Paul Connearney is the Weekend Managing Editor and Weekday Senior Writer who oversees WBUR's local news operations on weekends and contributes to WBUR's All Things Considered during the week.
Paul is a veteran Boston broadcast journalist. He was the Assistant News Director at WBZ for 15 years.
He began his career as an executive editor at the former all-news station, WEEI.
He lives in Franklin with his wife Pat.
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57th Walk for Hunger hopes to raise one million dollars when federal funding is being cut
Project Bread called its Walk for Hunger on Boston Common Sunday a "critical call to action"-- with food prices rising and federal funding for food assistance programs under threat.
Off-duty Boston police officer kills knife-wielding suspect inside Copley Square restaurant
"We don't look for loss of life and our condolences go out to the family of the individual. We are also proud our police officers, whether on-duty or off-duty, who...
Sullivan's on Castle Island is serving up the hot dogs for the 74th year
" We'll see generations of grandparents, parents with their kids, their grandkids, just lining up because that's what they know. "
How Trump's impending tariffs could impact Massachusetts
Jim Brett, president and CEO of the regional business group The New England Council, joined WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about how the impending tariffs might impact Massachusetts.
What to expect from new Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel
ESPN's Patriots reporter Mike Reiss joins WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about Vrabel's time in New England and what Reiss is expecting from the new head coach.
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Mass. Democrats fan out in swing state Pennsylvania, the weekend before the election
"...What we are seeing is people who have not voted yet. And that's our job, getting those people to show up at the polls on Tuesday.."
State Sen. Lydia Edwards works to get out the vote for Harris in a battleground state
State Sen. Lydia Edwards, of Boston, is among the Massachusetts Democrats working to get the vote out for Vice President Kamala Harris in battleground states. Edwards spoke with WBUR's Weekend...
Young athletes compete on the final day of the Head of the Charles
"They are incredibly nervous...I always try and tell our athletes..nerves are good..."
Massachusetts volunteer helping provide hot meals in devastated areas of North Carolina
" A lot of people didn't have very much, they lost everything. So that was..heartbreaking to see."
In a time of crisis, here's how one rabbi is trying to comfort her congregation during the High Holidays
"A lot of, members of the Jewish community feel isolated at this time, and that gesture of checking in on friends and neighbors and colleagues who are Jewish is so,...