Assistant Producer, Radio Boston
Jessica moved to Boston in 2008 and has lived many places since leaving her native Texas. After graduating from college, Jessica worked as a federal employee, documentary film festival producer, oral historian, university teaching assistant, traveling saleswoman and klezmer musician.
Her work and projects have appeared in The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, Bust, Barnard Magazine, National Public Radio, Public Radio International (PRI), and the BBC. Jessica's freelance radio work has received various awards including accolades from the Religion Newswriters Association and the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma.
As a Fulbright Scholar in El Salvador, Jessica collected and studied oral histories from the Jewish Community based in San Salvador.
Jessica received her B.A. in political science from Columbia University’s Barnard College and her M.A. in history from Indiana University. She learned how to make radio from the phenomenal folks at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Jessica lives in lovely Somerville with her husband and two cats.
To learn more about Jessica’s projects, both current and past, please visit www.jessicaalpert.com.
BOSTON — BOSTON — New England’s last Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives has been voted out of office. Connecticut’s Christopher Shays, a 21 year incumbent, was defeated today by Democrat Jim Himes in his bid for re-election.
BOSTON — BOSTON — Demetrius Atsalis, Dem, elected State House, 2nd Barnstable, Massachusetts.
BOSTON — BOSTON — People caught with an ounce or less of marijuana won’t be considered criminals in Massachusetts.
BOSTON — BOSTON — Massachusetts voters have approved a ban on greyhound racing.
BOSTON — BOSTON — Representative Barney Frank discusses his recent victory with WBUR’s host Bob Oakes.
BOSTON — BOSTON — From The Field: Voting in New Hampshire
WBUR’s Fred Thys spoke with host Bob Oakes about the voting scene in New Hampshire.
BOSTON — BOSTON — Massachusetts voters have rejected a call to eliminate the state’s income tax.
The measure would have cut the 5.3 percent tax rate in half in January, and then killed it completely in January 2010.
Supporters argued the best way to cut government waste and overspending was to cut tax revenues by 40 percent or about [...]
BOSTON — BOSTON — Massachusetts showed its true-blue colors Tuesday by rejecting Republican and third-party challengers and re-electing all the Democratic members of Congress seeking new terms.
Sen. John Kerry headlined the list, defeating former Army Delta Force member Jeff Beatty to win a fifth six-year term. Winning another two years in the House were Reps. John Olver, [...]
BOSTON — BOSTON — Democrat Jeanne Shaheen has defeated Republican Sen. John Sununu to become the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from New Hamsphire.
Shaheen, who also was the first woman elected governor of New Hampshire, will be its first Democratic senator in more than 30 years.
She defeated Sununu in a bitter rematch in which the [...]
BOSTON — BOSTON — Democrat Barack Obama has won New Hampshire, the state where he suffered a humbling loss on his way to the nomination.
Obama defeated Republican John McCain on Tuesday to claim the state’s four electoral votes.
Obama lost the state’s Democratic primary in January despite leading in polls. For McCain, Tuesday’s loss was his first in [...]
BOSTON — BOSTON — Here is a list of uncontested U.S. House races in Massachusetts.
U.S. House – District 2
Richard Neal (i), Dem
U.S. House – District 3
Jim McGovern (i), Dem
U.S. House – District 5
Niki Tsongas (i), Dem
U.S. House – District 8
Mike Capuano (i), Dem
U.S. House – District 9
Stephen Lynch (i), Dem
U.S. House – District 10
Bill Delahunt (i), Dem
Related [...]
BOSTON — BOSTON — Amid a sizable turnout Tuesday, the Bay State picked Obama over his Republican rival, John McCain.
Obama enjoyed the strong support of Gov. Deval Patrick, the state’s first Democratic chief executive in 16 years.
Massachusetts voters turned out for Democrat Barack Obama across gender, education and income divides, with Republican John McCain pulling even or [...]
BOSTON — BOSTON — Senator John Kerry easily won re-election just four years after he fell short in his bid for the presidency.
The Massachusetts Democrat on Tuesday beat a fellow veteran, Republican Jeff Beatty, in his first campaign since failing as his party’s 2004 White House nominee.
Kerry won another six-year term after tamping down questions about whether [...]
BOSTON — BOSTON — WBUR’s Meghna Chakrabarti joined host Bob Oakes during the 7 p.m. special broadcast to talk about her day at various Boston polling places.Â
From The Field: Voting In Boston
