Emily Chan is in sixth grade, the crucial year to get into one of Boston’s three exam schools, which serve grades 7 to 12. In the past, the pressure of the entrance test has been intense, and Emily wasn’t planning to apply. This story also appeared in NBC News But for the first time […]
Melissa Bailey
Melissa Bailey is a Boston-based freelance journalist and 2015 Nieman Journalism Fellow. She is working on Lost on the Frontline, a project by Kaiser Health News and The Guardian documenting the lives of U.S. health care workers who have died due to Covid-19. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Atlantic and other publications.