Jacob Posner was a Monitor intern from September 2024 to June 2025.
Jacob Posner is a 2023 graduate of Williams College and holds a Bachelor鈥檚 degree in history. He completed an honor鈥檚 thesis on a new type of masculinity that emerged in 1920s Germany.
Prior to The Monitor, Jacob worked as a general assignment reporter at 97.9 WHAV, a news outlet in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and freelanced at hyperlocal digital newspapers in communities across Greater Boston. In college, he led his student newspaper鈥檚 podcast, Press Record, and played on the ultimate frisbee team.
He has a particular interest in housing because where Americans live can shape the course of their lives. It often determines what school their kids attend, whether they can access nutritious food, and if they own a valuable asset. He also has a passion for audio storytelling.
Stories by Jacob Posner
- Difference Maker 鈥楪reen time鈥� over screen time: The Greenagers group gets youths to love the outdoors
- 鈥楢 sense of belonging.鈥� How this Boston bookstore changes lives.
- 鈥榃e鈥檝e never been as united.鈥� Harvard community rallies despite Trump funding cuts.
- As cities fight to retain 鈥榮anctuary鈥� status, some immigrants question the policy
- Focus 250 years of Revolution: What has 鈥榯he shot heard round the world鈥� wrought?
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