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Madla Walsh

Madla Walsh, Assistant Photography Editor

Madla Walsh (she/her) is a junior from Barrington, New Hampshire. She is a journalism major and double photography and creative writing minor. She is a staff photographer for the Beacon. In her free time she enjoys writing, hiking, and more photography.

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A Beacon Hill resident watched over her cauldron of candy on Thursday evening during Boston’s trick-or-treat night. (Madla Walsh/ Beacon Staff)

Photos: Creatures of the night: The best of Beacon Hill trick-or-treat night

By Madla Walsh, Assistant Photography Editor / November 2, 2024

Crowds of trick-or-treaters took over Beacon Hill Thursday evening. Monsters, Princesses, and more swarmed the famous cobbled streets, trekking bags of...

Good Morning Emerson Hosts Max Lasky (left) and Faith Pinnow (middle) interview one of the Co-Presidents of Emertainment Monthly, Emily Zeitz (right) live on the air. GME conducts an interview during most of their shows along with covering events around the city, and delivering news stories to their viewers. (Madla Walsh/ Beacon Staff)

[Photo] A dive into campus media at Emerson

By Rina Laby, Beacon Correspondent / November 13, 2024

Good Morning Emerson Director Madalynn Harger cues her control room team as they practice before the show. (Madla Walsh/ Beacon Staff)

Students and faculty settle into the Cutler Majestic. The Can We Talk? event focused on the interconnectivity of media and social sciences. (Madla Walsh/ Beacon Staff)

[Photo] ‘Can We Talk?’: conversations with Dr. Nura Mowzoon and Penn Badgley

By Hannah Woods, Staff Writer / October 23, 2024

Students and faculty settle into the Cutler Majestic. The Can We Talk? event focused on the interconnectivity of media and social sciences. (Madla Walsh/...

Thousands fill the banks of the Charles River cheering passing teams during the final day of the regatta. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

Photos: Thousands of athletes and fans take on the 2024 Head Of The Charles Regatta

By Madla Walsh, Nick Peace, Arthur Mansavage, Rian Nelson, Shannon Clark and Bryan Hecht / October 21, 2024
The world’s largest three-day rowing event drew over 12,000 rowers and thousands of spectators to the banks of the Charles River over the weekend.
A vendor carries fresh boxes of produce to his stand at the Haymarket. (Madla Walsh/ Beacon Staff)

[Photo] Boston’s historic Haymarket on Blackstone Street reopens for the season

By Hannah Woods, Beacon Correspondent / October 14, 2024

Vendors toss fruit to customers and adjust their piles of produce to attract patrons. (Madla Walsh/ Beacon Staff)

Pro-Palestinian protesters during the Sept. 12, 2024 demonstration were mainly concerned over Emerson’s usage of ADL (Anti-Defamation League) programming. (Rian Nelson/ Beacon Staff)

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march through Boston to protest ADL presence on college campuses

By Hannah Nguyen, Madla Walsh and Rian Nelson / September 12, 2024

More than 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through downtown Boston Thursday afternoon to protest college campuses for working with the Anti-Defamation...

A group of women dances through the Japan Festival grounds carrying a mikoshi, a portable shrine, on their shoulders on Boston Common on Sunday, April 28, 2024. (Madla Walsh/Beacon Staff)

Photos: Japan Festival returns to Boston

By Madla Walsh / May 3, 2024

The Japan Festival Boston returned to Boston on Saturday and Sunday after a five-year hiatus. Cherry blossom petals swirled in the air around the many...

A runner pours a beer over his head right before the finish line to celebrate during the 128th Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15, 2024. (Rian Nelson/Beacon Staff)

Photos: Boston Marathon is more than a ‘race’

By Ashlyn Wang, Rian Nelson, Madla Walsh and Annie Zhou / April 21, 2024

The eagerly anticipated 128th Boston Marathon brought nearly 30,000 runners from more than 100 countries to Massachusetts on Monday, April 15. Hundreds...

A member of the medical support staff checks on a runner at the finish line of the 128th Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15, 2024. (Madla Walsh/Beacon Staff)

[Photo] 2024 Boston Marathon: Stories racing to and beyond the finish line

By Hannah Nguyen, Olivia LeDuc, Rumsha Siddiqui, DJ Mara, Sam Shipman, Bryan Hecht and Emma Siebold / April 15, 2024

A member of the medical support staff checks on a runner at the finish line of the 128th Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15, 2024. (Madla Walsh/Beacon...

