroom coup against chief executive Arthur T. Demoulas, with many saying that they’re ready to boycott the popular chain just as they did over a decade ago.
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From Globe Magazine: As a health reporter, I thought I could navigate the system. My miscarriage proved me wrong.
As a health reporter, I thought I could navigate the system. My miscarriage proved me wrong. - The Boston Globe
The ER was the last place I wanted to get the treatment I needed. But it was my only option.
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May 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
From Globe Magazine: As a health reporter, I thought I could navigate the system. My miscarriage proved me wrong.
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Massachusetts law schools have been inundated with applications this year, part of a nationwide surge fueled by a tough job market and economic uncertainty. trib.al/bFVAkfE
April 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Massachusetts law schools have been inundated with applications this year, part of a nationwide surge fueled by a tough job market and economic uncertainty. trib.al/bFVAkfE
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The Boston Globe was a finalist for three Pulitzer Prizes — for public service, editorial writing, and illustrated reporting and commentary — award organizers announced.
The Boston Globe recognized as Pulitzer Prize finalist in public service, editorial writing, and illustrated reporting and commentary - The Boston Globe
The Pulitzer Prize Board highlighted the Globe’s coverage of financial mismanagement at Steward Health Care and its impact on patients and their families for its public service award, one of the most ...
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May 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The Boston Globe was a finalist for three Pulitzer Prizes — for public service, editorial writing, and illustrated reporting and commentary — award organizers announced.
UMass Chan Medical School has laid off or furloughed an estimated 200 employees due to NIH funding shortfalls
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UMass Chan Medical School lays off or furloughs about 200 employees after NIH funding shortfall - The Boston Globe
The cuts come after the school saw a $30 million funding shortfall from long delays in funding new research grants from the National Institutes of Health.
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April 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
UMass Chan Medical School has laid off or furloughed an estimated 200 employees due to NIH funding shortfalls
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Are you graduating this spring and changed your post-grad plans due to the Trump administration’s actions? Have you recently decided to apply to law school? We want to hear from you for a @bostonglobe.com story!
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April 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Are you graduating this spring and changed your post-grad plans due to the Trump administration’s actions? Have you recently decided to apply to law school? We want to hear from you for a @bostonglobe.com story!
If this is you, please fill out this survey: forms.gle/1JARhxEdi77t...
If this is you, please fill out this survey: forms.gle/1JARhxEdi77t...
Have you bought a car recently, or are you planning to soon? I want to talk to you for a @bostonglobe.com story!
You can reach me over email at maren.halpin@globe.com.
You can reach me over email at maren.halpin@globe.com.
April 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Have you bought a car recently, or are you planning to soon? I want to talk to you for a @bostonglobe.com story!
You can reach me over email at maren.halpin@globe.com.
You can reach me over email at maren.halpin@globe.com.
Trump administration plans to roll back legal immigration channels could exacerbate existing health care workforce shortages, especially in the Northeast. Read more in my latest for @bostonglobe.com:
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Trump’s immigration crackdown could worsen Northeast’s health care workforce shortage, study finds - The Boston Globe
Nearly 8 percent of medical personnel across hospitals, outpatient centers, nursing homes, and home care agencies in the region were non-citizens in 2024.
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April 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Trump administration plans to roll back legal immigration channels could exacerbate existing health care workforce shortages, especially in the Northeast. Read more in my latest for @bostonglobe.com:
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A sense of urgency and conviction underscored #StudentPressFreedom Day last month. We share our three takeaways from what we heard from students across the country, plus links to dozens of their inspiring op-eds, stories and more. splc.org/2025/02/cele...
'Not backing down': Student Press Freedom Day 2025 - Student Press Law Center
A sense of urgency and conviction underscored Student Press Freedom Day this year. We share highlights of how students marked the occasion.
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March 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A sense of urgency and conviction underscored #StudentPressFreedom Day last month. We share our three takeaways from what we heard from students across the country, plus links to dozens of their inspiring op-eds, stories and more. splc.org/2025/02/cele...
