Related Image
Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon
Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon
Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon
READ THE EPAPER
A Emerson College journalism student works on a story in their dorm room on Monday October, 13, 2025. (Alex Cuozzo/ Beacon Staff)

How Emerson’s journalism department is facing declining enrollment, national distrust in the media, and the digital age

By Hannah Brueske, Dept. Projects Editor / October 16, 2025

For years, Emerson’s journalism program has been recognized as one of the best in the country. Since the journalism department’s inception in 1997,...

Evan Allen and Brendan McCarthy working on the “Blind Spot” investigation

Alums part of Boston Globe’s Pulitzer Prize winning team credit Emerson for success

By Mariyam Quaisar, Managing Editor / July 6, 2021

When Brendan McCarthy and Evan Allen graduated from Emerson, almost a decade apart, there was no way they could’ve known they would find themselves part...

Evan Allen '11 (left) and Brendan McCarthy '04

Emerson alums win Pulitzer Prize for Boston Globe reporting

By Camilo Fonseca, Editor-at-large / June 11, 2021

Two Emerson College alumni, Brendan McCarthy and Evan Allen, were among a team of Boston Globe journalists to receive a Pulitzer Prize on Friday, honoring...

Affiliated faculty elected NEFAC President

Affiliated faculty elected NEFAC President

By Parker Purifoy, Former Managing Editor / January 21, 2018

Karen Bordeleau plans to extend the organization into more classrooms to educate the public on their First Amendment rights as president of New England...