We have been graced with appearances by several Pulitzer Prize winners since we launched our weekly Story in the Public Square TV and radio program in January 2017. Welcome the latest: The New York Times’ Dan Barry, who was part of a Pulitzer team while a staff writer at The Journal in the 1990s, and a Pulitzer finalist twice since at The Times. Dan discusses his award-winning work and his critically acclaimed Times’ stories in this weekend’s broadcasts.

We have been graced with appearances by several Pulitzer Prize winners since we launched our weekly Story in the Public Square TV and radio program in January 2017. Welcome the latest: The New York Times&rsquo; Dan Barry, who was part of a Pulitzer team while a staff writer at The Journal in the 1990s, and a Pulitzer finalist twice since at The Times. Dan discusses his award-winning work and his critically acclaimed Times&rsquo; stories in this weekend&rsquo;s broadcasts.

A collection of interviews,  press conferences and news actualities from the Newsroom of the Providence Journal, Providence, Rhode Island.

News interviews and actualities from  The Providence Journal

From the Newsroom: The Providence Journal

A collection of interviews,  press conferences and news actualities from the Newsroom of the Providence Journal.

Dan Barry, celebrated author and reporter,  speaks about school shootings, getting his start at the Providence Journal, and the death of hundreds of Irish children

Activists want rent control in Providence this year. Will City Council move to pass it? The Providence Journal's Amy Russo reports on a recent rally in front of City Hall.

Activists want rent control in Providence this year. Will City Council move to pass it? The Providence Journal's Amy Russo reports on a recent rally in front of City Hall.

The Push for Rent Control in Providence

Drivers killed three pedestrians on North Main Street over the past year. Now, members of a new city task force are trying to figure out why the thoroughfare is so hazardous, and what can be done to make it safer. Journal staff writer Amy Russo reports.

Drivers killed three pedestrians on North Main Street over the past year. Now, members of a new city task force are trying to figure out why the thoroughfare is so hazardous, and what can be done to make it safer. Journal staff writer Amy Russo reports.

What's Causing Pedestrian Deaths on North Main Street?

His father, a farmer, lost 200 acres to the reservoir project in the 1960s, and when Breene wanted to buy his own dairy farm later, he ended up having to buy land outside the management area. “I’d rather be down on Big River.” 

“I always felt bad, because some people had some beautiful places and figured they had to get right out because the reservoir was supposed to be built in the early '70s. Some of the people who were older could have just stayed there, the way it all turned out, and finished out their lives where they were happy.” 

His father, a farmer, lost 200 acres to the reservoir project in the 1960s, and when Breene wanted to buy his own dairy farm later, he ended up having to buy land outside the management area. “I’d rather be down on Big River.” 
“I always felt bad, because some people had some beautiful places and figured they had to get right out because the reservoir was supposed to be built in the early '70s. Some of the people who were older could have just stayed there, the way it all turned out, and finished out their lives where they were happy.”

Dan Barry, celebrated author and reporter, speaks about school shootings, getting his start at the Providence Journal, and the death of hundreds of Irish children

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