Production Assistant, WBUR's Morning Edition
Kathleen McNerney helps produce WBUR's Morning Edition and frequently contributes to wbur.org. She writes and reports for WBUR newscasts and is responsible for keeping wbur.org up-to-date each morning. She produces WBUR's daily e-mail news update, WBUR Today.
Before joining WBUR, Kathleen completed a year of volunteer service in El Paso, Texas, with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. She spent most of her time there teaching English as a second language, facilitating empowerment and art therapy workshops at various women's shelters and assisting with Border Immersion Experience programs along the United States-Mexico border.
Kathleen graduated summa cum laude from Fordham University, where she worked for WFUV as a reporter and news anchor. Kathleen was part of WFUV's award-winning coverage of the 2006 elections, for which she covered former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer. She also was awarded first place for best student newscast from Public Radio News Directors International in 2006.
BOSTON — The first liquefied natural gas tanker from Yemen arrived safely in the Boston harbor early Tuesday morning, escorted by the U.S. Coast Guard, Massachusetts State Police and Boston Police.
BOSTON — Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is asking the federal government to bypass a trial in ruling on her challenge to the federal law that defines marriage as between a man and woman.
BOSTON — The mayor is announcing a tip line for youths to report bullying, and said the city is working with social networking sites to see what they can do to curb bullying online.
BOSTON — The U.S. Coast Guard is launching new security measures for liquefied natural gas tankers from Yemen that are scheduled to come into Boston Harbor this month.
BOSTON — House and Senate lawmakers have less than a week to finalize an education reform bill in order to meet a Jan. 19 deadline to apply for millions of dollars in federal education stimulus money.
BOSTON — The U.S. Embassy in Nepal had previously granted visas only to the widow and brother of Surenda Dangol because of concerns the family would overstay the visa if the daughter came as well.
BOSTON — Residents in the town of Bolton, Mass. are remembering one of their own who died in Afghanistan Wednesday while working for the U.S. State Department.
BOSTON — New data shows home sales rose by more than 59 percent across Massachusetts last month, compared to a year ago.
BOSTON — Several House lawmakers turned to the U.S. Attorney’s office for more information about $378,000 of bills related to the federal corruption case against former Speaker Salvatore DiMasi.
BOSTON — Several House lawmakers are turning to the U.S. Attorney’s office for more information about $378,000 of bills related to the federal corruption case against former Speaker Salvatore DiMasi.
BOSTON — Four Democrats have stalled action in the Massachusetts House of Representatives for a third day, calling for an independent review of legal bills related to the federal corruption case against former House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi.
Foreclosures across Massachusetts jumped nearly 30 percent from September to October, although the total number was down slightly from a year ago.
BOSTON — Special-interest groups in Massachusetts are filing last-minute paperwork to file initiatives for the November 2010 ballot. The groups have filed ballot questions covering charter schools, affordable housing and sales taxes.
BOSTON — Memorial Day weekend provided a larger-than-expected boost to the economy, with a 6 percent increase in tourism over last year.
BOSTON — The union representing MBTA drivers says it no longer supports the T’s new policy banning drivers from carrying cell phones.
BOSTON — The results for the Boston Marathon are in, with an Ethiopian and Kenyan taking the men’s and women’s titles while thousands cheered them on throughout the 26.2 mile course.
BOSTON — Among those laid off at the Boston Globe was health and science reporter Carey Goldberg who says the phrase, ‘It wasn’t you,” hurt just as badly coming from an employer as it did from a boyfriend.
