NEW YORK (AP) — Two California-based freelance journalists have been awarded the American Mosaic Journalism Prize, giving them $100,000 every for his or her work, it was introduced on Wednesday.
The Heising-Simons Basis provides the annual prize for excellence in long-form journalism about underrepresented teams in the US. The inspiration mentioned it’s the largest greenback prize given yearly for journalism within the U.S.
Cerise Fortress, a journalist from Los Angeles, received for her investigative piece, “A Custom of Violence,” which checked out gangs inside the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division, the inspiration mentioned.
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Her story first appeared in Knock LA, a nonprofit group journalism challenge, and rapidly unfold, together with an article on NPR. The story final 12 months obtained the American Journalism On-line Award for greatest use of public information.
The opposite award went to Carvell Wallace, a author and podcaster based mostly in Oakland. He was honored for a bit that appeared on Medium, “What if My Mom Had An Abortion,” exploring how her life would have been totally different if she hadn’t had him. Judges additionally cited his story on Black bike owner Justin Williams that appeared in Bicycling journal.
“I’ve lengthy thought that the one factor that actually issues is how we deal with one another,” Wallace mentioned. “I view all the things by means of this lens, whether or not it’s sports activities, tradition, politics, artwork or movie.”
The Boston City Council appears to be headed toward a complicated final budget vote Wednesday after failing to achieve the required two-thirds consensus for a straight override of a mayoral veto that fully restored the body’s public safety cuts.
Seven Boston parks will get an infusion of local beer, food, music, and art this summer in a mobile beer garden series starting in South Boston this week.
Hyde Park’s Roundhead Brewing Co. is partnering with Fresh Food Generation, a farm-to-plate Caribbean American restaurant and food truck in Dorchester, on the beer gardens. It’s a series they’re calling “Alianza,” or alliance, speaking to Roundhead cofounder Craig Panzer’s desire to unite folks from different Boston neighborhoods. As BIPOC business owners in the city, Panzer and Fresh Food Generation CEO Cassandria Campbell do more than talk about representing all Bostonians.
“Roundhead is all about building community, and we are darn proud of our place and neighborhood in Hyde Park,” says Panzer. “The mobile beer garden is the perfect opportunity for us to continue doing what we’re doing.”
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The rotating beer gardens are structured as follows: At each location, Alianza will operate from Wednesday to Sunday for two consecutive weeks, before traveling to the next neighborhood park. The South Boston beer garden opened June 19 and operates Wednesday and Thursday from 4 to 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday from noon to 9 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m.
Fresh Food Generation’s Campbell says that “every two weeks, not only will the location change, but we will be featuring a new menu item in honor of each neighborhood.” The company’s typical dishes combine New England ingredients with Caribbean flavors for mains like jerk chicken and sides like Haitian beet salad. Campbell says that in addition to food and beer, each beer garden will reserve space for local artists and musicians.
Those unfamiliar with Roundhead’s beer offerings should expect brews inspired by the founders’ Peruvian heritage, including a cherry rosemary saison and a Peruvian red ale brewed with purple corn.
“Roundhead is designed as the smallest brewery in Boston for a reason — so we can constantly rotate in fresh batches, and new recipes,” says Panzer.
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Introducing craft beer to groups who might not have been familiar with it before has been rewarding, says Panzer.
“People who come to Roundhead in Hyde Park are curious,” he says. “That’s what happens when you intentionally bring different cultures to the customer’s brewery experience.”
The seven beer garden locations were chosen by the city. Future beer garden neighborhood locations, in order, are in the Fenway, East Boston, Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, Dorchester, and Brighton. For more details, go to roundheadbrewing.com/alianza-park-series.
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An absolute stunner of a day is on tap Tuesday as a strengthening low-pressure system accelerates away from New England while quickly helping pull in high pressure to set up a great day across Boston. It will be a little hotter than usual, though, with highs in the upper 80s with a chance to hit 90.
You can expect mostly clear skies with sinking air keeping cloud coverage at bay. And you’ll quickly notice the air being quite comfortable when you step out the door.
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This airmass will pack some welcomed dry air as high pressure builds, marking the first day since June 16 that dew points are below 60 degrees.
Typically, you expect cooler temps with a passing cold front, especially with air coming from the northwest. However, a pocket of warm air aloft will sink to the surface with this setup — combine that with plenty of clear skies for maximum sunshine, then you’re looking at temperatures reaching the upper 80s today.
The winds should stick below 10 miles per hour for much of the day and slowly shift from the northwest to the west, keeping the dry, comfortable air funneling across the region through sunset.
A quick change in patterns will introduce an even warmer day on Wednesday, with the chance to break 90 degrees across Boston, as another system approaches from the west and reintroduces a southwesterly flow. There’s a chance for evening showers and thunderstorms after a mostly dry day.
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Tuesday’s breakdown
Southern New England: Much of the area will see mostly sunny skies with temperatures ranging between the mid- and upper-80s. Dew points will improve and drop mostly into the 50s. Clouds will begin to build late, but the day should remain dry.
Western Mass.: Temperatures still settle in the mid-80s across the Berkshires but jump to near 90 across the Pioneer Valley and into central Connecticut. Mostly sunny skies will turn to partly cloudy with dew points improving to the mid-50s.
Cape and Islands: Temperatures will likely come close or slightly exceed 80 degrees with mostly sunny skies. A breeze will stick around to 15 mph with dew points hovering around 60.
Northern New England: A mostly sunny day with clouds building throughout the afternoon. Temperatures will likely settle in the mid-80s with the chance for evening showers across Vermont while New Hampshire and Maine stay dry.
Ken Mahan can be reached at ken.mahan@globe.com. Follow him on Instagram @kenmahantheweatherman.