Providence Journal

Latest Articles

By | January 01, 0001

Local heroes at the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame

Honor Roll
Rick Bellaire, one of the chief organizers of the new Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame, had an early feel for the state's gifts to the national culture.
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | January 11, 2012

By | January 01, 0001

Journalism MIA

ProJo Medical report; the wild ones
Phillipe and Jorge are wishing a speedy recovery to our old friend, Bob Whitcomb, editor of the Urinal's editorial pages.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | November 21, 2011

By | January 01, 0001

Providencejournal.com arrives with a thud

As the ProJo Turns
The Providence Journal 's much anticipated new web site, providencejournal.com , made an underwhelming debut this week.
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | October 19, 2011

By | January 01, 0001

The Providence Journal makes its move

As The ProJo Turns
The Providence Journal , in a wraparound on the front section of its September 13 issue, announced in bold print: WE'RE CHANGING.
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | September 14, 2011

By | January 01, 0001

Indentured servitude and other keys to the Rhode Island recovery

Dollars and Sense
Despite the continual awarding of tax breaks to various upper-income types, we Rhode Islanders are told our business climate is still near bottom. So I make these seven modest suggestions for addressing the problem.
By BARRY SCHILLER | August 31, 2011

Is Rhode Island a paywall mecca?

As the ProJo Turns
Media analysts say Rhode Island could be especially fertile ground for a declining newspaper industry's primary survival strategy — charging readers for access to its heretofore free web sites.
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | August 17, 2011

The Old Timer’s Tap, once a dealmaker’s den, looks for a buyer

Watering Holes
Tucked away in the most forgotten neighborhood in Providence, a little piece of the city's colorful political history sits on its last legs.
By DANIEL MCGOWAN | August 17, 2011

By | January 01, 0001

Thanks all around

Words for Waldrop; GOP = fun; some god news; random notes
"Thanks All Around" is the title of the opening section of Jaimy Gordon's novel, Shamp of the City-Solo (published in 1974).
By RUDY CHEEKS | May 12, 2011

By | January 01, 0001

Cicilline on the hot seat

But he's not cooked yet
It's been a brutal couple of months for Providence mayor-turned-freshman Congressman David Cicilline.
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | April 27, 2011

Not tough enough?

While governors nationwide slash their way out of crisis, Chafee plays Mr. Nice Guy
Amid massive deficits and escalating pension problems, a certain tough guy chic has taken hold in State Houses across the country.
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | April 13, 2011

Conflict or what?

The Journal takes out an ad; siding with Keith; mad about Phoebe
With Passover just around the corner, I detected a decidedly non-kosher element in the Other Paper on Monday.
By RUDY CHEEKS | April 13, 2011