The Suffolk Journal is an award-winning paper! We’re bringing home five awards to Boston from the @collegemedia conference in NYC — best editorial, crisis coverage, news website, news photography, and best newspaper! Incredibly grateful for my amazing staff.
March 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The Suffolk Journal is an award-winning paper! We’re bringing home five awards to Boston from the @collegemedia conference in NYC — best editorial, crisis coverage, news website, news photography, and best newspaper! Incredibly grateful for my amazing staff.
My first A1 story! Incredibly grateful & proud to have gotten to tell this story looking into what’s ahead for the MA cannabis industry and how innovative business owners have worked already to fill the demand. See the story in today’s print:
February 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
My first A1 story! Incredibly grateful & proud to have gotten to tell this story looking into what’s ahead for the MA cannabis industry and how innovative business owners have worked already to fill the demand. See the story in today’s print:
I covered a protest of hundreds of researchers opposing federal funding cuts yesterday — read the stories of those impacted here:
Federal workers rally in Boston against Trump administration’s effort to cut federal research funding - The Boston Globe
The rally organized by several local unions representing teachers and university student workers is calling for the Trump administration to halt the cuts and save jobs that are funded by federal resea...
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February 20, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I covered a protest of hundreds of researchers opposing federal funding cuts yesterday — read the stories of those impacted here:
Do you use Zyn nicotine pouches? I want to hear from you for a story for the Globe! Contact me at maren.halpin@globe.com.
February 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Do you use Zyn nicotine pouches? I want to hear from you for a story for the Globe! Contact me at maren.halpin@globe.com.
I appeared on Boston Globe Today this week to discuss my reporting on the rising cases of bird flu and resulting egg shortage. Watch the segment here:
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Bird flu: What to know and how to stay safe - The Boston Globe
Correspondent Maren Halpin explains the risks of the avian virus and how to protect you and your pets.
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January 31, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I appeared on Boston Globe Today this week to discuss my reporting on the rising cases of bird flu and resulting egg shortage. Watch the segment here:
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The JPMorgan Healthcare Conference kicked off today in San Francisco, and Boston-area biotech companies quickly joined the landscape of some of the industry’s biggest dealmaking. Read what happened in the first day here:
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Biogen makes an offer for Sage. GSK and Eli Lilly spend billions on local biotechs. Must be JPMorgan conference season. - The Boston Globe
The Globe is tracking deals and news involving local companies at the conference.
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January 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The JPMorgan Healthcare Conference kicked off today in San Francisco, and Boston-area biotech companies quickly joined the landscape of some of the industry’s biggest dealmaking. Read what happened in the first day here:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/13/b...
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The damage from Steward’s financial meltdown is extensive.
Several hospitals closed. More than 2,500 people lost jobs. Patients suffered.
This is the story of community hospitals turned into profit centers. And how it all collapsed.
Several hospitals closed. More than 2,500 people lost jobs. Patients suffered.
This is the story of community hospitals turned into profit centers. And how it all collapsed.
Steward Health a cautionary tale in private equity's push into health care
An investigation into Steward Health Care reveals a cautionary tale about the role of private equity in American health care and the corporate push for profits — often at the expense of patients.
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December 31, 2024 at 7:26 PM
The damage from Steward’s financial meltdown is extensive.
Several hospitals closed. More than 2,500 people lost jobs. Patients suffered.
This is the story of community hospitals turned into profit centers. And how it all collapsed.
Several hospitals closed. More than 2,500 people lost jobs. Patients suffered.
This is the story of community hospitals turned into profit centers. And how it all collapsed.
From numerous exemptions to years-long waiting periods, Massachusetts public records law leaves journalists in the dark and crucial stories untold. Click the link to read more:
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Stories untold: Massachusetts records law leaves public in the dark
In the Bay State, journalists must constantly battle to gain access to crucial records Massachusetts is one of two states in the country that exempt the governor’s office from public records.…
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December 16, 2024 at 5:08 PM
From numerous exemptions to years-long waiting periods, Massachusetts public records law leaves journalists in the dark and crucial stories untold. Click the link to read more:
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