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Lylah Alphonse

Boston, Concord, Providence
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Editor: @Globe_RI and @Globe_NH Talking: @GBH @rhodeislandpbs Teaching: @NU_CAMD Formerly: @usnews @Yahoo Alumna: @NewhouseSU @PDSPanthers Opinions: mine

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Managing Editor for Government Rankings/News at U.S. News & World Report. Boston Globe, Yahoo.com alumna. Laughing in the face of work-life balance.

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Scenes from PVDFest 2024

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By Lylah Alphonse
| Our Community Now
Share PROVIDENCE — PVDFest, the city’s signature arts and culture festival, returned to downtown Providence for the 10th anniversary of the event, and crowds flocked to the city’s center to see the parade and performers.
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Introducing Boston Globe New Hampshire, a new local journalism initiative

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By Lylah Alphonse
| newyorkfolk.com
The Boston Globe A great story transcends location, and New Hampshire is full of great stories. We’re looking forward to bringing readers more of them. By Lylah Alphonse, The Boston Globe updated on March 27, 2023 | 2:20 PM Over the last few years, the Boston Globe has steadily increased its investment in regional news, reporting out great stories from beyond Boston’s borders and changing the media landscape with the launch of Boston Globe Rhode Island.
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After 9/11 family tragedy, a new life for retired firefighter

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By Lylah Alphonse
| Yahoo Verified
Lee Ielpi. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) Lee Ielpi spent months at Ground Zero helping recover the remains of 9/11 victims before they found his son. Jonathan Ielpi, a 29-year-old firefighter with Squad 288 in Queens, was on duty when the first plane hit the World Trade Center. He called his father, who had retired from NYFD Rescue 2 in 1996, to let him know what was going on. "He said, 'that's us, Dad, we're going to the Trade Center,'" Ielpi recalls.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Cub reporter at the Princeton Packet in Princeton, N.J.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes!

How is social media changing news?

Users can interact with journalists, for good reasons or bad, and reinforces consumers desire for confirmation rather than information.