1. Boston Globe
City: Boston, MA
Category: Media
Telephone: (617) 929-2000
Address: 135 Morrissey Blvd.
Description: Founded in 1872, the Globe is the region’s largest general daily newspaper (circulation 225,000). Over the years the Globe has won 21 Pulitzer Prizes in journalism and is considered the region’s most influential newspaper. To find out what’s going on in the area day by day, check out the Globe’s G section; the Thursday Weekend section is particularly helpful for visitors. Access to online newspaper content is by paid subscription (print subscribers have free access). Some of the Globe’s online edition can also be found for free at the Globe’s community portal, boston.com. Changes are on the horizon; the Globe has been owned by the New York Times since 1993 and is currently on the selling block.
2. Boston Herald
City: Boston, MA
Category: Media
Telephone: (617) 426-3000
Address: 70 Fargo St.
Description: Started in 1864, the Boston Herald is the city’s other broadsheet. The Herald’s circulation is just under 100,000. The Herald is columnist driven and is generally viewed as the less liberal of the Boston papers.
3. Jewish Advocate
City: Boston, MA
Category: Media
Telephone: (617) 367-9100
Address: 15 School St.
Description: The Jewish Advocate is the oldest continuously circulating Jewish publication in the US, a weekly newspaper that can trace its history back to 1902. The Jewish Advocate provides news articles, reviews, and features on a wide-ranging mix of local, national, and international events and issues of concern to the Jewish community in Boston and New England.
4. Wbz Channel 4
City: Boston, MA
Category: Media
Telephone: (617) 787-7145
Address: 1170 Soldiers Field Rd.
Description: The studios of the local CBS affiliate are located in the Allston-Brighton section of Boston. WBZ broadcasts local news, weather, traffic, and sports from 4:30 a.m. to 7 a.m., noon, 5 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 6 p.m., and 11 p.m. The station is also known for its live local event coverage, including First Night, the Boston Marathon, and the Fourth of July Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular.
5. Wgbh Boston
City: Boston, MA
Category: Media
Telephone: (617) 300-2000
Address: 1 Guest St.
Description: WGBH is a PBS powerhouse station—besides delivering the best of PBS educational programming and acclaimed dramas, and providing award-winning coverage of local issues and affairs of the day, WGBH produces nearly a third of the network’s shows, including Frontline, Nova, American Experience, Antiques Roadshow, and This Old House. In the Boston area, WGBH also operates WGBX, Springfield’s WGBY, and the radio stations WGBH and WCRB.
6. Whdh Channel 7
City: Boston, MA
Category: Media
Telephone: (800) 280-8477
Address: 7 Bullfinch Place