Brookline.News is excited to welcome two new staff members to our growing team.
Michael Manning came on board this week as chief of staff. He will be deeply involved in our operations, development and marketing efforts to grow the reach of Brookline.News and sustain our ability to deliver local news, train a new generation of journalists, and identify potential collaborations with others in the growing New England nonprofit news ecosystem.
Vivi Smilgius will join Brookline.News next week as a part-time reporter, expanding our newsroom to add depth to the stories we write and cover more people, places, events and ideas in Brookline.
See more information about Michael and Vivi below:
Michael Manning
Michael Manning has held leadership roles in digital media at The Boston Globe and America’s Test Kitchen for over twenty years. He is a graduate of Haverford College (history) and the University of North Carolina (journalism). Raised in Amherst, Mass., he has lived in Brookline since 2003 and currently resides in south Brookline with his family.
Vivi Smilgius
Prior to joining Brookline.News, Vivi worked as a metro co-op at the Boston Globe, where she covered climate change, college students, city politics, and local news. She also has bylines in Boston.com, the Chesterton Tribune, and Emerson College’s student newspaper, The Berkeley Beacon. Vivi will graduate from Emerson in December 2024 with a degree in journalism. In her free time, she likes cooking, reading, and lifting weights.