♪ >> I’M CAN IN FOR ADAM REILLY.

I NEW NEWS OUTLET IS COMING TO BOSTON.

>> THERE’S A GROWING RECOGNITION THAT THERE’S NOT ENOUGH.

>> WE WILL HEAR FROM ONE OF THE COFOUNDERS OF THE GREATER BOSTON NEWS BUREAU.

A NONPROFIT AIMED AT BOLSTERING THE NEWS VOICES OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

NIKKI HALEY LOST THE NEVADA REPUBLICAN PRIMARY BY MORE THAN 30 POINTS.

NOT TO DONALD TRUMP, BUT TO NOBODY.

NEARLY TWO THIRDS OF VOTERS CHOSE THE OPTION NONE OF THESE CANDIDATES, FUELING THE NOTION THAT THE RACE IS EFFECTIVELY OVER.

BUT HALEY IS ASSURING SUPPORTERS SHE IS STILL FIGHTING AND SETTING HER SIGHTS ON MARCH 5, WHEN MASSACHUSETTS AND 14 OTHER STATES HEAD TO THE POLLS.

>> GET READY FOR SUPER TUESDAY.

AS WE START TO LOOK AT WHAT’S OUT THERE.

JUST KNOW I’M NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

I’M IN THIS FOR THE LONG HAUL.

KATIE: IS THERE STILL A CHANCE SHE COULD PULL OUT A LONG SHOT VICTORY?

I’M JOINED BY HER MASSACHUSETTS CAMPAIGN CHAIR AND ALSO FORMER CHAIR OF THE MASS GOP.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

KATIE: I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE RESULT IN NEVADA.

I KNOW THEY DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY THERE.

THERE IS A CAUCUS AND A PRIMARY SO THERE WERE NO DELEGATES AT STAKE IN THE PRIMARY.

WHERE DOES THE CAMPAIGN GO FROM THERE?

>> THEY WEREN’T EVEN PLAYING IN NEVADA WHICH IS THE FUNNY THING.

THE NEWS LIKES TO SPIN IT AS IF THE CAMPAIGN WAS ACTUALLY PLAYING, BUT SHE SPENT NO MONEY IN NEVADA BECAUSE IT WAS A RIGGED CAUCUS SYSTEM.

THE STATE PARTY IS CONTROLLED BY ALL THE TRUMP PEOPLE.

TRUMP WAS GOING TO BE THE WINNER OF THE CAUCUS AND THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERED WAS WHERE THE DELEGATES WERE GOING TO GO.

IF SHE’S NOT PLAYING AND SHE WASN’T DOING ANYTHING AND IT WAS ALL GOING TO GO TO DONALD TRUMP ANYWAY BECAUSE IT WAS RIGGED, IT’S NOT A CONCERN AT ALL FOR THE CAMPAIGN.

KATIE: WHAT HAS THE FOCUS BEEN IN LIEU OF NEVADA?

>> SHE HAS BEEN IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND FUNDRAISING.

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE SHOWING UP AT HER RALLIES.

THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF NEW PEOPLE IN SOUTH CAROLINA THAT HAVE MOVED THERE SINCE NIKKI HALEY WAS THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE.

THEY WANTED TO GO THERE BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC GROWTH.

SHE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE HERSELF TO THOSE VOTERS AND REINTRODUCE HERSELF TO THE FOLKS THAT WERE THERE.

IT HAS BEEN QUITE A WHILE SINCE SHE HAS BEEN GOVERNOR.

NOW SHE GETS TO TALK TO NEW VOTERS WHO WORKERS ENGAGED -- DISENGAGED BEFORE.

KATIE: AFTER THAT WE HAVE SUPER TUESDAY.

MASSACHUSETTS IS ONE OF THE STATES THAT WILL BE GOING TO THE POLLS.

MASSACHUSETTS HAS AN OPEN PRIMARY.

YOU CAN VOTE IF YOU ARE NOT NECESSARILY A REGISTERED REPUBLICAN.

HOW MUCH OF THE OUTREACH GOING FORWARD IS GOING TO BE TOWARD THOSE ON ENROLLED VOTERS VERSUS REGISTERED REPUBLICANS?

