{"id":45575,"date":"2026-03-25T14:13:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T18:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=45575"},"modified":"2026-03-25T14:13:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T18:13:31","slug":"the-newsroom","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/articles\/the-newsroom\/","title":{"rendered":"The Newsroom"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin bu-blocks-block-editorial-leadin is-style-default has-media has-media-focus-center-middle\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1440\" height=\"652\" src=\"\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-002_lightRetouch2_1440x652.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"A photo of three students reading a newspaper.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-002_lightRetouch2_1440x652.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-002_lightRetouch2_1440x652-636x288.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-002_lightRetouch2_1440x652-1024x464.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-002_lightRetouch2_1440x652-768x348.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>The Newsroom<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">The journalism department\u2019s capstone course is giving student reporters coveted clips and landing them jobs when they graduate. It might even help save community news.<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-categories\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/category\/com-365\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCOM\/365\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/category\/journalism\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJournalism\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">March 25, 2026<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/authors\/steve-holt\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSteve Holt\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"Photography by\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/authors\/alex-gagne\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlex Gagne\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div style=\"display:none;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-share-tools\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-share-tools-inner js-prepress-component-share-tools\">\n\t\t<h4>Share<\/h4>\n\t\t<p class=\"wp-prepress-component-share-tools-article-title\">The Newsroom<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-share-tools-article-link\">\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" value=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/articles\/the-newsroom\/\" readonly>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<label>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Copy URL:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"js-prepress-component-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Copy<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/label>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">When he saw the news tip in his inbox, Charlie Johnson figured it would be a pretty straightforward local story. It ended up being anything but.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johnson (\u201925) had been writing for <em>Brookline.News<\/em> all semester, and the email was from the nonprofit news organization\u2019s editor, Sam Mintz: An area homeowner had reached out with questions about the sudden demolition of a house in her neighborhood.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johnson, who was assigned the story as part of The Newsroom (JO 400), a capstone course in his journalism major, first spoke with the woman who\u2019d made the complaint, as well as another neighbor. It wasn\u2019t until he talked to the contractor who brought down the house in February 2025 that he knew he had more than just a slice-of-life reaction story. \u201cIt kind of spiraled,\u201d he says, \u201cand I realized there was more involved than just writing this quick update.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<table>\n    <caption style=\"font-weight: bold;font-size:2em;\">Participants<\/caption>\n    <thead>\n        <td>&nbsp;<\/td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">Students<\/td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">News Outlets<\/td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">Published Stories<\/td>\n    <\/thead>\n    <tbody>\n        <tr>\n            <td>Spring &#038; Summer 2025<\/td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">33<\/td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">15+<\/td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">193<\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td>Fall 2025<\/td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">64<\/td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">31<\/td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">316<\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A Jamaica Plain couple had purchased the 1950s two-story in 2023. They had intended to renovate it, but after running into difficulties, they decided to tear it down in order to build a modern, energy-efficient home in its place. Johnson pored over Brookline permitting records and contacted the local building commissioner. He discovered that the contractor had not procured the proper permits before demolishing the home. Utilities providers told Johnson that electrical and gas were shut off only after the walls had come down. The demolition site, which remained a mess for weeks, was full of asbestos, according to the building commissioner\u2019s report.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHis detailed, tantalizing story became one of our most-read of all time,\u201d Mintz says. \u201cAnd in addition to the sense of scandal that helped elevate it to a townwide \u2018talker,\u2019 it also raised interesting policy questions about the town building department\u2019s role in policing bad actors.