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Lynn Jolicoeur

@lynnjolicoeur.bsky.social

Producer/Reporter at WBUR in Boston; singer of jazz & pop; love anything near, in, on the ocean; mountains, hiking, rail trail biking

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Lynn Jolicoeur@lynnjolicoeur.bsky.social · 4w ago

Hear from Mass. state senator @jocomerford.bsky.social, who took the unusual step of calling out her online harassers, singling them out in a social media video that's part sarcasm and part call for constructive communication. www.wbur.org/upnext/2026/...

Mass. state lawmaker calls out online trolls in feisty social media video

Sen. Jo Comerford of Northampton used a heavy dose of sarcasm and humor to call out specific online commenters by first name and mention their hateful comments against her. She then called on people t...

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Lynn Jolicoeur@lynnjolicoeur.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My conversation with MassDOT undersecretary and highway administrator Jonathan Gulliver on the state's effort to reverse a trend of serious and deadly wrong-way crashes -- and why the state has taken so long to do this: www.wbur.org/upnext/2026/...

Mass. highway head outlines state's plan to reduce wrong-way driving

Police cited more than 500 people a year for wrong-way driving in Massachusetts each of the past two years. That’s significantly more than in previous years going back almost a decade.

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Lynn Jolicoeur@lynnjolicoeur.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"If there's an overdose happening in a public place in Revere, there should be five people with a naloxone kit saying, ‘I have naloxone. I can respond to this.' " The city of Revere has trained and stocked almost 200 businesses to reverse opioid overdoses. www.wbur.org/news/2026/07...

Revere uses opioid settlement money to enlist businesses in the fight against overdoses

A special program sends nurses who contract with the city to businesses including stores, restaurants, gas stations, barbershops and banks to train workers on how to use the overdose-reversal drug nal...

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Dan Guzman@dgquovadimus.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Two great men's World Cup stories from @wbur.org today. First up: @lynnjolicoeur.bsky.social & producer Yasmin Amer take you to Chelsea, Massachusetts for its Fiesta Fútbol. It's a way for the city & visitors to celebrate Chelsea's amazing Hispanic culture. www.wbur.org/news/2026/06...

World Cup fans gather in Chelsea for the state's only public Spanish-language watch party

While dozens of events are popping up around the Massachusetts, Chelsea is hosting the only public Spanish-language watch parties in the state. Organizers think the 39-day-long "Fiesta Fútbol" is an o...

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Lynn Jolicoeur@lynnjolicoeur.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Important reporting -- a months-long investigation -- by my colleague @wmariano.bsky.social about questionable record-keeping for school and transit bus crashes, including fatal ones: www.wbur.org/news/2026/06...

A deadly Boston school bus crash is among dozens missing from a company's federal safety record

A national system tracks serious bus crashes so regulators can keep roads safe. But the process fails to identify most of a major company’s fatal collisions, WBUR and ProPublica found.

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Lynn Jolicoeur@lynnjolicoeur.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Hear/read Lisa Mullins’ conversation with former U.S. Surgeon General and Boston physician Dr. Vivek Murthy on the forces he says are chipping away at our humanity. He’ll tape an episode of his new podcast Staying Human at The WBUR Festival next Friday. www.wbur.org/upnext/2026/...

Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy: 'staying human' requires connection and time away from tech

Murthy, a former Boston internal medicine physician, is launching a podcast and newsletter focused on helping people build community and fulfillment in their lives. He says loneliness, lack of purpose...

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WBUR@wbur.org · 5mo ago

Many people these days are turning to AI chatbots for mental health support, even if they're in therapy. We built an interactive tool where you can see a hypothetical conversation between someone looking for help and a chatbot — and what a few therapists thought of the responses.

Test how AI chatbots answer mental health questions — and how therapists think they did

Experience hypothetical mental health conversations with ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. Then, read takeaways from Boston-area therapists on what was good or bad about the chatbots' responses.

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Lynn Jolicoeur@lynnjolicoeur.bsky.social · 5mo ago

It's become common enough for Americans to talk to AI chatbots about their mental health and relationship stresses that therapists are factoring that into treatment. And some researchers are trying to make AI better as a mental health tool. Read/listen to my story here: www.wbur.org/news/2026/05...

Many people now trust AI with their feelings. And therapists want to talk about it

Mental health clinicians have started asking clients how they use generative artificial intelligence chatbots to support their emotional well-being. Some clinician-researchers are building platforms t...

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Lynn Jolicoeur@lynnjolicoeur.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Very happy to learn this portrait of the late Kitty Dukakis that I produced/reported with Lisa Mullins for WBUR won a Gracie Award. A special way to lift up the legacy of the former first lady of Massachusetts. www.wbur.org/news/2025/03... allwomeninmedia.org/51st-annual-...

Kitty Dukakis, former first lady of Mass. and mental health advocate, dies at 88

The wife of former governor and Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis, Kitty was recalled by friends and family members as someone who was drawn to those who were suffering, worked tirelessl...

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Lynn Jolicoeur@lynnjolicoeur.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The naloxone cabinets the MBTA put in some Red Line stations two years ago, under state law, sit empty. The sponsor of that law now has a bill to require them at all T subway stations: www.wbur.org/news/2026/03...

Mass. lawmaker pushes for naloxone at MBTA subway stations after previous effort lapsed

State Sen. John Keenan of Quincy sponsored a bill to require accessible naloxone cabinets at all stations along the T's Red, Blue, Green and Orange lines. Keenan said the MBTA didn't fully comply with...

