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John Hancock

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Tech Lead, Newsroom Development Team, The Boston Globe. Building storytelling experiences through interactive design and data.

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John Hancock @johnhancock.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Top US colleges gave $1 billion in grants and discounts to foreign undergrads. In Trump’s America, can that continue? @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/05/m... Database: See how much financial aid US universities are giving to foreign students. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/05/m...
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Top US colleges gave $1 billion in grants and discounts to foreign undergrads. In Trump’s America, can that continue? - The Boston Globe
Efforts to attract international students are under immense scrutiny amid the Trump administration’s attacks on elite colleges and immigration.
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Christina Prignano Deering @christinaprignano.com · 05/08/2025
Lots of smoke out there this morning from wildfires in Canada. 📈 via @johnhancock.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2023/06/07/m...
A map of air quality levels showing smoke across much of the Northeast.
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John Hancock @johnhancock.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Boston police officers chased a care after being told to stop. Minutes later, three teens died in a crash. Read the John R. Ellement and Sean Cotter report on a tragedy that could have been avoided. Video by Randy Vazquez. Map by me. @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/08/m...
From left, Tony Winslow Jr., Jessica Adams, and Tony Winslow Sr. wore memorial shirts displaying images of 15-year-old Troy Winslow, who died along with two other teenagers in a January 2024 high-speed crash in Boston following a police pursuit. Erin Clark/Globe Staff
The car in which three out of the four occupants, all teenagers, died after accelerating at speeds that reached 106 miles per hour and then crashing as police continued to follow them on Morrissey Boulevard. Massachusetts State Police
Dash cam footage showing the response after a high-speed chase ended with three out of the four occupants, all teenagers, dead or dying. Massachusetts State Police
This map outlines the course of the 3.9 mile pursuit that began at near the intersection of Gallivan Boulevard and Morton Street by the Dorchester-Mattapan line, continued through Neponset Circle, and ended with the fatal crash on Morrissey Boulevard by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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Dan Doherty @sandinojones.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
I’m misty-eyed with nostalgic reverie. Last night I bleached my groceries for old time’s sake.
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John Hancock @johnhancock.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Since taking office, President Trump has signed a wave of executive orders that align closely with Project 2025. But there could be more to come. @bostonglobe.com's Alyssa Vega explores what could be next. apps.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/nati...
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Project 2025: Key proposals Trump could implement
The conservative governing blueprint is a huge plan — roughly 900 pages — and there’s a lot the president could do. Here’s a look at which proposals could possibly be adopted.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 27/02/2025
Every news outlet reporting Elon Musk's comment about accidentally canceling Ebola prevention efforts and quickly restoring them should also say they haven't been restored, they're still canceled, the outbreak-fighting teams are dismantled, the money is gone www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Musk says DOGE ‘restored’ Ebola prevention effort. Officials say that’s not true.
USAID’s initiatives to fight Ebola and other diseases have been gutted, current and former agency officials said.
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John Hancock @johnhancock.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Is a college degree really worth it? Inside the heated debate about the value of higher education. Check out Hilary Burns' story and use our database to explore/compare the ROI of different degrees from New England universities. @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/12/m...
A screenshot of a database of the return on investment of various degrees from Harvard University.
A screenshot of a comparison tool showing the return on investment of a history degree from Harvard and Boston College.
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John Hancock @johnhancock.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Year 2 of tracking 311 pothole reports in Boston for @bostonglobe.com. Thirty-three days into 2025, and the city's 311 system has already received almost 1200 requests for pothole repairs (36 a day). apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/2024/0...
Map showing open and closed requests for pothole repairs in Boston.
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John Hancock @johnhancock.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
New @bostonglobe.com project: The Green Book's legacy in New England. Though long out of publication, pieces of New England history live in its pages. We mapped the listings, highlighting places such as Western Lunch Box, Slade's, and The Pates Hotel. apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/2025/0...
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Legacy of the Green Book travel guide in New England
Though long out of publication, pieces of New England history live in its pages. The Globe mapped the listings.
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John Hancock @johnhancock.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
1/ Another winter season means another round of updates for our @bostonglobe.com snowfall tracker. We've implemented snowfall contours to our map to compliment the individual location reports from the National Weather Service. apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/weathe...
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Here’s a look at snowfall totals across New England
See town-by-town snow totals reported by the National Weather Service over the last 48 hours
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 22/01/2025
Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research. I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
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John Hancock @johnhancock.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Some unprecedented weather along the Gulf Coast. Use the @bostonglobe.com severe weather tracker to keep up with weather alerts in New England and across the US. apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/weathe...
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John Hancock @johnhancock.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Watched Alien: Romulus on the flight home from visiting family. While it's not the strongest entry in the franchise, I loved the return to the retro-style icons and computer screen interfaces, especially the simplistic stick-figure indicators for when gravity was on/off.
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Christina Prignano Deering @christinaprignano.com · 14/12/2024
New @globespotlight.bsky.social report out this morning looks at the accommodating relationship Massachusetts elected officials and regulators had with Steward Health Care.
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Steward Health Care regulation in Mass. What happened?
The Globe Spotlight Team found Steward benefited from insufficient scrutiny from the Healey administration and other elected officials until the company imploded and it was too late.
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Samuel Oakford (WaPo) @samueloakford.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
When analytics eats the world… (and makes the NBA boring). www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/...
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Analysis | The NBA’s three-point revolution has gotten extreme. How many is too many?
With the defending champion Boston Celtics leading the way, three-point shooting in professional basketball has reached game-changing heights.
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 20/11/2024
Explore our map of where wildfires are affecting air quality in Massachusetts.
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See maps of where wildfires are burning around Mass. - The Boston Globe
Fires on the North Shore are affecting air quality Wednesday. See details.
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 20/11/2024
A raging brush fire burned more than 40 acres at the popular Blue Hills Reservation this week, but the record dry weather responsible for hundreds of wildfires in the state may finally see some relief with rain in the forecast over the next few days.
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Could wildfires become our new normal? - The Boston Globe
In the latest flare-up, scores of firefighters from multiple communities worked to douse the blaze toward the southern perimeter of the Blue Hills.
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Lucia Walinchus @walinchus.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
According datajournalism.com, 60% of data journalists in their last survey were male. And a recent @pewresearch.org paper showed about 2/3 of "news influencers" are men. So please share this with anyone who might be interested in broader horizons. Representation matters! go.bsky.app/8gob51T
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John Hancock @johnhancock.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Voter turnout: Did Democrats stay home in 2024? In counties across the US where Donald Trump earned marginally more or fewer votes than he did in 2020, it can't help but feel like Kamala Harris missed an opportunity. t.co/3MmlmxJj1S
Map of the US showing the change in vote totals for Kamala Harris from Joe Biden in counties where Donald Trump got 105% or less of his 2020 vote total.
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John Hancock @johnhancock.bsky.social · 11/07/2023
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