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johnson\u2019s deep reporting wouldn\u2019t have been possible for the <em>Brookline.News<\/em> staff of two, Mintz says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johnson credits the direction and editing he received from the course instructors, former <em>Boston Globe<\/em> editors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/profile\/brian-mcgrory\/\" data-type=\"profile\" data-id=\"35479\">Brian McGrory<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/profile\/steve-greenlee\/\" data-type=\"profile\" data-id=\"39969\">Steve Greenlee<\/a>. At the end of the course, he had amassed eight story clips at <em>Brookline.News<\/em> that he is using to apply for positions at community newspapers across the country, where he is interested in the kind of accountability reporting that helped him break the story about the unpermitted demolition in Brookline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was precisely how McGrory, chair of the journalism department (currently on leave), had drawn up The Newsroom course shortly after arriving at COM in 2023: Small, independent publications across eastern Massachusetts would receive professionally edited, student-written stories about their communities; students would gain invaluable experience, immersing themselves in the work of community journalism. The first two sections\u2014spring and summer 2025\u2014were an out-and-out success, with 33 students publishing 193 stories in more than 15 small news outlets.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-003-Large-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"Students engaged in the BU Newsroom course, taught by Professors Steve Greenlee, Brian McGrory, and Scott Farwell. \" class=\"wp-image-45582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-003-Large-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-003-Large-636x424.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-003-Large-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-003-Large-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-003-Large-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-003-Large-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-003-Large.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Anna Albrecht (\u201927) (from left), Ruyuan Li (\u201926), Nathan Metcalf (\u201926), Siena Griffin (\u201926), Martina Nacach Cowan Ros (CGS\u201924, COM\u201926, Pardee\u201926), Paige Albright (\u201927), Sangmin Song (\u201926) and Amber Morris (\u201926) were among the first participants in The Newsroom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In fall 2025, COM expanded the model across five courses, with 64 student journalists and 31 community news partners\u2014and eclipsed 300 published stories. \u201cWe want to make it the cornerstone of the journalism program at Boston University,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>\u201cA win-win-win\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In his 34 years as a <em>Boston Globe<\/em> journalist\u2014including a decade as editor-in-chief\u2014McGrory witnessed the glory days of the newspaper industry, and then its gradual decline. Local news outlets have long been losing the attention race to smartphones, and their advertising revenue has migrated to social media sites.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-001-Large-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"A photo of Brian McGrory, chair of journalism, sitting in front of a desk. \" class=\"wp-image-45586\" width=\"598\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-001-Large-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-001-Large-636x424.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-001-Large-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-001-Large-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-001-Large-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-001-Large-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-001-Large.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><figcaption>After 34 years at the Boston Globe, Brian McGrory, chair of journalism (currently on leave), began developing a plan to help independent publications.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>But McGrory knew of upstarts trying to buck the trend. \u201cI kept hearing from people who are out in their communities launching their own nonprofit news organizations, mostly online news sites, and they were bootstrapping it,\u201d he says. \u201cThey had very limited resources.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, breaking into the industry can be challenging for young reporters. Students told McGrory they were having trouble building the kind of professional writing portfolios they would need to land an internship, let alone an industry job when they graduated. He imagined a partnership that could help the journalists in his program <em>and<\/em> offer vital reporting and editing to those bootstrapping community news organizations. With the support of Dean <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/profile\/mariette-dichristina\/\" data-type=\"profile\" data-id=\"22457\">Mariette DiChristina<\/a> (\u201986), McGrory redesigned JO 400\u2014previously a course in which students wrote stories that would likely never be published\u2014to be a functioning newsroom, with students reporting for local outlets.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The model isn\u2019t new for COM\u2014individual classes have long partnered with local outlets, and the college\u2019s Statehouse Program provides students with experience reporting from Massachusetts\u2019 political power center. The key to scaling up this work, McGrory knew, would be ensuring that the student reporting was drum-tight and the copy was clean. He\u2019d need an editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-yellow-background-left\"><p>I kept hearing from people who are out in their communities launching their own nonprofit news organizations\u2026and they were bootstrapping it. They had very limited resources.<\/p><cite>\u2014Brian McGrory<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In mid-2024, COM hired Greenlee, an industry veteran and McGrory\u2019s old <em>Globe<\/em> colleague, most recently the executive editor at the <em>Portland Press Herald<\/em>, to help him design and coteach The Newsroom course, and to edit the students\u2019 stories. They\u2019d also need a roster of independent publications willing to work with COM students. Greenlee, a professor of the practice of journalism, found that there was no convincing needed: Mintz, of <em>Brookline.News<\/em>, was among 15 editors to jump at the opportunity ahead of the spring 2025 semester.