April M. Crehan

Past life and occasionally still freelance journo. Bay Stater from birth; proud Wellesley alum; Italophile. RT ≠ endorsement. She/they.

[April M. Crehan @CrehansCopy]

My heart goes out to the reporters and editors who are drinking really terrible coffee and napping in their cars and using up their paychecks on takeout to keep readers up-to-date. Thank you for making my doomscrolling possible!

[April M. Crehan @CrehansCopy]

@agreenphotog @PeteSouza Like... at the same time?!?!?

[Ayanna Pressley @AyannaPressley]

Explain to me how you could live through the COVID19 crisis and not support Medicare for All.

There’s no doubt that in any just and decent society COVID testing, treatment & vaccines (when we have one) should be free.

[April M. Crehan @CrehansCopy]

@FramWorMBTA Lol, great idea for a horror movie

[April M. Crehan @CrehansCopy]

@MockWalsh I still remember seeing Obama on this trip!

[April M. Crehan @CrehansCopy]

Please tax me more and at least make buses free. What kind of progressive income tax increase could support this?

[BostonTweet @BostonTweet]

According to Livable Streets @StreetsBoston, a 2-cent gas tax increase would cover the costs of making most MBTA bus routes fare-free and “every other public bus system in the state” fare-free too. 2-cents! https://t.co/pUZd26o6f7

[April M. Crehan @CrehansCopy]

Happy to see local journalism still chugging along at home!

[April M. Crehan @CrehansCopy]

A feature not a bug.

[David Perry @FramWorMBTA]

I see this complaint commonly, and it’s hard to dispel this myth. The gps reporting stops automatically after a certain time past which the train should have arrived. It’s a feature to avoid ghost trains on apps, I think.

[April M. Crehan @CrehansCopy]

Complete stop for cars about 2 miles west at the sign for 495/the cape. Motorcycles weaving in and out to their hearts’ content though...

[WBZ Traffic @WBZTraffic]

#MATraffic Route 2 EB - Very heavy to vehicle fire before Route 495 in #Littleton---Both sides East and West bound have been closed until cleared

[April M. Crehan @CrehansCopy]

More than ten years ago I walked into my first newsroom and asked for a job, thinking it was the start of my career. I am continually disappointed as the papers I grew up on are gobbled up & reduced to skeleton crews or entirely eliminated. I'm sorry for your loss, #worcester.

[Zachary Comeau @ZWComeau]

Also GateHouse: "On May 20, 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a 12-month extension, through May 19, 2020, of the Company’s previously announced authorization to repurchase up to $100 million of the Company’s common stock (the “Share Repurchase Program”)."

[April M. Crehan @CrehansCopy]

Yikes. Tech byline disparities: 33% F/67% male in print; only 7% (seven!!!!) F on the wires. https://t.co/MODKta1Cg6 @laurahazardowen

[April M. Crehan @CrehansCopy]

"I knew that I care about equality, so I deluded myself into thinking that I wasn't part of the problem. I assumed that my passive concern would be enough. Passive concern never is." *applauds* https://t.co/OkVOL8gCfX

[Ed Yong is not here @edyong209]

I've spent 2 years tracking the gender balance in my stories. In that time, I've raised the proportion of women whom I quote from 25% to 50%. Here's why I did it, and what I learned on the way. https://t.co/H4yKcD9eWz

[April M. Crehan @CrehansCopy]

As @ElChapin noted to cheers, lots of "bad hombres and nasty women" in the audience tonight! #Latino30Under30

[April M. Crehan @CrehansCopy]

Acceptance tweets? Excellent news, @ramirotorres!

[April M. Crehan @CrehansCopy]

Putting some faces to the names I've been interviewing #30Under30 #elmundo

[April M. Crehan @CrehansCopy]

THIS. https://t.co/PKDtqfi5Yz

[April M. Crehan @CrehansCopy]

Perhaps @RealBeerNut can confirm. https://t.co/vYKbFMIIaA

[Jessica Mason Pieklo @Hegemommy]

I am 10000% sure there is a rule of journalism somewhere that when it is past 4 and you are still way into a piece beers are fine.

[April M. Crehan @CrehansCopy]

School comm chair in @Framingham_MA was tight-lipped about @framinghamscott's paid leave #BackToSchool #education https://t.co/OqNF3qprWc

[April M. Crehan @CrehansCopy]

@Norman_MillerMW BUT WERE THEY WEARING PANTS?!?! https://t.co/b0X1Ba6GGk

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

Trump chances:
538 polls-plus—25%
Betfair—21%
538 polls-only—17%
NYT/Upshot—12%
Daily Kos Elections—11%
Princeton Election Consortium—4%