Local news advocate Press Forward awards Reporter $100k grant

By Reporter Newsroom
December 5, 2024
Reporter Newsroom

The Dorchester Reporter — a sister publication to Boston Irish— has been awarded a $100,000 grant from Press Forward, a national movement to strengthen communities by reinvigorating local news. The Reporter is one of 205 grantees selected in the organization’s “Open Call on Closing Local Coverage Gaps.”Press Forward is a coalition of funders that is investing more than $500 million to strengthen local newsrooms, close longstanding gaps in journalism coverage, advance public policy that expands access to local news, and scale the infrastructure the sector needs to thrive.

Songs, Tunes, Even James Joyce Poetry: Rakish Wants to Tell “Powerful Stories”

By Sean Smith, BostonIrish Contributor
November 5, 2024
Sean Smith, BostonIrish Contributor

 It’s been a decade since North Carolina-born fiddler Maura Shawn Scanlin first crossed paths in Boston with Maryland guitarist Conor Hearn (she was a New England Conservatory student, he was enrolled in Tufts) and began playing together, initially as part of a quintet and then as the duo Rakish.

Irish American luminaries hailed at ‘Honors’ luncheon in JFK Library

By BostonIrish.com Newsroom
November 5, 2024
BostonIrish.com Newsroom

See full video of the program here:   https://vimeo.com/1027892646

More than 350 guests gathered at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Dorchester  Friday Oct 5, 2024 for the 14th Boston Irish Honors luncheon, an event organized by Boston Irish Magazine. The event marked the first time that the annual celebration of Irish and Irish American leaders was held in Dorchester.

Irish American luminaries hailed at ‘Honors’ luncheon in JFK Library

By Staff
November 1, 2024
Staff

More than 350 guests gathered at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Dorchester last Friday afternoon for the 14th Boston Irish Honors luncheon, an event organized by The Reporter’s affiliated publication, Boston Irish. The event marked the first time that the annual celebration of Irish and Irish American leaders was held in Dorchester.

This year’s event honored three well-known Irish Americans from the Boston area: Bill Cleary, Jr., William M. Bulger, and Regina Quinlan-Doherty. 

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