Kimberly Atkins (COM/LAW’98) joins WBUR

Kimberly Atkins (COM/LAW’98) is leaving the Boston Herald and will join WBUR as the radio station’s first Washington D.C.-based correspondent on Feb. 4.

Atkins, who’s also an MSNBC contributor, interrupted her vacation to share the news on Twitter: “On Monday, I will begin a new career chapter as the Washington-based senior news correspondent for @WBUR, Boston’s @NPRnews station,’’ she tweeted. “(I will also continue to be an @MSNBC contributor.)’’

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