Ellen Hume: MCLA Hardman Lecture Series Guest Speaker

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North Adams - Acclaimed television commentator, reporter and media analyst, Ellen Hume, will be the guest speaker for the second in the series of Hardman Lectures sponsored by Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and the Hardman Family Endowment. Hume's presentation, Talk Shows, Blogs, and the Future of the News, will touch upon the effects of politics, current trends and popular methods of communication on people's perception of the news. The talk on April 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the Sullivan Lounge in the Campus Center on the MCLA campus is free and open to the entire community. Hume has more than 30 years experience as a reporter and analyst for American newspapers, magazines, and television. She was a White House and political correspondent for The Wall Street Journal from 1983 to 1988, and a Washington-based national reporter with the Los Angeles Times from 1977 to 1983. Hume is director of the new Center on Media and Society at the University of Massachusetts Boston where she is teaching undergraduate courses, analyzing the relationship of journalism to politics and public policy. As the founding executive director of PBS's Democracy Project from 1996 to 1998 she developed special news programs that encouraged citizen involvement in public affairs. She oversaw PBS's 1996 and 1998 election coverage, creating PBS Debate Night, a nationally televised Congressional Leadership debate, as well as local candidate debates on PBS television across the country. She also created Follow the Money, PBS's weekly television and Web series on the role of money in American politics. Hume appeared weekly as a media analyst on CNN's Reliable Sources (1993-1997) and as a frequent panelist on PBS' Washington Week in Review. The Hardman Lecture Series is one of several programs supported by the Hardman Family Endowment. The endowment also funds a full scholarship for a journalism student, faculty development, and preservation and archiving of local journalism materials. The endowment, made possible by a bequest from Eleanor Furst Roberts, honors the editors and publishers of The North Adams Transcript for nearly a century: Aaron W. Hardman, James A. Hardman, Sr., James A. Hardman, Jr., and Robert Hardman. For more information about the Lecture Series, call the MCLA English/Communications Department at 413-662-5371.
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Lanesborough Fifth-Graders Win Snowplow Name Contest

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — One of the snowplows for Highway District 1 has a new name: "The Blizzard Boss."
 
The name comes from teacher Gina Wagner's fifth-grade class at Lanesborough Elementary School. 
 
The state Department of Transportation announced the winners of the fourth annual "Name A Snowplow" contest on Monday. 
 
The department received entries from public elementary and middle school classrooms across the commonwealth to name the 12 MassDOT snowplows that will be in service during the 2025/2026 winter season. 
 
The purpose of the contest is to celebrate the snow and ice season and to recognize the hard work and dedication shown by public works employees and contractors during winter operations. 
 
"Thank you to all of the students who participated. Your creativity allows us to highlight to all, the importance of the work performed by our workforce," said  interim MassDOT Secretary Phil Eng.  
 
"Our workforce takes pride as they clear snow and ice, keeping our roads safe during adverse weather events for all that need to travel. ?To our contest winners and participants, know that you have added some fun to the serious take of operating plows. ?I'm proud of the skill and dedication from our crews and thank the public of the shared responsibility to slow down, give plows space and put safety first every time there is a winter weather event."
 
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