>> 11 OUT OF THE 16 STATES ON SUPER TUESDAY WHICH IS OUR CONTINUED FOCUS IN ADDITION TO SOUTH CAROLINA ARE STATES THAT EITHER HAVE OPEN OR SEMI-OPEN PRIMARIES AND SO THAT MEANS IN THE SEMI-OPEN, INDEPENDENT VOTERS CAN VOTE IN THOSE ELECTIONS.

THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE ARE REALLY FOCUSING ON.

LIKE MASSACHUSETTS WHICH HAS 62% ON ENROLLED VOTERS.

THAT NUMBER GOES UP AND DOWN BUT IT IS SOMEWHERE OVER 60%.

THE MAJORITY OF VOTERS ARE ON.

WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT IN MASSACHUSETTS, THERE IS A VERY INTERESTING DYNAMIC AT PLAY.

YOU’VE GOT FOLKS WHO ARE SUPER INTERESTED IN THE ECONOMY.

WE ARE SLIGHTLY HIGHER IN EDUCATION THEN MOST STATES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

WE ARE SLIGHTLY HIGHER IN ECONOMICS AND THE LEVEL OF ECONOMICS IN THE STATE.

PEOPLE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ECONOMY.

THERE WAS A RECENT POLL THAT SHOWS PEOPLE ARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS.

THOSE ARE THINGS IN NIKKI HALEY’S SWEET SPOT MAKING SURE THE BORDER IS SECURE, MAKING SURE WE HAVE EXCELLENT EDUCATION FOR OUR CHILDREN.

ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES IN MASSACHUSETTS.

AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICY IS IN CHECK.

KATIE: LET’S STAY IN MASSACHUSETTS FOR A SECOND.

YOU ARE LEADING THE CAMPAIGN TEAM HERE WHICH WAS FULLY ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK WITH QUITE A FEW STATE LAWMAKERS.

JOINING THE HALEY EFFORT HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS.

IT TENDS TO BE TOUGHER FOR REPUBLICANS TO GET ELECTED IN MASSACHUSETTS IN A RESIDENTIAL YEAR.

-- PRESIDENTIAL YEAR.

IS THERE HOPE THAT IT WILL BE BETTER NEWS FOR MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICANS IF SHE IS THE NOMINEE?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT NIKKI HALEY BEING THE NOMINEE IS SHE IS GOING TO LIFT UP ALL OTHER OFFICES.

SHE’S THE TYPE OF REPUBLICAN WE NEED RIGHT NOW.

SOMEONE WHO IS UNDERSTANDING AND CONSIDERATE AND WILL BRING ALL VOICES TO THE TABLE.

SHE WOULD BE THE PRESIDENT FOR EVERYONE, NOT JUST A SMALL SLICE OF PEOPLE THAT SHE PUTS INTO HER LITTLE GROUP.

SHE’S GOING TO BE THE PRESIDENT FOR EVERYONE.

SO HER CANDIDACY WOULD LIFT UP THE LEGISLATURES AND ESPECIALLY IN MASSACHUSETTS WHERE WE ARE MORE FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE AND SOCIALLY MODERATE, WE HAVE SEEN THE CORNER OFFICE WHERE WE CONTINUE TO ELECT REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS TIME AFTER TIME THAT HAVE THOSE VALUES.

WHEN WE ARE RUNNING PEOPLE LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THE WEIGHT IS RIGHT NOW IN MASSACHUSETTS, WE WILL SEE MORE OF THOSE TYPES OF CANDIDATES THAT WILL RESONATE AND THAT VOTERS LIKE TO HEAR FROM.

NIKKI HALEY WILL RAISE THEM UP.

DONALD TRUMP IS GOING TO SINK ALL OF THOSE CANDIDACIES.

KATIE: I WANT TO LOOK AT SOME RECENT POLL NUMBERS WE HAVE SHOWING TRUMP WITH A WIDE LEAD, 77% TO HALEY’S 21%.

THE SAME POLL SHOWS HALEY LEAVING BIDEN IN A GENERAL ELECTION MATCHUP WITH TRUMP TRAILING BIDEN.

THAT STRUCK ME AS A DYNAMIC WE OFTEN SEE IN MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICANS MIGHT STRUGGLE TO GET THROUGH THE PRIMARY BUT BE A MORE APPEALING CANDIDATE IN A GENERAL ELECTION.

HOW DOES A CAMPAIGN NAVIGATE THAT?

