The Globe earlier this year launched “Power Play,” one of several new newsletters that provide a unique lens on news coverage. Co-authored by longtime and respected journalists Jon Chesto and Shirley Leung, “Power Play” focuses on leaders in politics, academia, business and not-for-profit that are driving change across New England. 

Join Jon Chesto and Shirley Leung on Tuesday, October 27 at 6 p.m. at the Boston Globe offices for this engaging fireside chat conversation that will explore:

— The concept of “Power Play” and what it’s looking to cover

— How the newsletter fits into the broader efforts of the Boston Globe business desk

— What PR best practices are reinforced by the new format

— Other newsletters and innovative publishing efforts from the Globe and across business media

The newsletters are one example of how the Boston Globe is exploring innovative ways to reach readers. Jon and Shirley can put perspective on these new methods while emphasizing what has not changed: quality and respected journalism.

If you are at all interested in earning coverage in the Boston Globe, or learning more about how the Globe is exploring new methods, join us. Following the fireside chat, an open Q&A will explore what angles are of interest to our guests, how PR pros can be helpful, and examples of successful PR collaboration.  

Join us on October 27 — register here. 

P.S. Be sure to sign up for “Power Play” here. 

Meet Our Guests:

Jon Chesto covers the leaders who shape Boston’s business community. He has been reporting on business and politics in New England for the past two decades. Before joining the Globe, he was managing editor at the Boston Business Journal. Prior to that role, he was the business editor at The Patriot Ledger in Quincy. His weekly Ledger column, “Mass. Market,” won several national awards with the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. A graduate of Wesleyan University and Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism, he has also worked as a business reporter at the Boston Herald and as a political reporter with Ottaway Newspapers.

Shirley Leung is an award-winning columnist for The Boston Globe, covering the intersection of business and politics. She co-authors the Globe’s subscriber-only newsletter, “Power Play,” co-hosts the Globe Opinion podcast “Say More,” and is a regular contributor to GBH’s Boston Public Radio. A former Globe business editor and interim editorial page editor, she has been named one of Boston Magazine’s “150 Most Influential Bostonians.” Before joining the Globe, she was a reporter for The Wall Street Journal. A Princeton University graduate, she began her journalism career at her hometown paper, The Baltimore Sun.