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Jennette Barnes

Reporter/Producer

Jennette Barnes is a reporter and producer. She feels grateful every day to see life through the eyes of people who share their stories.

Named a Master Reporter by the New England Society of News Editors, she brings more than 20 years of news experience to WCAI. She wrote for The Boston Globe for five years and twice worked at The Standard-Times of New Bedford, where she began as a reporter, rose to the position of editorial page editor, and later returned to write long-form projects.

Jennette 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.

A series she pitched for The Standard-Times on Portuguese-American culture became the book A Nossa Vida: The Portuguese Experience in America. She loves learning about cultural heritage of all kinds, especially if it involves a bakery.

She is a mom, a kayaker, and a serious public television fan.

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South Coast Testing Site Opens; Two Patients Hospitalized

By • Mar 27, 2020
https://www.southcoast.org/

A COVID-19 testing site opened on the South Coast this week. As with other testing locations, it’s a drive-through site staffed by nurses in full protective gear.

Missing Your Teacher? Provincetown Hosting School-Wide Video Conferencing

By • Mar 26, 2020

The whole “no school” thing is wearing thin, even for kids. To help maintain their connections with teachers and classmates, Provincetown is offering daily video conferencing.

Cape Hospitals Could Start Running Out of Protective Gear in 8 Days

By • Mar 26, 2020
L. Lerner

Cape Cod Healthcare says it could run out of at least one type of personal protective equipment in as little as eight days if no replenishment arrives.

‘Let’s Get Sewing’: Volunteers Making Masks for Hospitals

By & • Mar 24, 2020
Erin Myers / Submitted photo

 

Volunteers on Nantucket and around the region are breaking out the sewing machines to stitch masks for local health care workers.

Cape Cod Hospital Staff Reusing N95 Masks

By • Mar 23, 2020
Ashashyou / CC0 / wikicommons

A nurse at Cape Cod Hospital says hospital employees are being asked to reuse N95 masks.

'A Little Tricky': Schools Working to Help Parents Teach Children at Home

By • Mar 20, 2020
Jennette Barnes / WCAI

 

The Falmouth Public Schools distributed Chromebooks and packets of homework Friday to students in Grades 3 through 5 to help them learn at home during the COVID-19 closure.

Coronavirus comes to the SouthCoast: One Case Confirmed, Two Others Possible

By • Mar 18, 2020
Jennette Barnes / WCAI

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell says a Freetown resident has tested positive for coronavirus, the first confirmed case in Greater New Bedford. In addition, two New Bedford residents are under self-quarantine.

South Coast Hospitals Don't Have Enough Test Kits, But They Have Ventilators Aplenty

By • Mar 18, 2020
Jennette Barnes / WCAI

 

 

The largest hospital group on the South Coast hopes to open a drive-through testing site for coronavirus as soon as possible—maybe even Thursday.

Drive-Thru Testing: A Security Checkpoint, Nurses in Hazmat Suits, and a Nasal Swab

By • Mar 17, 2020
Jennette Barnes

As coronavirus testing began at a drive-through site at Cape Cod Community College, it was a slow start on a rainy morning, with only one car arriving during a 90-minute period.

A Nip of Trouble: Are Tiny Liquor Bottles on Cape Roadsides More Than Just Litter?

By • Mar 12, 2020
Jennette Barnes / WCAI

 

Nips. The miniature bottles can be a convenient way to buy a single serving of spirits. But some Cape Cod towns are joining a growing conversation about nip litter — and what all those bottles on the ground say about public health.

Rochester EEE Patient Returns Home to Cheering Family After Seven Months

By • Mar 3, 2020
Jennette Barnes / WCAI

Robert Hiller, the Rochester man who fell into a coma after contracting Eastern equine encephalitis last summer, finally came home Tuesday.  

Mock Trial Team Makes It to 'Sweet 16' in Regional Competition

By • Mar 2, 2020
Jennette Barnes / WCAI

Court was in session Sunday for the regional-level competition of the high school Mock Trial Program. Cape Cod Academy's team was undefeated heading into the tournament, where it represented Cape Cod.

Settlement Reached in Case of New Bedford Teen Slain by Police

By • Feb 26, 2020
Christina Gracia

The city of New Bedford has reached a half-million-dollar settlement with the family of a teen who was killed during a police altercation in 2012. Fifteen-year-old Malcolm Gracia was shot and killed after police say he pulled a knife on an officer. A judge later said police stopped Gracia illegally.

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