Xavier Cullen

Verified

(He/Him)

News Producer, WHDH-TV (Boston, MA)

Boston

U.S. Regional

As seen in: WHDH-TV (Boston, MA), GBH News (Boston, MA), WTNH-TV (New Haven, CT), Esports Insider, Bay State Banner, The Quinnipiac Chronicle

Covers: National/Local News, Politics and Culture

News Producer @7News | fmr: GBH News, WTNH, Esports Insider, The Quinnipiac Chronicle. | Opinions my own. #mapoli #bospoli

Back to Xavier Cullen’s profile

Xavier Cullen’s Journalist Portfolio

View as a list

Breaking News: New Orleans Terrorist Attack

Breaking news coverage of the New Orleans terrorist attack for my show at WHDH 7News. In this video, you'll s…

View article →

A look at the A-listers and local artists playing Boston Calling this weekend

Boston Calling kicks off this Friday at the Harvard Athletic Complex in Brighton. The three-day music festiva…

View article →

State lawmakers debate Gov. Healey's $4B housing bill

Governor Maura Healey's new Housing Bond Bill promises zoning changes, investments in public housing, and new…

View article →

NYT's Nicholas Kristof's new book is a 'love letter to journalism'

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof is one of the best-known journalists working today. For four decade…

View article →

Cancer outcomes are improving, but racial gaps still exist

Black and indigenous Americans are more likely to die from cancer than any other racial group in the country,…

View article →

Do pro-Palestine and pro-Israel protesters need to change their messaging?

Since protesters first began calling out Israel's attacks on Gaza after the brutal Hamas terror attacks on Oc…

View article →

Here's how to save local journalism

Local news is in crisis with thousands of newspapers closing recently, leaving almost half of the country wit…

View article →

Can 'sustainable jet fuel' help US airlines reach net-zero emissions?

U.S. airline companies are relying on what are known as Sustainable Aviation Fuels to reach net-zero emission…

View article →

Should schools teach disability history?

Disability history is one topic that is often left out of history classes and books across the country - but …

View article →

Can the MBTA keep trains running with projected budget shortfall?

The Blue Line is finally free of slow zones and a planned Sumner Tunnel closure will be shorter than expected…

View article →

What's next for Harvard's pro-Palestine protesters!?

Three weeks after protesters first set up an encampment in Harvard Yard to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and d…

View article →

Massachusetts sues Uber, Lyft to classify drivers as employees

How should rideshare drivers be classified? That's the question at the center of Massachusetts' lawsuit again…

View article →

Did campus protests push Biden to ramp up criticism of Israel's war in Gaza?

The Biden administration believes that Israel has violated international law in its war with Hamas, according…

View article →

Boston University grad student says end of strike is nowhere in sight

Graduate workers at Boston University are on strike, demanding better pay and benefits after months of failed…

View article →

A mysterious new think tank is fighting Boston City Hall

Think tanks have always played a big role in Massachusetts politics. Think of the Mass. Budget and Policy Cen…

View article →

Is the media getting coverage of campus encampments right?

Since pro-Palestinian encampments started springing up on college campuses across the country, many student p…

View article →

How should colleges respond to the pro-Palestine campus protests?

Many colleges and universities have called in police to crack down on the pro-Palestine encampments that have…

View article →

MIT, Harvard protesters face suspension for refusing to leave pro-Palestine encampments

MIT administrators have begun the process of suspending students who have refused to leave the pro-Palestine …

View article →

Steward Health Care filed for bankruptcy. Here's what you need to know

Steward Health Care, the for-profit company behind 8 Massachusetts hospitals, has filed for bankruptcy after …

View article →

Why activists are suing Boston over White Stadium repairs

For more than seventy years, White Stadium in Franklin Park has been an athletics destination for the Boston …

View article →

Did the border toll backlash set back MassDOT's efforts to find new ways to fund the T?

When Massachusetts transportation secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt addressed the advocacy group Walk Massachuset…

View article →

ShotSpotter aims to detect gunshots instantly. The ACLU says it's ineffective.

Police in Boston have used ShotSpotter technology since 2007 to notify them when and where gunshots ring out.…

View article →

Has MBTA GM Phillip Eng gotten the T back on track?

MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng stepped onto the job just over a year ago, taking the helm of a transit syst…

View article →

Andrea Campbell launches youth sports betting coalition to prevent addiction, debt

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell is pushing to rein in youth sports betting in Massachusetts, c…

View article →