Field Notes & Evidence

Bill Shein's newsletter features reporting, observations, and worthwhile detours.

Field Notes & Evidence

FIELD NOTES & EVIDENCE: Measles Is Back. So Are Questions About Berkshire Waldorf School’s Vaccination Rates.

PLUS: At the still-broken(!) South Main Street crosswalk, new safety equipment sits uninstalled as a busy food pantry prepares to move in next door.

By Bill Shein

/ 7 Sep 2026

FIELD NOTES & EVIDENCE: Measles Is Back. So Are Questions About Berkshire Waldorf School’s Vaccination Rates.

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FIELD NOTES & EVIDENCE: A.I. Finds the “Donate Now” Button on Beacon Hill

More than $122,000 in campaign contributions from Anthropic employees flowed into Massachusetts political accounts this month in what appears to be a coordinated effort. Pittsfield Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier was among the recipients.

By Bill Shein

/ 28 Aug 2026

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A quick July 4th update (and thank you)

Welcome to RGM’s new paid subscribers, supporters, and readers

By Bill Shein

/ 4 Jul 2026

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Six Months of Reporting No One Else Did

Here’s what RGM has produced this year—and your opportunity to support essential, in-depth storytelling.

By Bill Shein

/ 26 Jun 2026

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RGM on Public Radio's "The Rundown with Carrie Saldo"

Continuing the discussion across Massachusetts about the recent "Nuclear Berkshires" investigation

By Bill Shein

/ 11 Apr 2026

RGM on Public Radio's "The Rundown with Carrie Saldo"

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RGM DISPATCH: New Crosswalk Lights, ICE Spending, and “On the Radio”

In this edition: Pedestrian safety in Great Barrington (including crosswalk lights with a mind of their own), more details of what ICE is buying from Massachusetts companies, and yes, that Donna Summer song.

By Bill Shein

/ 14 Feb 2026

RGM DISPATCH: New Crosswalk Lights, ICE Spending, and “On the Radio”

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RGM DISPATCH: A Man is Critically Injured at a Great Barrington Crosswalk Long Known to be Dangerous

A seventy-year-old man is in critical condition after being struck at a Route 7 crosswalk where pedestrian risks—particularly for elderly residents living nearby—have long been known. Upgrades have been deferred for years.

By Bill Shein

/ 17 Jan 2026

RGM DISPATCH: A Man is Critically Injured at a Great Barrington Crosswalk Long Known to be Dangerous

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RGM DISPATCH: Housatonic Water Woes, B.H.S. Data Breach Update, and the Meaning of "Reason Gone Mad"

In this newsletter: Updates on a western Massachusetts hospital system’s data breach; a water company whose problems have outlived generations of regulators; public-records requests aging in place; and a look back at rogue-nation-identification tips first published on Reason Gone Mad in 2006.

By Bill Shein

/ 10 Jan 2026

RGM DISPATCH: Housatonic Water Woes, B.H.S. Data Breach Update, and the Meaning of "Reason Gone Mad"

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RGM DISPATCH: A New Year and New Plans

The new website is live and The RGM Dispatch is up and running.

By Bill Shein

/ 31 Dec 2025

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RGM DISPATCH: A new chapter for this work

The Argus is becoming The RGM Dispatch—same mission, broader scope, new possibilities.

By Bill Shein

/ 22 Nov 2025

RGM DISPATCH: A new chapter for this work

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Free Event: A Conversation with Mariah Blake

This Thursday at the American Museum of Tort Law, a conversation with investigative journalist Mariah Blake about her gripping new book, “They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals”

By Bill Shein

/ 21 Oct 2025

Free Event: A Conversation with Mariah Blake

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THE ARGUS EYE: A long-overdue D.P.H. report on PCBs and cancer delivers no surprises

PCBs may play a role, the agency says, but the mix of diffuse exposures, data limitations, and many other cancer risk factors leaves no clear culprit.

By Bill Shein

/ 15 Sep 2025

THE ARGUS EYE: A long-overdue D.P.H. report on PCBs and cancer delivers no surprises

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