Alan Rosenberg

Alan Rosenberg I was The Providence Journal's executive editor. Now I’m the feedback editor for BestReviews.com and

12/24/2021
12/24/2021
10/21/2019

Dr. Chuck Adams, Rhode Island Hospital's chief trauma surgeon, was on duty in his office when his pager went off.It was a Level-A trauma activation, ETA

Have you ever seen the bridge in the "down" position?
07/31/2019

Have you ever seen the bridge in the "down" position?

The 111-year-old Crook Point Bascule Bridge has stood in an upright and locked position over the Seekonk River since it was abandoned more than four

Wondering where the nearest place is you can reach the water? Wonder no more.
07/12/2019

Wondering where the nearest place is you can reach the water? Wonder no more.

Rhode Island is known as the Ocean State, and sure, every Rhode Islander knows East Matunuck Beach, Oakland Beach and Narragansett Town Beach. But what if

I'll have to try this!
06/12/2019

I'll have to try this!

ProvidenceLos Angeles-based vegan chef and entrepreneur Matthew Kenney owns restaurants throughout the country and the world, including six in New York

Great story by Mark Patinkin.
06/10/2019

Great story by Mark Patinkin.

For Journal columnist, a Christmas Eve urgent-care visit for pain in the side opens a battle with kidney cancer.

05/20/2019

"When it came to my addictions," he says, his father's response was: "Patrick just needs a swift kick in the ass."

Quite a story from Tom Mooney.
04/26/2019

Quite a story from Tom Mooney.

BARRINGTON — Months before he died, Robert Healey, who perfected the wacky in Rhode Island politics, wrote out his will, requesting he be

What a fun piece by Jack Perry! I can relate.
02/05/2019

What a fun piece by Jack Perry! I can relate.

Rhode Island's best free show returns!
05/25/2018

Rhode Island's best free show returns!

Favorite characters will return, and there'll be a performance by Gendo Taiko, a Japanese drumming group.

Great photos of "topping-off" ceremonies -- especially the ones shot yesterday from the top of Providence's newest build...
05/23/2018

Great photos of "topping-off" ceremonies -- especially the ones shot yesterday from the top of Providence's newest building.

There is another

05/01/2018

Fund dwarfs her rivals, with 14 times more than her closest challenger Alan Fung

Congratulations, Jennifer Bogdan and Tom Mooney!
04/20/2018

Congratulations, Jennifer Bogdan and Tom Mooney!

"Children at Risk" was written by Jennifer Bogdan and Tom Mooney.

All of The Journal's local stories, from news and sports to food and entertainment, are edited right here in Providence....
04/15/2018

All of The Journal's local stories, from news and sports to food and entertainment, are edited right here in Providence. And that’s where the ideas come from, too.

We don't get "must-run" stories from the company that owns the paper.

Thanks, Philip Eil, for the nice mention in this Columbia Journalism Review piece.
04/11/2018

Thanks, Philip Eil, for the nice mention in this Columbia Journalism Review piece.

Journalists overestimate how much Americans know and care about journalism. The general public doesn’t care as much about press freedom and the First Amendment as we hope. They don’t know as much about about the basic principles of journalism as we assume. And they sure as hell don’t trust jou...

Setting journalist against journalist isn’t a search for truth, but a cynical effort to destroy readers’ and viewers’ tr...
04/08/2018

Setting journalist against journalist isn’t a search for truth, but a cynical effort to destroy readers’ and viewers’ trust in the news media.

It's sad to see anchors we've watched for years mouthing nationally crafted attacks on fellow news people.

The Providence Journal is looking for two new Breaking News reporters. Here's our ad. Spread the word.
02/07/2018

The Providence Journal is looking for two new Breaking News reporters. Here's our ad. Spread the word.

How to make sure you can still see news stories on Facebook -- and what to look for in those stories.
01/29/2018

How to make sure you can still see news stories on Facebook -- and what to look for in those stories.

It just got harder for you to see news stories there. But there's a way to get around Facebook's recent changes.

With yesterday's stirring win, Mark Daniels and Kevin McNamara will be heading for the Super Bowl with the Patriots.
01/22/2018

With yesterday's stirring win, Mark Daniels and Kevin McNamara will be heading for the Super Bowl with the Patriots.

Kevin McNamara and Mark Daniels are two of the best football writers around.

As I mark 40 years at The Journal, a look back at the beginning.
01/15/2018

As I mark 40 years at The Journal, a look back at the beginning.

Forty years ago this week, I started working at The Providence Journal.

How we got the week's top story.
11/12/2017

How we got the week's top story.

Our newsroom swung into action to cover Thursday's chaotic events.

These five are just the tip of the iceberg that is our talented news staff.
10/22/2017

These five are just the tip of the iceberg that is our talented news staff.

Over the next few weeks, you'll see a series of ads introducing you to the women and men who write and photograph the news.

I’m so glad that starting today, you’ll see Hummel Report and Rhode Island Spotlight stories in The Journal and on provi...
10/15/2017

I’m so glad that starting today, you’ll see Hummel Report and Rhode Island Spotlight stories in The Journal and on providencejournal.com.

Both nice guy and hard-nosed reporter, he's bringing his TV-style investigative reporting to The Journal and providencejournal.com.

Sometimes, the news has a mind of its own.
10/01/2017

Sometimes, the news has a mind of its own.

The news can change all our plans.

What Janet Butler and Jan Flanagan do is precise work, and not for the faint of heart.
09/24/2017

What Janet Butler and Jan Flanagan do is precise work, and not for the faint of heart.

Like just about everything we do, this is a team effort.

Meet Alex Nunes.
09/17/2017

Meet Alex Nunes.

Alex Nunes is both a journalist and journalism professor.

Most newspapers don’t have a food editor or a freestanding food section anymore, but we do. That local flavor is what he...
09/10/2017

Most newspapers don’t have a food editor or a freestanding food section anymore, but we do. That local flavor is what helps make Rhode Island, and The Providence Journal, unique.

Gail Ciampa brings a warm presence — and savvy news skills — to our coverage of food.

This is a real loss for Rhode Island.
09/08/2017

This is a real loss for Rhode Island.

I didn’t expect to care so much when I heard that Benny’s is closing. But the news hit me, hard. It’s one more piece of Old Rhode Island

So glad to see Bob Chiappinelli back in our pages!
09/03/2017

So glad to see Bob Chiappinelli back in our pages!

Bob Chiappinelli makes a return to our pages after retiring in 2001.

An extraordinary series of events led to extraordinary coverage.
08/20/2017

An extraordinary series of events led to extraordinary coverage.

For four days in a row, breaking news made us change our plans on the fly.

One of the important roles a newspaper undertakes is to hold government accountable.
08/13/2017

One of the important roles a newspaper undertakes is to hold government accountable.

Our look at the perennially troubled agency is the latest in The Journal’s long history of being a watchdog.

We've given this question some thought.
08/06/2017

We've given this question some thought.

More books are published than we can possibly review. So we have a set of guidelines.

“It was a long, initially frustrating exercise that required patience and eventually bore fruit.”
07/30/2017

“It was a long, initially frustrating exercise that required patience and eventually bore fruit.”

G. Wayne Miller has been writing detail-rich, intensely human stories for The Journal for more than 35 years.

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