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By Julie Bosman
Jenna Russell
I am the New England bureau chief for The New York Times, based in the Boston area. I cover news in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and explore how broader national trends play out in my region.
What I Cover
My favorite stories delve deeply into the lives of regular people facing extraordinary circumstances, and derive their power from vivid descriptions of their thoughts and actions. I love it when readers tell me I made them think about a familiar topic in a different way. I’m paying close attention now to a few ongoing stories in New England that are also important trends across the country — the crisis in housing costs and supply, and the struggle to manage a surge of migrants from around the world. I’m also keenly interested in the fate of remote, rural places at risk of disappearing as they continue losing jobs and population.
My Background
I grew up in a coastal town north of Boston and have lived in New England for most of my life. I worked for more than 20 years as a reporter for The Boston Globe, where I tackled projects about immigration, education, urban neighborhoods and mental health care. I have specialized in both narrative storytelling and investigative projects, and I coauthored two books for the Globe: one about Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the other about the Boston Marathon bombing.
Journalistic Ethics
The Times has high ethical standards to ensure fairness and accuracy, and I embrace those standards as the foundation of my work. You can read The Times’s Ethical Journalism Handbook. I protect my sources. I do not accept gifts, money or favors from anyone who might figure into my reporting. I do not participate in politics or make political donations. I strive to understand the issues I write about from a wide range of perspectives, and I aim every day to build trust through transparency.
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