>> IT’S GETTING THE WORD OUT.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU CAN WIN YOUR CHAMPIONSHIP IN YOUR CONFERENCE.

WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL, YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO WIN THE SUPER BOWL.

THAT’S THE ONLY THING PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT.

THE GENERAL ELECTION IS THE SUPER BOWL OF ALL SUPER BOWLS.

WE HAVE IN OVER 80-YEAR-OLD PRESIDENT WHO IS MENTALLY UNFIT FOR THE OFFICE THAT HE IS IN RIGHT NOW.

THAT IS NOT MEANT AS DISRESPECT, IT IS JUST A FAT -- JUST A FACT.

HE IS LOSING IT DAY BY DAY.

WE HAVE A 52-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO HAS HER ENTIRE FUTURE TO LOOK TOWARD TO MAKE THE COUNTRY BETTER AND GET EVERYTHING BACK ON TRACK.

NOT BY CAUSING MORE CHAOS AND DRAMA, THAT BY ACTUALLY TRYING TO IMPLEMENT CHANGES THAT ARE GOING TO HELP OUR COUNTRY.

I THINK CONTINUOUSLY TALKING TO VOTERS ABOUT THAT MESSAGE, ONE OF THE WAYS REPUBLICANS IN MASSACHUSETTS CONTINUE TO SINK THEMSELVES IS WHEN ONLY THAT SMALL MINORITY COMES OUT AND VOTES IN A PRIMARY AND THAT’S ON BOTH SIDES.

SMALL MINORITIES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE COME OUT AND CAST THEIR VOTES FOR THE MOST POLARIZING CANDIDATES, AND THAT’S WHY WE HAVE THE CHOICES THAT WE HAD IN THE GENERAL ELECTION.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY FOR EVERYONE ELSE THAT DOESN’T NORMALLY VOTE IN A PRIMARY, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PRIMARY YOU WILL EVER VOTE IN ON MARCH 5.

MAKE SURE YOU CAN OUT AND CAST YOUR VOTE BECAUSE THIS WILL AFFECT FUTURE GENERATIONS.

KATIE: WHAT ARE THOSE GET OUT THE VOTE EFFORTS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN MASSACHUSETTS?

>> I CAN’T REALLY DIVE ALL TALL OF MY SECRETS.

KATIE: I’M ALWAYS READY FOR SECRETS.

>> IT’S THE MESSAGING FROM THE CAMPAIGN AND NIKKI HALEY HERSELF.

THE WORLD IS ON FIRE AND SHE LIKES TO SAY WE HAVE A COUNTRY TO SAVE IT AS A MOM OF THREE DAUGHTERS, I TAKE THAT INCREDIBLY SERIOUS.

THAT’S WHAT PROPELS ME EVERY SINGLE MORNING IS THAT WE HAVE A COUNTRY TO SAVE.

WE CANNOT CONTINUE ON THE PATH THAT WE ARE ON.

IT IS CONSTANT CHAOS AND DRAMA.

WE ARE THE JOKE AROUND THE WORLD.

INSTEAD OF BEING STRONG AND SHOWING LEADERSHIP, WE ARE THE BUTT OF EVERYONE’S JOKES.

I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LEADER WHO ACTUALLY HOLDS TRUE THOSE VALUES AND MORALS OF OUR COUNTRY , SHOWS THAT LEADERSHIP, AND DUSTED IN A WAY THAT IS CLASSY AND IN A WAY WE CAN ALL USE AS A ROLE MODEL FOR OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.

ALSO FOR GENERATIONS THAT PASSED BY TO BE PROUD OF OUR COUNTRY AGAIN.

KATIE: WE GET A LOT OF THE CANDIDATES COME THROUGH TO NEW HAMPSHIRE.

ANY CHANCES OF A HALEY VISIT TO MASSACHUSETTS?

>> WE ARE TRYING FOR THAT.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HER COME.

SHE WOULD GET A FABULOUS RECEPTION.

KATIE: JENNIFER NASSOUR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

AN EARLY LOOK AT THE NEW NONPROFIT JOURNALISM PROJECT, THE GREATER BOSTON NEWS BUREAU.

YAWU MILLER ANNOUNCED THE INITIATIVE.

HE RECENTLY JOINED ADAM TO DISCUSS.

>> THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND CONGRATS ON THIS NEW ENDEAVOR.

