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Patrick Madden

Boston, New Orleans

Senior Investigative Reporter at WBUR-FM (Boston, MA)

Senior Investigative Reporter @wbur in Boston; past: @wwno @wrkf @wamu885.

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  • WBUR, other public media outlets, brace for Trump's move to claw back federal funding

    3 weeks ago | wbur.org | Patrick Madden

    In Massachusetts and around the country, public media outlets are bracing for President Trump's latest salvo: the potential elimination of federal funding. As early as next week, Congress will take up the president's request to claw back $1.1 billion in support for public radio and TV. With Republicans holding slim majorities in both houses, public media leaders in Massachusetts are sounding the alarm about the funding threat.

  • GBH cuts 45 jobs amid budget shortfalls and threats to federal funding

    3 weeks ago | wbur.org | Patrick Madden

    GBH on Monday announced it laid off 45 employees — roughly 6% of its workforce — as the Boston-based public radio and television station grapples with budget shortfalls and federal funding threats. Home to national programs like "Frontline" and "Antiques Roadshow," GBH is one of the country's largest producers of content for public media. But like other public broadcasters, GBH has faced turbulent financial conditions.

  • Tufts community describes painful absence of detained Turkish student Rümeysa Öztürk

    1 month ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Patrick Madden

    A federal judge on Friday ordered Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk, a Turkish national, to be released from detention. Öztürk’s detention is one of the most high-profile cases in the Trump administration’s targeting of international students in the U.S.WBUR’s Patrick Madden reports how her Tufts community is coping with her absence. This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

  • Tufts community describes painful absence of detained Turkish student Rümeysa Öztürk

    1 month ago | wbur.org | Patrick Madden

    Tufts community describes painful absence of detained Turkish student Rümeysa Öztürk Play03:44 Download Audio Embed on your website Close× Copy the code below to embed the WBUR audio player on your site <iframe width="100%" height="124" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://player.wbur.org/hereandnow/2025/05/09/rumeysa-ozturk-tufts"></iframe> Copy embed code Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk, a Turkish national, appears virtually for a bail hearing from an immigration facility in...

  • Tufts community describes painful absence of detained Turkish student Rümeysa Öztürk

    1 month ago | nprillinois.org | Patrick Madden

    A federal judge on Friday ordered Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk, a Turkish national, to be released from detention. Öztürk’s detention is one of the most high-profile cases in the Trump administration’s targeting of international students in the U.S.WBUR’s Patrick Madden reports how her Tufts community is coping with her absence. This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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