BOSTON – For the fourth time in the last decade, and the second year in a row, Providence Business News was awarded first place for general excellence by the New England Newspaper and Press Association at its 2019 New England Newspaper Convention, which was held Feb. 15-16 in Boston. PBN also was honored with three first-place awards, two second-place awards and one third-place award in five separate writing categories at the annual event. General Excellence in the Better Newspaper Competition produced by NENPA rewards publications for the overall quality of their products, from content to presentation. In addition to being recognized as the best for specialty publications in the region four times in the last decade, it marks the eighth time in the last 11 years that PBN has been recognized as one of the top three specialty publications in New England. In the fall, PBN was named Newspaper of the Year for specialty publications in NENPA’s New England Newspapers of the Year … [Read more...] about PBN named best specialty newspaper in New England second consecutive year
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Diane Guerrero Is the Complicated Superhero We Need Right Now
Diane Guerrero in Doom PatrolJace Downs / 2018 Warner Bros Entertainment Inc. Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. You may know Diane Guerrero as the actor who plays Maritza, the bubbly and sassy inmate in Orange Is the New Black, or the ditzy waitress Lina from Jane the Virgin. You may also know her as the author of In the Country We Love: My Family Divided, a memoir about her own story of family separation, or as an activist who has become an outspoken voice on issues of mental health, immigration reform, and acceptance. That’s why the 32-year-old has embraced her new TV role in the new DC Comics show Doom Patrol, which premiered Friday. The action-packed series tells the story of an idealistic mad scientist and his team of superpowered misfits, including Guerrero’s character, Crazy Jane, who confronts mental health issues stemming from trauma. Guerrero recently spoke to me on the phone from Atlanta, and although we … [Read more...] about Diane Guerrero Is the Complicated Superhero We Need Right Now
UK Foreign Secretary Rips Trump Fan’s Attack On BBC Cameraman, Ties It To Deadly Assaults
POLITICS 02/13/2019 12:56 am ET Jeremy Hunt says journalists should never be impeded from "holding power accountable." By Mary Papenfuss British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt condemned a violent attack by a Donald Trump supporter on a BBC cameraman at an El Paso, Texas, rally on Monday. Hunt linked the violence to a troubling surge in fatal assaults against journalists, whom he praised as the “invisible line between open and closed societies.” A man wearing a red “Make America great again” cap was captured on video attacking BBC cameraman Ron Skeans at the rally before he was pulled off the journalist. Ironically, the MAGA violence erupted at a rally where Trump talked of improving safety in the nation. “It is never acceptable when journalists and cameramen are attacked just for doing their job,” Hunt said Tuesday on Sky News. “There is a broader issue here, which is that last year 80 journalists were killed across … [Read more...] about UK Foreign Secretary Rips Trump Fan’s Attack On BBC Cameraman, Ties It To Deadly Assaults
Liam Hemsworth Got Sick So Miley Cyrus Attended His Movie Premiere Instead
ENTERTAINMENT 02/12/2019 11:10 am ET And she couldn't make it down the red carpet without at least one dirty joke. By Cole Delbyck Miley Cyrus soldiered the red carpet alone without husband Liam Hemsworth twice in a matter of days, but this time she’s doing it in his place. The singer arrived solo on Monday at the Los Angeles premiere of Hemsworth’s new film “Isn’t It Romantic,” the anti-romantic comedy starring Rebel Wilson, while the actor recovers from a recent hospital stay. Hemsworth was reportedly hospitalized over the weekend in the middle of the film’s press tour after he was diagnosed with kidney stones, forcing him to skip the Grammys festivities on Sunday night. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Miley Cyrus (@mileycyrus) on Feb 11, 2019 at 7:24pm PST Cyrus charged on ahead, however, showing up to the premiere on his behalf and rocking an eye-catching red Valentino gown she paired … [Read more...] about Liam Hemsworth Got Sick So Miley Cyrus Attended His Movie Premiere Instead
10 Years of Privacy Violations, Disinformation, and Friend Requests From Facebook
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As Facebook assumed its central role in the information landscape, the company quietly made decisions that boosted profits with little regard to the consequences for privacy, politics, and the news industry. When those controversial calls and other travails associated with abuses of the platform gradually came to light, Facebook, as early investor Roger McNamee put it early this year, often followed a PR playbook of “deny, delay, deflect, dissemble.” A decadelong chronicle of lawsuits and leaks offers a window into the social-media giant and how its leader’s ethos to “move fast and break things” strained the public’s trust. 10/23/09 Facebook shifts user timelines away from simple chronology, introducing an algorithmic News Feed that gives the company influence over what goes viral. 2010 Facebook begins a series of data-sharing partnerships with major companies, including … [Read more...] about 10 Years of Privacy Violations, Disinformation, and Friend Requests From Facebook