WHAT IS THE GREATER BOSTON NEWS BUREAU AND HOW IS IT GOING TO WORK?

>> WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A WEBSITE AND PRODUCE ARTICLES THAT WILL BE REPRINTED IN NEWSPAPERS, ANYBODY CAN REPRINT, WE ARE TARGETING ETHNIC NEWS MEDIA SUCH AS THE BAYSTATE BANNER WHERE I WORKED FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS, EL UMUNDO.

ANYONE WHO WANTS OUR CONTACT, WE CAN TRANSLATE ARTICLES INTO SPANISH AND HAITIAN CREOLE.

WE WILL JUST EXIST AS A WEBSITE.

>> THESE OTHER OUTLETS THAT PICK UP YOUR CONTENT, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE PAYING FOR IT.

>> NO.

>> I’M NOT AN ENTREPRENEURIAL HE MIGHT GET PERSON.

-- ENTREPRENEURIALLY MINDED PERSON.

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE MONEY IF YOU’RE GIVING IT AWAY FOR FREE?

>> THERE A NATIONAL MOVEMENT TOWARD NONPROFIT NEWS.

TYPICALLY YOU GET MONEY UPFRONT FROM FOUNDATIONS THAT STEAK YOU FOR THE FIRST FEW YEARS.

FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTIONS WILL TEND TO DECLINE.

AS THAT HAPPENS, YOU ARE EXPECTED TO COME UP WITH MORE LOCAL FUNDING.

SO SOME OF THAT COMES FROM SUBSCRIPTION BASE.

SUBSCRIPTION DOESN’T MEAN SOMEBODY NEEDS TO SUBSCRIBE TO READ YOUR CONTENT, IT JUST MEANS THEY SUPPORT WHAT YOU’RE DOING MUCH THE WAY VIEWERS SUCH AS MYSELF SUPPORT THE VIEW GBH.

>> VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> SOME OF IT CAN COME FROM SPONSORSHIPS FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES, SOME OF IT CAN COME FROM ADVERTISING.

AS WE GET MORE READERSHIP, OUR EARNED REVENUE WILL INCREASE AND THAT WILL TAKE UP THE SLACK.

>> SINCE YOU TALKED ABOUT DONORS SEATING PROJECTS LIKE THIS TO GET THEM GOING, YOU ARE ONE OF FOUR GRANTEES GETTING FUNDING AND TRAINING THROUGH THE AMERICAN NEWS PROJECTS LOCAL NEWS INCUBATOR.

>> THE AMERICAN JOURNALISM PROJECT, YES.

>> TELL ME MORE ABOUT THAT PROJECT.

I THINK GOOGLE NEWS IS ONE OF THE BENEFACTORS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

A LOT OF LARGE FUNDERS ARE LOOKING AT THE NEWS LANDSCAPE AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE NEWS DESERTS AND UNMET NEEDS.

ALSO THE LOCAL NEWS LANDSCAPE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES IS STRUGGLING IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

WE ARE PART OF THE FIRST COHORT ALONG WITH THREE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AT VARIOUS STAGES OF STARTING UP.

WE GET TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, ADVICE AND FUNDING THAT IS SUSTAINING US AS WE ARE BUILDING DISORGANIZATION ORGANIZATION FOR THE FIRST YEAR AND A HALF.

>> I SHOULD MENTION TO PEOPLE, YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A WHILE.

I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS AND WE HAVE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS.

THIS HAS BEEN A LONG ROAD.

>> WE HAVE SORT OF BEEN KICKING AROUND THE IDEA FOR A COUPLE YEARS.

IT WAS JUST AN IDEA.

WE APPLIED FOR THIS FUNDING FROM THE AMERICAN JOURNALISM PROJECT.

WE WERE ONE OF 219 APPLICANTS.

WHEN WE MADE THE FINAL CUT, WE WERE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED.

JUST REALLY HAPPY TO MOVE FORWARD.

>> YOU AND I WERE TEXTING ABOUT THIS BEFORE YOU CAME IN TO DISCUSS THE PROJECT.

YOU SUGGESTED THAT AMONG OTHER THINGS, WE TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT NEWS NEEDS OF LACK AND LATINO AUDIENCES.

CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT?

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT NEWS NEEDS THAT BLACK AND LATINO AUDIENCES HAVE?