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Dan Guzman@dgquovadimus.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Amid all the terrible news, here's something good for my fellow coffee & tea drinkers: a few cups a day may reduce your risk of dementia. Good stuff from @wbur.org's noted coffee queen Deborah Becker on a new Mass General Brigham study. www.wbur.org/news/2026/02...

Hold onto that cup o' joe: Study finds moderate caffeine intake may reduce dementia risk

The study from Mass General Brigham determined that those who drank two to three cups of regular coffee daily, or one to two cups of caffeinated tea, had lower rates of dementia, slower cognitive decl...

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Beth Healy@bethhealy.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Mayor Wu: new estimate for White Stadium is $325 Mil. Taxpayers’ portion is $135 mil - 3x earlier estimates @wbur.org @evezuckoff.bsky.social @mayorwu.boston.gov www.wbur.org/news/2026/02...

Boston's White Stadium rebuild will cost taxpayers $135M, nearly 3 times an earlier estimate

The total $325 million project cost will be split between the city and Boston Legacy Football Club, a new professional women’s soccer team, which has agreed to put $190 million into the rebuild, as pa...

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Lynn Jolicoeur@lynnjolicoeur.bsky.social · 8mo ago

It was a fun break from the daily news to produce this interview with Chevonne Forgan, luge Olympian from Chelmsford, Mass. Read or listen, and learn the ins and outs of the fastest winter Olympics sport! www.wbur.org/upnext/2026/...

Women's luge athlete from Mass. set to make history at Winter Olympics

Chevonne Forgan of Chelmsford is competing in her first Olympics, while her sport, women's doubles luge, is also making its Olympics debut.

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Lynn Jolicoeur@lynnjolicoeur.bsky.social · 8mo ago

As arctic cold grips Boston, a grassroots group of area residents sets up outside South Station and distributes warm food and clothing to people who are unhoused. I went to see them in action and talk with some of the people they're helping. Read and/or listen! www.wbur.org/news/2026/01...

As arctic cold grips Boston, volunteer group brings help to people sleeping outdoors

Dozens of volunteers from the group known as COPE hand out food, clothing and other supplies. People who are unhoused, many of them sleeping out in the cold, have come to rely on the weekly outreach e...

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Lynn Jolicoeur@lynnjolicoeur.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Day shelter St. Francis House in Boston has done a top-to-bottom redesign guided by the trauma people who are unhoused have experienced in life. Before, its president & CEO says, people were being "triggered just by the physical space." www.wbur.org/news/2026/01...

Boston day shelter undergoes 'trauma-informed' transformation

St. Francis House leaders were worried the shelter was adding to people's stress instead of helping them. They hired an architect to make the space more calming and to make it guide people to critical...

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Lynn Jolicoeur@lynnjolicoeur.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Sofia Hernandez-Williams plays cello way beyond her years. She’s the youngest semifinalist in the national Sphinx Competition this week. Hear her beautiful music and her lovely conversation with WBUR’s Lisa Mullins: www.wbur.org/upnext/2026/...

12-year-old cellist from Mass. competes as semifinalist in national competition

Sofia Hernandez-Williams of Holden is the youngest semi-finalist in the Sphinx Competition this week in Detroit.

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Lynn Jolicoeur@lynnjolicoeur.bsky.social · 10mo ago

This is a great listen — Lisa Mullins’ interview on WBUR’s All Things Considered with Ana Hebra Flaster, who’s written about her life as a Cuban immigrant. She came to America as a refugee aboard the U.S.-sponsored Freedom Flights, which began 60 years ago this month. www.wbur.org/upnext/2025/...

N.H. writer looks back on her 'incredible luck' as a Cuban refugee in U.S.

Ana Hebra Flaster immigrated as a 5-year-old on a Freedom Flight, a refugee airlift sponsored by President Lyndon Johnson.

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Lynn Jolicoeur@lynnjolicoeur.bsky.social · 12mo ago

A new documentary claims the wrong photographer got credit for taking one of the most harrowing, iconic photos of the Vietnam War. It shows a young girl, naked, fleeing a napalm bombing in her South Vietnamese village. Hear Lisa Mullins' interview with the filmmakers: www.wbur.org/upnext/2025/...

Who shot the iconic Vietnam War 'Napalm Girl' photo? Film claims wrong photographer got the credit

The photographer credited with taking the photo, then an AP staff member, won the Pulitzer Prize for it. But a former AP editor says a freelance photographer took the picture. That photographer has al...

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Lynn Jolicoeur@lynnjolicoeur.bsky.social · 12mo ago

“Only after I felt safe… I started to realize that my life has completely shattered.” Jaser AbuMousa has suffered unfathomable loss in the war in Gaza. He speaks with WBUR’s Lisa Mullins: www.wbur.org/upnext/2025/...

Gazan father and 2 children build new life in Mass. after losing family members in war

Jaser AbuMousa lost his wife, two of his children, a nephew and other family members in an Israeli airstrike on his home a week after the war started in 2023. In July of this year, he lost his mother,...

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Lynn Jolicoeur@lynnjolicoeur.bsky.social · last yr.

Looking forward to moderating this discussion Thursday evening about homelessness and supportive/affordable housing in Boston. Join us if you can! bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/68965...

2025 NABB Housing Forum: Ending Street Homelessness:  What is Working in Boston

Join us for the 2025 Neighborhood Association of Back Bay (NABB) Housing Forum, Ending Street Homelessness: What is Working in Boston. Audience members will learn about Permanent Supportive Housing, g...

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