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BOSTON The growth of “news deserts” in Massachusetts and the possible solutions to improving local journalism in underserved communities will be the focus of a new commission approved in
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State commission will explore ways to support local journalism
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Published: 2/11/2021 2:21:04 PM
The growth of “news deserts” in Massachusetts and the possible solutions to improving local journalism in underserved communities will be the focus of a new commission approved in the final hours of the last legislative session.
The initiative by Rep. Lori Ehrlich, D-Marblehead, and Sen. Brendan Crighton, D-Lynn, was part of the massive economic development bill approved by lawmakers and sent to Gov. Charlie Baker last month. It will examine the sustainability of local press business models and the sufficiency of news coverage in communities across the state.
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Four-time Emmy award-winning journalist Marlei Martinez joined WESH2 News in 2021. Prior to soaking in the Florida sunshine, Marlei was a reporter in Sacramento, CA and reporter/fill-in anchor in Birmingham, AL. She moved into local news after being a managing producer at CNN and producer at ABC News networks in New York City.
Marlei’s reporting journey has brought her to the front lines of California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire in state history, the Camp Fire in Paradise, and to the streets of Birmingham where gun violence runs rampant. On one sunny afternoon in Alabama, Marlei and her photographer found themselves caught in the crossfire while interviewing a mother on the 20th anniversary of her son’s cold case. They dodged gunfire at the very spot where her son was killed in a drive-by shooting exactly 20 years before to the day.