Lisa Creamer is WBUR's managing editor for digital news and audience.
She began working at WBUR in 2013, and has also served as a news editor and producer specializing in digital journalism. Her editing eyes have combed over countless stories and contributed to dozens of special projects and investigative series. She's always on the hunt for unique or impactful local news stories.
Most recently, Creamer co-led the editorial vision and execution of WBUR's Field Guide to Boston project, WBUR's massive digitally-focused, cross-platform collection of hundreds of original or archival stories designed to deepen our audiences' understanding of the city.
We had lots of fun explaining many weird and wonderful realities of Boston that we know you love to hear public radio reporters untangle. Whether online, on-air or on stage at Cityspace, journalists from every corner of the station made — and plan to forever add to — the Field Guide to help our neighbors connect with us and each other.
If you're new in town and want a manageable and delightful orientation to the city, sign up for our super informative limited series newsletter, Newcomer's Field Guide to Boston. Be sure to also check out the tips on vibes, restaurants and more that locals shared about their neighborhoods.
Previously, Creamer joined Poynter's 2021 Leadership Academy for Women in Media. Many moons before that, she worked as a Metro correspondent for The Boston Globe, and while in college, she interned at The Huffington Post and MassLive. She was selected as a 2015 journalism fellow for the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics.
Creamer lives in Worcester with her sign painter husband and pandemic kitty, Julesy. She graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Originally from western Massachusetts, she highly recommends an autumn day trip out there. The apple cider doughnuts at Atkins Farms are incredible.
Recently published
70-year-old Worcester woman released after being detained at Logan Airport, immigration advocate says
Ruth Mufute was traveling home after vacationing with family in Zimbabwe, according to an official with the Brown University-affiliated Student Clinic for Immigrant Justice. She is facing charges from federal...
At Harvard, some express frustration over feds' threat to billions in research funds
While many students kept to business as usual on Harvard Yard, community members, particularly professors, focused on research expressed anxiety over the government's review.
'Sufficient evidence' found to bring charges against 12 men in first Cambridge sex ring hearing
The hearings are held to determine if criminal complaints will be issued against the alleged customers of the commercial sex ring law enforcement shut down in 2023.
'We are not targeting anyone': Foley says she'll uphold immigration law but won't target local officials
Leah Foley, the newly appointed U.S. attorney for Massachusetts, said her office will not target local politicians or police who disagree with President Trump's immigration directives. However, she stressed that...
Explaining the pause on the federal funding freeze
A federal judge paused a plan by the Trump administration that sought to halt the distribution of all federal grants and loans. Some states, including Massachusetts, are trying to get...
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SJC rules MBTA rezoning law is constitutional, 'enforceable,' if state redoes rollout
The decision makes clear the state's authority over Milton and 176 other municipalities affected by the so-called MBTA Communities Act, an effort by the state to address the housing crisis....
The photos that helped us tell the stories of 2024
WBUR's photographers captured what happened in Boston and beyond — from protests on college campus against the war in Gaza and a worsening shelter crisis to a total solar eclipse...
Feds arrest Boston City Councilor Fernandes Anderson on public corruption charges
Fernandes Anderson, 45, pled not guilty to six felony counts in federal court Friday afternoon. Mayor Michelle Wu and City Council President Ruthzee Louijeune both urged her to resign from...
Photos: Boston lights up its official holiday tree
Holiday celebrants braved chilly temperatures to catch the city's annual Christmas tree lighting in Boston Common. See photographs of the ceremony here.
Cloudy, rainy — and even snowy — conditions greet New Englanders this Thanksgiving
Many travelers were encouraged to add buffer time to their holiday commutes and use caution on roadways as stormy conditions were expected to move eastward across the region.