Zeninjor Enwemeka is a senior business reporter at WBUR. She covers how businesses and the economy are shaping Greater Boston and people's everyday lives. She also previously covered transportation and the city of Boston at WBUR. Her reporting on mortgage lending disparities, the future of work and protests have earned regional Edward R. Murrow Awards.
Before joining WBUR, she worked at The Boston Globe as a breaking news writer and digital producer for Boston.com. Zeninjor was part of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize-winning team for The Boston Globe's breaking news coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings.
She was also an adjunct lecturer at Boston University, where she taught a class on multimedia journalism. She served as vice president of the Boston Association of Black Journalists. Zeninjor is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
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With H-1B work visa lottery underway, experts worry new rules hurt business
Some experts say new changes to the H-1B visa program meant for high-skilled foreign workers will hinder innovation and science in Massachusetts. The annual H-1B visa lottery registration — where...
Lingering effects of tariffs have put Boston coffee sellers in a grind
Local coffee businesses are trying different things to reduce the sticker shock for coffee lovers. Some have switched up blends with coffee from lower cost countries. Others have increased the...
Brian McGrory will return to Boston Globe as top editor
Former editor Brian McGrory will return to lead the Boston Globe. The announcement comes just days after the paper said Nancy Barnes will step down from the editor position.
Boston Globe editor Nancy Barnes to step down
Nancy Barnes became the first woman to lead the newspaper when she joined the Globe in 2023. Barnes will stay on as an editor-at-large.
Mass. cannabis board clears way for marijuana cafes and event permits
The state's Cannabis Control Commission voted Thursday to allow social consumption permits, which let customers at a venue consume marijuana products on-site.
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Voters are deciding who they want to represent them in the mayor's office and city council. Polls are open in Boston, and most communities, until 8 p.m.
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Everett Mayor says boy detained by ICE didn't have a gun
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Manager of award-winning Suya Joint restaurant released from ICE detention
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Acclaimed Boston restaurant struggles to stay open after manager arrested by ICE
Suya Joint owner Cecelia Lizotte has served up Nigerian dishes at her Roxbury restaurant for 10 years. But early this summer her brother and operational manager, Paul Dama was detained...