>> FOR LATINO READERS, MANY PEOPLE WOULD PREFER TO READ THEIR NEWS IN SPANISH.

THAT’S WHY WE ARE DEDICATED TO TRANSLATING EVERYTHING INTO SPANISH.

ALSO THE SAME MIGHT GO FOR HAITIAN CREOLE AND CAPE VERDEAN CREOLE.

THERE ARE MORE THAN 80,000 HAITIAN PEOPLE IN MASSACHUSETTS.

WE WANT TO REACH PEOPLE IN THOSE WAYS.

BUT ALSO THAT PEOPLE OF COLOR NOT JUST IN BOSTON BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE OFTEN FELT LIKE THEIR PERSPECTIVES AREN’T ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD OR SEEN OR REPLICATED IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA.

WHEN I HAVE WORKED FOR THE BANNER, WHAT I HAVE DONE IS WRITING ABOUT ANY ISSUE, TALK TO BLACK AND LATINO PEOPLE ABOUT HOW THOSE ISSUES MIGHT AFFECT OUR COMMUNITIES DIFFERENTLY THAN THEY AFFECT THE BROADER STATE COMMUNITY.

ALSO THERE ARE A LOT OF STORIES PARTICULARLY IN THE HAITIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND THE CAPE VERDEAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY THAT DON’T GET REPORTED.

AT THE BANNER, WE FOLLOWED LE DOG -- WE FOLLOWED A LOT OF THOSE STORIES.

THIS GOES BACK YEARS.

WE HAVE DONE A COUPLE OF ARTICLES ABOUT THE GENTLEMAN WHO LIVES IN DORCHESTER WHO CREATED THE FIRST CAPE VERDEAN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY.

>> I THINK I REMEMBER READING.

>> WE SEE THE STORIES THAT AREN’T GETTING REPORTED, BUT ALSO TRY TO REACH PEOPLE IN WAYS THEY WILL CONSUME NEWS IN WAYS THAT THEY FEEL SEEM, THAT THEIR PERSPECTIVES ARE UNDERSTOOD.

>> HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO THIS IN A WAY THAT CATERS NOT JUST TO EXISTING NEWS CONSUMERS WHO ARE USED TO PICKING UP A NEWSPAPER, BUT AS YOU KNOW BETTER THAN ME, A LOT OF YOUNGER NEWS CONSUMERS DON’T GET THEIR NEWS THE WAY THAT WE DO.

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE ENGAGING WITH THE STUFF YOU CREATE?

>> WE HAVE DONE SEVERAL COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS AND WHAT WE’RE FINDING IS THAT AMONG A LOT OF YOUNGER PEOPLE, THEY ARE GETTING THEIR NEWS ON TIKTOK AND SOCIAL MEDIA.

IT SHOULDN’T COME AS A SURPRISE TO PEOPLE OF OUR GENERATION THAT YOUNGER FOLKS ARE DOING THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT THAT.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT WRITING IS GOING TO BE OUR MAIN FOCUS, OUR BREAD AND BUTTER.

BUT OUR STORIES ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO GET OUT IN OTHER FORMATS.

THAT MEANS AUDIO, VIDEO.

IF WE WANT TO REACH YOUNG PEOPLE AND WE REALLY DO.

BECAUSE WE WANT YOUNG PEOPLE TO FEEL CONNECTED TO THEIR COMMUNITIES, TO CIVIC LIFE IN BOSTON, WE WANT THEM TO VOTE AND UNDERSTAND WHO’S ON THE BALLOT.

BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS REACH THEM WHERE THEY ARE AT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

HOPEFULLY SOME OF THEM WILL CLICK ON THE STORIES AND GO FOR A DEEPER DIVE.

EVEN IF NOT, THE BEST WAY TO REACH THEM IS WITH AUDIO AND VIDEO.

>> A LOT OF TRADITIONAL NEWS OUTLETS ARE TRYING TO BROADEN THEIR COVERAGE IN A WAY THAT THEY ARE SERVING COMMUNITIES THAT THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE SERVED BEFORE.

WGBH I THINK FITS THAT BILL, THE BOSTON GLOBE.

HAVE YOU RUN INTO ANYONE FROM ESTABLISHED NEWS OUTLETS REACTING A LITTLE BIT DEFENSIVELY TO THIS NEW PROJECT THAT YOU’RE GOING TO BE MOVING AHEAD WITH?

