Lynn Jolicoeur

Lynn Jolicoeur is the field producer for WBUR’s All Things Considered. In that role, she researches, produces, writes and edits feature stories and interview segments for the signature evening news program. She also reports for the station’s various local news broadcasts and previously worked as a freelance producer for the national shows Here & Now and On Point.
Prior to joining WBUR, Lynn worked as a television news reporter and anchor for 18 years. Her career took her to four stations in the Midwest and New England, most recently Boston’s WCVB-TV. While working for a station in Ohio, she was the only local television journalist to report from the scene of the Oklahoma City bombing. In Connecticut, her investigative stories resulted in amendments to two state laws protecting consumers and crime victims, and indirectly led to the value of a major credit card company’s stock plummeting $3 billion in one day.
Lynn is the winner of numerous journalism awards, including a Boston/New England regional Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in News Reporting. She obtained a journalism degree from Boston University.
Outside the world of news, Lynn has two very fun “gigs.” She is a singer, fronting her own band that performs jazz and pop music at clubs, restaurants, and functions; and she is the mother of twins. She and her children live in the MetroWest area.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Says It Would Not Blame Victim For Being Raped
June 07, 2016
WPI President Laurie Leshin issued a statement Tuesday acknowledging that the school did not vet or approve of the legal approach its insurance company’s lawyers are using.
Diagnosing CTE In The Living: Massive Study Of Degenerative Brain Disease To Begin
June 01, 2016
Researchers are recruiting 180 former NFL and college football players hoping their study will help develop ways to diagnose CTE in people while they’re still alive. The only way to diagnose it right now is by studying the brain after death.
Japanese-American Sons Fought And Died In WWII As U.S. Detained Their Family
May 27, 2016
The Akimoto sons were part of U.S. history few Americans know: the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a military unit made up entirely of the children of Japanese immigrants who volunteered for service during World War II.
A.R.T. Brings Women’s Activist And Artist Eve Ensler’s Memoir To The Stage
May 10, 2016
There’s much joy in Eve Ensler’s life. But, as she tells WBUR’s Lisa Mullins, it’s grown out of violence.
Judge Rejects Injunction To Stop Construction On Children’s Hospital Healing Garden
May 09, 2016
The hospital plans to demolish Prouty Garden and build a new clinical building.
New App Will Grade You On Your Driving
April 28, 2016
Once you active EverDrive on your smartphone, it monitors how well you’re driving and once you reach your destination, it will give you a grade. The goal is to make roads safer by making drivers better, said Hari Balakrishnan, co-founder of the Cambridge company that made the app.
As U.S. Population Grows, Federal Highway Head Says To Expect More Highway Traffic
April 27, 2016
And one of the main solutions to these traffic troubles, says Gregory Nadeau, is high tech.
Simmons College Course Prepares Future Social Workers To Address Suicide
April 19, 2016
Simmons offered it for the first time last spring, and it’s the first course of its kind at any Massachusetts college.
100 Years Of The Pulitzers: A Conversation With Veteran Journalist Roy Harris
April 15, 2016
Roy Harris joined WBUR’s All Things Considered to speak about the history of the Pulitzers and their role in the journalism industry today.
‘Aftermath’: Watertown Photographer Documents Response To Marathon Bombing
April 14, 2016
Joshua Touster has just published a book of his photographs that document a city and region that was wounded and began to recover in remarkable ways.
65 Years After He Went Missing In Korea, Waltham Soldier’s Remains Return Home
April 07, 2016
In the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, many Americans just went missing — for decades. Among them was 22-year-old Sgt. Robert Dakin, of Waltham.
‘Hungry For Jobs’ And ‘Very Skilled’: Homeless Boston Residents Seek Employment At Job Fair
April 01, 2016
Hosting such job fairs is part of Mayor Marty Walsh’s action plan to end chronic homelessness in the city by 2018.
Front Of The Stage: Backup Vocals Virtuoso Lisa Fischer Brings Solo Tour To Boston Area
March 31, 2016
The sound of vocalist Lisa Fischer has moved audiences for decades now. She’s the back-up singer top artists tap to complete their sound on stage — from Tina Turner to Sting, from the late Luther Vandross to the Rolling Stones.
Cambridge Rindge And Latin Seniors Turn Tough Life Experiences Into College Essays
March 28, 2016
Abuse. Racial profiling. Adapting to a new culture. We get a sample of four students’ college application essays.
College Students From Mass. Describe Experience In Brussels Attack
March 22, 2016
Three college students from Massachusetts are safe after witnessing the terrorist attacks at the airport in Brussels, Belgium, Tuesday morning. They joined All Things Considered to describe what they saw Tuesday morning.
'I Don't Feel Trapped On Earth': Ketamine Lifts Many From Depths Of Major Depression
February 25, 2016
Ketamine was never intended to treat depression. But doctors call it the biggest discovery in the treatment of mood disorders in decades.
Helping Powerless Have ‘Presence’: Amy Cuddy Expands On Hit TED Talk In New Book
December 23, 2015
Cuddy defines presence, the focus of her new book, as “knowing who you are and being able to access that when you most need to.”
Outgoing Gardner Leader Anne Hawley Reflects On Her 26 Years At The Museum
December 22, 2015
Not since Isabella Stewart Gardner herself has one person so affected the contours of the museum and its culture.
Lessons Learned On The Issue Of Suicide: A Reporter’s Reflections
December 03, 2015All this year, WBUR’s Lynn Jolicoeur has been reporting on a public health problem that’s pervasive yet seldom makes headlines: suicide.
Tools To Prevent Suicide Include Awareness — And Apps
December 02, 2015
“I think the most effective [tool to prevent suicide] is educating the public that suicide is a public health issue, that it is largely preventable,” said Alan Holmlund, of the Massachusetts Suicide Prevention Program.
Clinicians Petition Boston Children’s Hospital To Preserve Prouty Garden
November 17, 2015
The doctors, nurses and nurse practitioners who signed the petition say they’ve been left out of the hospital’s decision to construct an 11-story clinical building on the site of the garden.
Libana: Exploring Music By, For And About Women Around The Globe For 35 Years
November 12, 2015
When the Boston-based music group formed, the term “world music” didn’t exist. Since then, the group of female vocalists and instrumentalists has traveled the world performing.
Father Who Suffered Unthinkable Loss Produces Documentary About Suicide
October 29, 2015
Steve Mongeau, executive director of Samaritans, and Ken Lambert, who produced a documentary on the Boston-based group’s suicide outreach work, joined All Things Considered.
‘Stick Around One More Day’: Message Of Hope After Medford Man’s Suicide
October 26, 2015
Marlin Collingwood is working to carry on the legacy of his late husband, who died by suicide last year, by teaching people how to be vocal, supportive caregivers for their depressed loved ones and how to talk openly about suicide.
‘Everything Is Grace’: Looking To Faith For Answers To Suicide
October 26, 2015
Major western religions’ ideas of suicide as sinful or shameful have evolved, and many religious leaders now stress new approaches to supporting those suffering from depression.
2 Historic Martha’s Vineyard Theaters Reopening This Summer
May 29, 2015
Some history is coming back to life on Martha’s Vineyard this summer.
Writing To Heal From Trauma: Women Pen Memoirs With Help From Michael Patrick MacDonald
March 27, 2015
A program at Crittenton Women’s Union in Boston is helping women write their own memoirs as a form of healing.
Cambridge Choir School Charting High With Christmas CD
December 23, 2014
“Christmas In Harvard Square,” by the St. Paul’s Choir School, is near the top of the classical Billboard chart.
‘Selma’ Is About ‘The Power Of Voice,’ Director Ava DuVernay Says
December 10, 2014
In 1965 in Selma, Alabama, news cameras captured police using tear gas and billy clubs on civil rights demonstrators. Now that story is being told on the big screen for the first time.
Shocked By His Own Voice: Male Soprano Soars In World’s Smallest Vocal Category
May 14, 2014
Robert Crowe is one of the very few male sopranos singing professionally worldwide.
Boston Doctor Chosen For New National Effort To Reform Forensic Testing
February 21, 2014With the Massachusetts Inspector General expected to release his report on the state drug lab crisis any day now, a local doctor is part of a new national effort to reform forensic testing.