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe saw the partnership with The Newsroom class as a win-win-win,\u201d says Mintz. \u201cFor us, it was a chance to receive and publish professionally edited stories from enthusiastic students. For the students, it was an opportunity to develop clips, learn about the standards, expectations and rhythm of a real-world newsroom, and make connections with local editors. And for BU, it helped bolster the already stellar reputation of the journalism department.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Repetitions in the Field<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>By spring 2025, McGrory and Greenlee had selected 18 student journalists, most of whom were in their final semester, to participate in the first section of the course. The instructors knew that students\u2019 skills would only get stronger with each cycle of reporting and filing a story, then being edited at a professional level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-yellow-background-left\"><p>I knew we were going to give them much more rigorous feedback and editing than they\u2019ve ever had.\u2026 And we saw every student in our class get better and better over the course of the semester.<\/p><cite>\u2014Steve Greenlee<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Each student was paired with an outlet and, at first, story ideas originated from the partner publications. By the end of the semester, students had formed reporting beats in the communities they covered and were pitching potential stories as they found them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-005-Large-1-683x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Professor Steve Greenlee in front of a window. \" class=\"wp-image-45585\" width=\"361\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-005-Large-1-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-005-Large-1-424x636.jpeg 424w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-005-Large-1-768x1151.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-005-Large-1-667x1000.jpeg 667w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-005-Large-1.jpeg 854w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><figcaption>Steve Greenlee edits his students\u2019 stories as though they work for the <em>Boston Globe<\/em> or <em>Portland Press Herald<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Chloe Jad (\u201925) pitched and wrote a piece for WBUR about an amateur Portuguese club soccer team in Cambridge ahead of its first trip to the U.S. Open Cup tournament. Jad embedded herself with the team and submitted a story that Greenlee edited as though she were a <em>Globe<\/em> or <em>Press Herald<\/em> reporter. \u201cSteve was very frank about \u2018You wrote too much here, this is too confusing here,\u2019\u201d Jad says. McGrory used the story to nominate Jad for COM\u2019s $5,000 Jerome A. Nachman Writing Award, which she won. \u201cThat was the first story where I really got out there, met with the people in person, saw the environment, was able to write about details only I could know about because I was there talking to people,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd Steve edited the hell out of it with me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rayea Jain (\u201926) took The Newsroom as a summer course, which she says gave her the freedom to spend most days in caf\u00e9s around Newton scouting potential stories for <em>The Newton Beacon<\/em>. She noticed the community lacked arts coverage, so she pitched a story about a Scandinavian Viking Festival. Flanked by a student photographer from a photojournalism course that partnered with The Newsroom, she covered the eclectic event. \u201cIt\u2019s something that maybe they wouldn\u2019t report on, because it doesn\u2019t seem as newsworthy,\u201d Jain says. \u201cBut it\u2019s equally important to the community to learn about where you\u2019re living, the people there, the things going on for your family.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-004-Large-1-683x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"A photo of Professor Scott Farwell standing with his arms crossed. \" class=\"wp-image-45590\" width=\"360\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-004-Large-1-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-004-Large-1-424x636.jpeg 424w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-004-Large-1-768x1151.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-004-Large-1-667x1000.jpeg 667w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2026\/03\/25-1591-COMNEWS-004-Large-1.jpeg 854w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><figcaption>Scott Farwell, a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, joined The Newsroom as deputy editor in fall 2025. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the summer section of The Newsroom, the publications had accepted 100 percent of the student-reported stories, an unheard-of figure in journalism classes, McGrory says. Because they effectively doubled the number of partner publications for fall 2025, McGrory and Greenlee added a deputy editor\u2014Pulitzer Prize finalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/profile\/scott-farwell-2\/\" data-type=\"profile\" data-id=\"43931\">Scott Farwell<\/a>, a master lecturer in journalism\u2014to help manage the story load.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t sure what to expect this first semester of working with students, because Brian and I knew we were going to give them much more rigorous feedback and editing than they\u2019ve ever had,\u201d Greenlee says. \u201cThey were so happy to get feedback that helped them improve, and we saw every student in our class get better and better over the course of the semester.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jad walked away from The Newsroom with nine WBUR news clips. She had been planning to stick around Boston and work as a freelance reporter, but McGrory sent her a posting for a position at the <em>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<\/em> and encouraged her to apply. Jad was hired as the <em>Post-Gazette<\/em>\u2019s technology reporter in June. It was the only job she applied for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-end-of-article\">\u201cI genuinely think that it was the BU clips that got me the job,\u201d she says. \u201cThis is a completely radical-approach class. 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