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Lylah M. Alphonse
Born1972 (age 51–52)
Princeton, New Jersey,U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationS.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Occupationjournalist
Known forBoston Globe,
U.S. News & World Report
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Lylah M. Alphonse(born 1972) is an American journalist.

Early life

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Alphonse was born inPrinceton, New Jersey,the oldest child ofGerard A. Alphonse,aHaitianelectrical engineer, inventor and research scientist, and Tehmina M. Alphonse,[1]aParsirestaurateur from India.[2]She attendedPrinceton Day School,graduating in 1990.[3]

Education

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A graduate of theS.I. Newhouse School of Public CommunicationsatSyracuse University,[4]Alphonse was inducted to the Newhouse School's Alumni Hall of Fame in 2000.[5]

Career

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In 1994, Alphonse began working as an editor atThe Boston GlobeinBoston,where she eventually became a member of the newspaper'sSunday magazinestaff.[6]She also wrote frequently for their Travel,[7]Food,[8]National & Foreign News, and Living/Arts[9]sections. She has also been Consulting Editor for theFezana Journal,[10]Managing Editor atWork It, Mom!,[11]and Senior Editor and Writer at Yahoo.com,[12]where she covered news, parenting trends, health, women's issues,[13]and politics and interviewedFirst Lady Michelle Obama,[14]presidential advisor Valerie Jarrett,[15]and others.

She became the managing editor for special reports atU.S. News & World Reportin June 2013, and was promoted to managing editor for news a year later.[16][17]After a brief tenure as Senior Vice President of Laurel Strategies, a strategic communications firm based in Washington, D.C.,[18]she rejoined The Boston Globe as the editor of their Rhode Island bureau in October 2020.[19]In March 2023, the Boston Globe launched their New Hampshire bureau with Alphonse "editing and shaping Boston Globe New Hampshire as well."[20]

Alphonse formerly wrote the blogThe 36-Hour Day blog[21]andWrite. Edit. Repeat.,[22]is the author of "Triumph Over Discrimination: The Life Story of Farhang Mehr"[23](ISBN0-9709937-0-6), and has contributed articles toOur Times(5th edition, Bedford Books, 1998) andInteractions: A Thematic Reader(Houghton Mifflin Co., 1999).[24]She is a frequent guest on WGBH-TV news shows[25]in Boston and offers commentary on "Rhode Island PBS Weekly" in Rhode Island.[26]

References

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  1. ^"The Princeton Packet".24 March 2020.Retrieved28 October2020.
  2. ^"A Harrowing and Heart-Felt Parsi Memoir".RetrievedJul 7,2021.
  3. ^"Lylah Alphonse '90 Delivers Rothrock Lecture, 10/11".www.pds.org.RetrievedJul 7,2021.
  4. ^"Alumni - Newspaper and Online Journalism, Bachelor's - Newhouse School - Syracuse University - Syracuse University".Newhouse School - Syracuse University.Retrieved12 October2018.
  5. ^"Archived copy".Archived fromthe originalon 2016-04-18.Retrieved2016-03-30.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^"Magazine 10/14/2018 - The Boston Globe".BostonGlobe.com.Retrieved12 October2018.
  7. ^"Globe-trotting".Boston.com.Retrieved12 October2018.
  8. ^"Boston Food and Restaurant News".Boston.com.12 October 2018.Retrieved12 October2018.
  9. ^"Books - The Boston Globe Book Reviews and Best Sellers Lists".Boston.com.Retrieved12 October2018.
  10. ^"FEZANA - Fezana Journal".Retrieved12 October2018.
  11. ^www.blubolt.com, blubolt Design."Working Moms - Working Mothers Community - Work It, Mom!".www.workitmom.com.Retrieved12 October2018.
  12. ^"Yahoo".Yahoo.Retrieved12 October2018.
  13. ^"Working Closer with Women Online".whitehouse.gov.1 February 2011.Retrieved12 October2018– viaNational Archives.
  14. ^"Yahoo - ONLY ON YAHOO! SHINE: Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden Discuss Supporting Military Families in Honor of Veteran's Day".Archived fromthe originalon 2016-04-12.Retrieved2016-03-30.
  15. ^The Obama White House (30 March 2011)."Open for Questions: Women in America".Archivedfrom the original on 2021-12-12.Retrieved12 October2018– via YouTube.
  16. ^"Masthead".www.usnews.com.Archived fromthe originalon 25 December 2015.Retrieved15 January2022.
  17. ^"Inside U.S. News and World Report with Managing Editor Lylah Alphonse - American Journalism Review".7 May 2015.Retrieved12 October2018.
  18. ^"Laurel Strategies Global Team, Lylah M. Alphonse".Archived fromthe originalon 2020-06-29.
  19. ^"Lylah Alphonse - editor, Rhode Island - The Boston Globe".BostonGlobe.com.RetrievedJul 7,2021.
  20. ^"The Boston Globe Announces Investment In New Hampshire Coverage".finance.yahoo.com.27 March 2023.RetrievedMarch 27,2023.
  21. ^www.blubolt.com, blubolt Design."The 36-Hour Day - Work It, Mom!".www.workitmom.com.Retrieved12 October2018.
  22. ^"About Lylah M. Alphonse".writeeditrepeat.blogspot.com.Retrieved12 October2018.
  23. ^Alphonse, Lylah M. (22 December 2000).Triumph Over Discrimination: The Life Story of Farhang Mehr.Lylah M. Alphonse.ISBN0970993706.
  24. ^"Lylah M. Alphonse".writeeditrepeat.blogspot.com.Retrieved12 October2018.
  25. ^"GBH News".News.RetrievedJul 7,2021.
  26. ^"Rhode Island PBS".News.RetrievedOct 4,2021.
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