The Massachusetts Scholastic Press Association (MASPA) has named three Newton South High School seniors — Bella Ishanyan, Miles Pearlman, and Emma Zhang — to its 12-member All-State High School Journalism Staff. MASPA also chose Bella Ishanyan as its High School Journalist of the Year. Bella Ishanyan and Emma Zhang are…
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The League of Women Voters Newton will host a book signing featuring Ellen Clegg (former editor of the Boston Globe) and Dan Kennedy (Northeastern University professor of journalism) speaking about their new book, What Works in Community News: Media Startups, Media Deserts, and the Future of the Fourth Estate. The…
As of January 2, the Newton Free Library has stopped charging fines on late returns or renewals. With this policy change, the Newton Free Library joins the 85% of Massachusetts libraries that no longer charge late fees, in line with a growing national trend to eliminate fines on overdue materials. Library users are still responsible for…
Today — January 24, 2024 — NewTV’s Newton News proves wrong the admonition, “Don’t trust anyone over 30.” Established in 1994, the city’s longest-running news program today marks three decades as a trusted source of local news for Newton. Newton News is a weekly local newscast produced by NewTV, an…
Thank you to David Mickley for his 1/9/24 Letter to the Editor, criticizing Greg Vasil’s Boston Globe editorial (Massachusetts can make housing more affordable, 12/27/23). Vasil called the Newton zoning law “watered down” and claimed that suburban voters fear that “apartment buildings and dwellers will change their neighborhood’s character and…
Fig City News board member Tamirirashe Gambiza will run the 128th Boston Marathon to raise funds for Fig City News. He aims to raise $5,000 to expand our payments to local reporters and student interns. You can donate here and then join Fig City fans along the route cheering Tami…
On October 20, Fig City News published a Special Print Edition for the November 7 municipal election. Within its 12 pages are profiles of the candidates in the contested races, along with a table of all candidates in all races — and of course several Newton news articles. All of…
On January 6, 2002, the Boston Globe’s special reporting unit for investigative and accountability journalism, Spotlight, published the first of two articles. The series began with the story of Father John Geoghan, a Catholic priest in the Greater Boston Area who was accused of sexually abusing over 130 boys and…
Last week, we introduced the first two of our four Fig City News high-school summer interns. We are now pleased to introduce our other two interns, who are starting this week. They both have a lot to offer Fig City News and the Newton community, and we look forward to their help.
We are very pleased to announce that the first two of the four Fig City News high-school summer interns started with us last week. Bella Ishanyan and Emma Zhang are rising seniors at Newton South High School and co-Editors-in-Chief of the school’s award-winning paper, the Lion’s Roar. They have a lot to offer Fig…
The battle-torn blog, Village14.com, has provided such great information, opinion, connection, entertainment, and mystery over the years, but it will soon be shutting down. Village Chieftain Jerry Reilly has called a gathering to bid the blog goodbye. All are invited to gather on July 13, 6:30PM-9PM, upstairs at Paddy’s (95…
The Alliance for Community Media Hometown Media has honored NewTV with an award for Best Voter Education Piece by an Access Center, Professional. NewTV won this award for its Newton News interview with Mayor Ruthanne Fuller regarding the override ballot questions in March. NewTV credits Streaming Media Specialist Eugene Foygelman and Newton…