They conduct interviews with high profile figures, expose corruption in large corporations, and keep you up to date on the latest political news. And, somehow, they manage to make you laugh. They’re...
By Frankie Rowley, Content Managing Editor January 4, 2022
Associate Vice President Pamela White, who served as Emerson’s Title IX & Clery Act coordinator, died on Dec. 29 at the age of 63, college officials announced Tuesday evening.
White began her...
By Karissa Schaefer, Staff Writer, Living Arts September 9, 2021
In 2020, Anum Hussain ‘13 launched Below the Fold, a free daily newsletter determined to catch stories that fall in between the cracks of mainstream media outlets. Below the Fold aims to do just as the...
A journalist’s commitment is to truth, to fairness, to balance. And this is The Beacon’s truth.
We, as an institution with a longstanding history at Emerson, have repeatedly produced content and...
I learned about the protests in Chile while having dinner with a friend who works as a telescope researcher in Chilean labs for the University of California, Berkeley.
“It’s nationwide,” I recalled...
To the editor:
Re "College removes long-time WEBN faculty" (News, October 1)
The other day, my morning producer called me to check in on a script I was writing. As a way of small talk, he asked if...
At issue: Updates on Emerson Today
Our Take: New content introduces more conflicts of interest
Recent modifications to Emerson Today, an outlet run by the college’s Marketing Communication Department, have...
At issue: Emerson College Today updates mission
Our take: Announcements and news should be separate
Emerson’s communication and marketing department is revamping Emerson College Today. Now a separate...
The first article I wrote for the Beacon went through at least five drafts before it was published. It was an opinion piece about what it was like being a new international student at Emerson. One of the...
Standing with a friend in front of the Dining Center, sophomore Brian Sweeney waited to board one of two overnight shuttle buses headed to his hometown of Washington, D.C. at 10 p.m. on Friday. There,...