Jenna Russell

Telling stories from New England @NYTNational. Previously, proudly @BostonGlobe. [email protected]

[Jenna Russell @jrusstimes]

@faresmelissa Always amazed by the strength people find to tell the hardest stories. Grateful for your voice.

[Alex Parker @AlexParkerDC]

R.I.P. to the guy who made working the phones in a newsroom look glamorous and inspired a generation of journos.

[Jenna Russell @jrusstimes]

@itsnicolefegan Handmaids!

[Dan Barry @DanBarryNYT]

"If there's a need for a dollar store, there's a need for the gospel." Trying to save lives, and souls, in a small Vermont city struggling with opioid addiction. A deep look by @thejoesexton for @sevendaysvt.
https://t.co/Ymey3fBd3v

[The New York Times @nytimes]

The most celebrated resident of Frazee, Minnesota, is 22 feet tall and is known to his friends simply as Big Tom. Big Tom is a turkey — the world’s largest, locals will tell you. https://t.co/HkCkdQCclc

[Longreads @Longreads]

In this excerpt of the @atavist's latest, Mira Ptacin recounts Christopher Pohlhaus' plans to build a fascist training compound in rural Maine. The local journalists, veterans, lumberjacks, and policymakers weren't having it.

https://t.co/WbYlX0Fn87

[NWS GSP @NWSGSP]

The path from Helene can be seen from space with all of the power outages the day after it ripped through the Southeast.

#scwx #ncwx #gawx

[Steph Machado @StephMachado]

More than nine months after the closure of the Washington Bridge, there's no end in sight.

Our latest from me, @AlexaGagosz and @DanMcGowan
https://t.co/gRFd7cXMts

[Joseph Allen @j_g_allen]

She got a devastating call - high levels of harmful “forever chemicals” had been detected on their farm.

At first, she worried only about her in-laws’ livelihoods. But soon, her mind went somewhere else: to her own children’s mysterious health issues. https://t.co/9sLnW7jYqX

[Boston Globe Spotlight Team @GlobeSpotlight]

Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre jetted to Jamaica for an escape last June.

Then he went to the Virgin Islands. Antigua. Bermuda.

As hospitals fell into distress, de la Torre gallivanted across the world. Steward footed the bill. 🧵https://t.co/5lBKhCujsw

[Jenna Russell @jrusstimes]

@megansarahj @lbfalcone @RickCanale This is the most gorgeous couch I’ve ever seen, I am obsessed

[Rev. Laura Everett @RevEverett]

This is the 9/11 essay worth reading today. Beautifully written by @davidfilipov setting sail in #Boston Harbor in today’s @BostonGlobe https://t.co/gT2IMKaK0h

[The Boston Globe @BostonGlobe]

Shocked by extreme storms, a Maine fishing town fights to save its waterfront https://t.co/2xsuFvXG87

[Miriam Jordan @mirjordan]

NU: Haitians headed to a midwestern town to fill jobs Americans didn't fill. Then tragedy struck, bringing out racism and politicians, including JD Vance. My latest. https://t.co/6Mo7xYu09q

[Lissandra Villa de Petrzelka @LissandraVilla]

Really moving dispatch here from @jrusstimes.

“My first thought was, ‘Camp’s still on,’ … It was Josh’s dream, but it’s not about me or Josh. It’s about the kids who need it.”

https://t.co/m0ubj1Opxx

[New York Times Opinion @nytopinion]

“Even though we’d read many storybooks when she was younger and we live in a house stuffed with books,” writes @MireilleSilcoff, “I’d not managed to instill one of life’s fundamental pleasures in my kid.” What should you do when your kid won’t read?
Read: https://t.co/1BCS1u2ajp

[MBTA @MBTA]

Ferry service may experience minor delays through tomorrow, August 15, due to the presence of a juvenile humpback whale in Boston Harbor.

[Jenna Russell @jrusstimes]

“Under that colorful canopy of wild and audacious feather and carapace, the pale vanilla orchid glows as if it were a sentinel, a lighthouse offering us a gentle warning before it’s too late.” https://t.co/7tX2b234e2 via @NYTOpinion