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Uprise RI
Steve Ahlquist is an American journalist. He previously wrote for the online publications ''Uprise RI'' and '' Rhode Island's Future'', founding the former in 2017, and wrote comic books. He now works independently, reporting on local issues through a newsletter on the Substack subscription platform. Some local journalists and media outlets have described Ahlquist's work as advocacy journalism, while some have said that his reporting has filled a gap that has formed as a result of staff cuts by traditional media organizations in the state. ''The Boston Globe'' in 2023 wrote that he was often one who is "breaking news, covering events on the ground, and doing it all with a point of view that's plain for anyone to see, including when he occasionally testifies before public bodies." Career A former comic writer, Ahlquist worked on the anthology '' Strange Eggs'' (SLG Publishing) and created the series '' Oz Squad''. He formerly owned a retail comics and video store. He later wrote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhode Island's Future
''Rhode Island's Future'' was a Rhode Island blog dubbed the "state's most popular political blog" by the ''The Phoenix (newspaper), Phoenix'' newspaper. The blog was started in March 2005 by political activist Matthew Jerzyk, a long-time community and union organizer with SEIU and Jobs with Justice. Contributing to this was state representative David Segal (politician), David Segal, the first Green Party (United States), Green Party elected official in Rhode Island's history (who later became a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat). Rhode Island's Future played a key role in the 2006 Senate race between Sheldon Whitehouse and Lincoln Chafee by exposing a scandal involving a Chafee staffer sending controversial emails from a government computer just one week before the election. Jerzyk, the blog's editor, also played a central role in a prominent controversy at Roger Williams University School of Law involving the chairman of the university's board of trustees use of the ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |