A night for Rhode Island journalists to celebrate and a photo worth a second look

By: Janine L. Weisman

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: June 28, 2026

Words: 1,225

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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I had to forgive myself for not noticing. After all, so much was coming at me on the last night of the 2025 legislative session — from reporters’ separate Slack messages to a google doc fitfully taking shape. So when freelance photographer Michael Salerno sent me the Dropbox link to his photos from the Rhode Island State House, I uploaded them into WordPress and captioned them as fast as I could.

From his vantage point …

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