Jennette Barnes
Reporter/ProducerNamed a Master Reporter by the New England Society of News Editors, Jennette Barnes brings more than 20 years of news experience to CAI. She wrote for The Boston Globe for five years and twice worked at The Standard-Times of New Bedford, where she started as a reporter, rose to the position of editorial page editor, and later returned to write long-form projects. She got her start in journalism chasing politicians as a member of the New York State Capitol press corps, and then landed in Rhode Island, where she learned the art of community news at The Warwick Beacon. Her work has received numerous New England journalism awards.
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In a push to investigate alleged perpetrators and help survivors of trafficking, the district attorney is allocating state grant money to organizations doing that work.
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A company headquartered in Carver says it has an eight-month lease on the building.
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Most of the milk will feed sick and pre-term infants, especially those in neonatal intensive care units.
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The state is asking the owner of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station to submit an analysis of potential air pollution stemming from evaporation at the plant.
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Cape Cod residents who object to the offshore wind plans for Massachusetts — in whole or in part — met for a four-hour conference Saturday in Hyannis.
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One study will analyze cancer data; the other will seek to measure radioactivity exposure in local residents. In this interview, CAI reporter Jennette Barnes talks with Professor Petros Koutrakis of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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Building a salt marsh, in the city: New Bedford is reclaiming a piece of urban waterfront for natureSalt marshes lace much of the South Coast shoreline, but not in New Bedford. Now, with climate resilience in mind, the city and a nonprofit partner are building a salt marsh, from scratch, in one of New Bedford’s most densely populated neighborhoods.
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Several pieces of equipment containing radioactive material have turned up missing at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station.
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A Healey administration official tells CAI the state moved all 57 families from the base to off-Cape locations in December.
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For Vineyard Wind, most operation and maintenance work will be based on Martha’s Vineyard. New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell says the city wants a larger role in operations and emerging technologies.