What We Cover :
State and Local
Government, House and Senate Sessions, Press Conferences
- The Statehouse News Service
- Since
1900, the State House News Service in Boston has provided journalists,
lobbyists, government officials and other civic and business leaders
with high-quality, comprehensive, objective information about the
activities of state government year-round. We're a small, independent,
privately-owned wire service. [Read more about our history, evolution, values...]
- Objective News
- Our
coverage stands out in the modern climate of journalism because we
strive to keep it so straight. We're proud to have become a vital part
of State House life, almost like a public utility. We earned that
status by being as objective and impeccable as we possibly can.
- Complete News
- We
provide gavel-to-gavel coverage of House and Senate sessions; the
Advances, a top-to bottom look ahead at the coming week in state
government; the Roundup, a tartly-written summary and analysis of the
past week; extensive coverage of the judicial nominating and
confirmation process; daily schedules; and comprehensive wire-service
copy of the full range of state government activity.
- Current and Past News
- Our
web site is updated constantly (and for our subscribers, addictively!)
as news comes in. We post and archive every press release sent to the
Capitol press corps. Everything is searchable. We also post audio
recordings of press conferences and take photos of a variety of news
events. [Read more about our products and rates...]
- Support for Journalists
- Journalists
have come to view us not as competition, but as support - as one of the
most valuable resources they possess to help them do an excellent job.
We view other news organizations not as competition, but as customers
and potential customers - demanding and important ones.
- Our Subscribers
- Subscribers
form the focus of our work. We earn constant praise from our customers
because we're always hustling to anticipate what they're most going to
need to know, and get to the source of the information fast. We're news
people, but we try to think like policy makers and politicians - partly
because it helps our journalism, but mostly because it helps our
subscribers. [Read more about our subscribers..]
