Universal Hub newsroom doubles in size this summer

By adamg on Thu, 05/14/2015 - 8:26am

I'm very pleased to introduce Shelagh Dolan, who will be interning for UHub this summer. One of her main assignments will be covering the Olympics. She's fluent in Spanish, so we've already mapped out a couple of long-term assignments involving the city's Hispanic communities, but if you have any suggestions for stories touching those communities that are going uncovered, let us know!

As a grumpy old editor, naturally the very first thing I had her do was compose her own bio:

Shelagh (shay-luh) Dolan is an exceptionally Irish grad student pursuing a master's degree in Professional Writing for New Media at Regis College in Weston, Ma.

Dolan graduated from Providence College in 2012, earning a B.A. in Spanish with a minor in Writing. She did the Corporate America thing in the Back Bay for two years before enrolling in graduate school to pursue her passion for writing.

Originally from Westford, MA, Dolan is an active member of the volleyball community, competing and coaching in greater Boston at the high school and collegiate levels year-round.

Dolan loves cats, concerts and coffee. She was at the Red Sox game when Jason Varitek punched A-Rod in the face and wishes she could have live-tweeted it. Follow her on Twitter for stories and general social commentary.

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Comments

Ok then..

By PastaBatman
Thu, 05/14/2015 - 1:31pm

Word!! More viewpoints from educated people. I got a question though, does she know where Mattapan is?

Public Notices of Public Meetings of each state agency, dept.

By theszak
Thu, 05/14/2015 - 1:57pm

Did you know?... at the State House in a lobby there are bins with all Public Notices of upcoming Public Meetings of each Massachusetts government agency, department required to post Notices of Public Meetings. Why aren't the Public Notices scanned online available from a state website page?

Enter the State House at the General Hooker Entrance to the right of the main gate, after the checkpoint cross the Bulfinch Building following the hallway to the West Wing, at the end on the right take the elevator to the 3rd Floor, then off the elevator diagonally to the right is the Room 373 Lobby with the Public Bins of Public Notices, Minutes of Public Meetings of each state agency, department.

It's clear that the Public Notices aren't really available without traversing a maze after getting to the building. It's 2015 and this technology allows for scanning and posting good images of all the Public Notices.

"Enter the State House at the Hooker Entrance"

By Michael
Thu, 05/14/2015 - 1:51pm

If I ever stop giggling when I see this, go ahead and start shoveling.

Oh, yeah, the General Hooker Entrance

By adamg
Thu, 05/14/2015 - 2:09pm

I've always wondered where the Specific Hooker Entrance is.

Some former lawmakers'

By Dot net
Thu, 05/14/2015 - 2:13pm

Some former lawmakers' offices, I've no doubt!

Thus...

By Cuzidotrumpet
Thu, 05/14/2015 - 10:14pm

the extra side room in the guy's office with the bed, explained.

Our Governments are Always Quite Weird

By Cuzidotrumpet
Thu, 05/14/2015 - 10:23pm

Well, "General Hooker Entrance" definitely tops the list.

My previous 1st place award for government fails was also related to Boston:

As a joke, a Texas state senator put in a bill to praise the "Boston Strangler" (a real criminal!), to see if Texas state senators actually read what they're about to pass into law. Which they didn't.
They came literally this close (by which we mean, the length of the word this) to passing it, and was only stopped when the inductee decided to reveal the joke on all of his mates.

These?

By Kaz
Thu, 05/14/2015 - 1:53pm

http://www.sec.state.ma.us/spr/sprpub/pubhear.htm

Cool!

By bostonkid_316
Thu, 05/14/2015 - 1:44pm

From a Regis alum, and fellow cat & coffee lover, welcome Shelagh!

Welcome Shelagh Dolan!

By bostonzest
Thu, 05/14/2015 - 6:40pm

You are very fortunate to have an internship with Adam. I'm certain that if you pick his brain, try to understand his journalistic philosophy, and ask a ton of questions as you test your wings, you'll be a better journalist. You'll learn a lot just from how Adam handles additional information and corrections from the UH regulars.

Oh, and don't let the amadáns get you down.

-Katey from Woburn in Salem