In lower-income communities in Boston that have been historically left out of development efforts, residents may have less access to resources to start a business. Roxbury Innovation Center hopes to change this. “Oftentimes when you’re starting to build a business, you see the whole mountain,” which can be intimidating, said Tara Atwood, senior director of entrepreneur programs and marketing at Roxbury Innovation Center, or RIC. “You just have to look at the first 100 steps. Then, once you get

Even during this golden age of technology, many journalists struggle to find a place for technology within print stories. The New York Times did just this, publishing an opinion piece on Jan. 26 which featured audio bytes in place of quotes – making the story an interactive and immersive experience. The piece is a first-person account of three weeks spent inside a QAnon audio chat room, written by Stuart A. Thompson, a New York Times opinion writer and editor. Thompson spoke at “Pizza, Press &

These are some graphics I have created to both advertise for a club and to present more digestible info about COVID.

In January 2020, I began my first semester on-campus at Northeastern and my second year taking Effexor, an antidepressant. One day, I mistakenly ran out of the medication, and, due to a pharmacy mix-up, it wouldn’t be refilled before the following afternoon. By the time I returned from the fiasco that is the Massachusetts Ave. CVS to my dorm in International Village, I had missed my usual dosage time by about an hour and began to experience debilitating symptoms. I was shaking, nauseous and had

A lifelong resident of Weymouth, Betty met her husband Joe when they were 14 and 17, respectively. They did not spend a day apart until Joe died at the age of 89. Betty Cugini’s relatives never had a store-bought pair of mittens or gloves. They had handmade pairs knitted by Betty, probably near a certain tree on the beach at Peter’s Pond Campground while her husband sat in the shade. Known as Betty, Elizabeth Cugini died April 27 of complications from COVID-19. She was 91. Betty never had a p

This is an assignment from Journalist's Toolbox Fall 2020 at Northeastern University

This is a photo essay assignment from Journalist's Toolbox Fall 2020 at Northeastern University