2024 Boston St. Patrick’s Day

Photos: Dancing, Drinking, and Shamrocks, scenes at the 2024 St. Patrick’s Day Parade

By Arthur Mansavage and Madla Walsh / March 25, 2024
The 2024 St. Patrick’s Day/Evacuation Day Parade brought a sea of Irish green to South Boston on Sunday, March 17. Take a look at some of the parade scenes that our staff photographers captured last week.
The kids of the South Boston Squirt Hockey teams reach their hands out to people walking towards the parade on Sunday, March 17, 2024, in South Boston. (Madla Walsh/ Beacon Staff)

[Photo] ‘It’s definitely lived up to the hype’: Crowds gather in South Boston for St. Patrick’s Day Parade

By Sam Shipman and Hongyi Ji / March 26, 2024

The kids of the South Boston Squirt Hockey teams reach their hands out to people walking towards the parade on Sunday, March 17, 2024, in South Boston....

Protesters hold up signs as the march pauses in front of the Government Center. (Madla Walsh/Beacon Staff)

[Photo] ‘Fight poverty, not the poor’: Poor People’s Campaign marches on state houses across the country, in Boston

By Emma Siebold, Staff Writer / March 6, 2024

Leaders of the march sing “This little light of mine” as the crowd gathers in front of the Massachusetts State House. (Madla Walsh/Beacon Staff)

Emerson College Student Union demands more financial aid

[Photo] ECSU tuition hikes rally demands more financial aid, organization freedom

February 28, 2024

The chant, “This is what democracy looks like,” echoes from the crowd during the financial aid rally in the 2 Boylston Place alleyway on Friday, Feb....

Emerson College Student Union demands more financial aid

[Photo] ECSU tuition hikes rally demands more financial aid, organization freedom

By Valentina Baez, Staff Writer / February 28, 2024

A student holds a sign while speakers from the Emerson Student Union, Emerson Students for Justice in Palestine, and Emerson Democratic Socialists of America...

Writing, literature, and publishing Chair Roy Kamada interviews Grace Talusan after her keynote speech on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)

Photos: Eighth annual Teach-In on Race focuses on intersectionality in the arts and communications

By Arthur Mansavage, Madla Walsh, Annie Zhou, Yufei Meng and Tilley Winokur / February 15, 2024

Emerson College’s Teach-In on Race is an annual event hosted by Academic Affairs and the President’s Office in coordination with the Social Justice...

Rabbi Yosef Jazklos addresses the crowd during the annual menorah lighting on Boston Common on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. (Madla Walsh/Beacon Staff)

[Photo] Annual menorah lighting marks the first night of Hanukkah and casts a beacon of hope amid rising anti-semitism

By Margaux Jubin, Staff Writer / December 13, 2023

Rabbi Yosef Jazklos addresses the crowd during the annual menorah lighting on Boston Common on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. (Madla Walsh/Beacon Staff)

Campaign signs hang from the street lamps outside of the Chinatown YMCA where voters cast their ballots.

[Photo] New faces set to join Boston City Council

November 13, 2023

Campaign signs hang from the street lamps outside of the Chinatown YMCA where voters cast their ballots.

How to give feedback on Emerson College's new initiatives and policies

[Photo] Here’s how community members can provide feedback on Emerson’s new initiative and policies

August 24, 2024

Students pass by the Emerson College Visitor Center.

Charmaine Santiago Galdón dances next to her brother Marcel Santiago Marcelino at the Puerto Rico Beyond Reggaeton Event in Emerson College’s Bill Bordy Theatre last Wednesday night. (Madla Walsh for The Beacon)

[Photo] Puerto Rico Beyond Reggaeton: Amigos holds Latin Heritage Month Celebration

By Jack Burns, Beacon Correspondent / October 11, 2023

Charmaine Santiago Galdón dances next to her brother Marcel Santiago Marcelino at the Puerto Rico Beyond Reggaeton Event in Emerson College’s Bill Bordy...

The Emerson College Visitor Center.

[Photo] New graduate program to enhance digital communication skills will launch fall 2024

October 18, 2023

The Emerson College Visitor Center.