WE ARE ALREADY TRYING TO DO THAT.

YOU ARE CUTTING IN ON THEIR TERRITORY.

>> NO, I THINK THERE’S A GROWING RECOGNITION THAT THERE’S JUST NOT ENOUGH.

THE GLOBE A FEW YEARS BACK SAID WE ARE NO LONGER THE PAPER OF RECORD FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON.

IN THE 1990’S, I UNDERSTOOD WE COULDN’T BE THE PAPER OF RECORD FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

WE HAD TO PICK AND CHOOSE THE STORIES WE DO.

I THINK EVERY NEWS OUTLET IS DOING THAT.

THERE’S ALWAYS MORE ROOM.

I CERTAINLY FELT THAT AT THE BAYSTATE BANNER WHEN I SAW THE GLOBE OR THE DORCHESTER REPORTER PICK UP A STORY THAT I DIDN’T GET TOO, THANK GOD SOMEBODY WROTE ABOUT THAT.

IN THE NEWS ENVIRONMENT, IT’S MORE ABOUT JUST GETTING EVERYTHING COVERED AS MUCH AS WE ALL CAN AND WE DON’T HAVE TO TREAD ON EACH OTHER’S TOES OR MUSCLE EACH OTHER OUT.

THERE’S COMPETITION BOTH -- THERE’S COMPETITION FOR SURE.

PEOPLE ARE GENERALLY HAPPY TO SEE MORE NEWS OUTLETS THAN FEWER.

>> HOW SOON ARE WE GOING TO SEE ACTUAL ARTICLES OR AUDIO PIECES OR VIDEO PIECES CREATED BY THE GREATER BOSTON NEWS BUREAU?

>> WE ARE IN THE EARLY STAGES.

A LOT OF IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH FUNDING WE ARE ABLE TO GET AND HOW SOON.

WE HOPE TO LAUNCH A WEBSITE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

>> THAT SOON.

I WAS THINKING IT MIGHT BE LONGER.

THANKS FOR TALKING TO US AND CONGRATULATIONS.

KATIE: THAT’S IT FOR TONIGHT, BUT COME BACK NEXT WEEKEND LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.

THE EMAIL IS TALKING POLITICS AT WGBH.ORG.

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FOR NOW, INKS FOR WATCHING.

I’M KATIE LANNAN.

GOOD NIGHT.

♪ >> TODAY WE ARE AT THE FAMED MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY WHERE THANKS TO A QUESTION FROM LORRAINE VON SNYDER, WE ARE LITERALLY CHASING RAINBOWS.

>> WIRE THE RAINBOWS THAT I SEE OUTSIDE AFTER A RAINSTORM ALWAYS A PERFECT ARC?

>> RAINBOWS FROM ONE OF NATURES MOST CHARMING TRICKS OF LIGHT AND LIGHT IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS SCIENTIST SPENDS HIS DAYS PONDERING.

IN ORDER FOR A RAINBOW TO APPEAR IN THE SKY, YOU NEED THREE INGREDIENTS.

SUNLIGHT, RAIN DROPS AND YOU.

ALL THREE HAVE TO BE IN A VERY PARTICULAR SPOT FOR THE MAGIC TO HAPPEN.

>> THE SON HAS TO BE BEHIND YOU.

THAT’S THE FIRST THING.

THEN THERE HAS TO BE WATER IN THE ATMOSPHERE IN FRONT OF YOU.

WHAT YOU ALSO WANT TO DO IS LOOK AT THE RIGHT SPOT.

>> THESE POSITIONS ARE CRITICAL BECAUSE OF THE PHENOMENA REPRESENTED BY A RAINBOW.

REFRACTION AND REFLECTION.

REFRACTION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RAINBOWS COLORS.

WHEN SUNLIGHT ENTERS A RAINDROP, IT BENDS.

WHITE LIGHT IS COMPRISED OF A SPECTRUM OF COLORED LIGHT.

EACH COLOR IS AT A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAVELENGTH AND BENDS AT A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE WHEN IT ENTERS THE DROPLET.

>> WE GET AFTER THE LIGHT ENTERS THE RAINDROP AND IS SPLIT INTO ITS COMPONENT COLORS, A SMALL PORTION REFLECTS OFF THE BACK AND HEADS IN A NEW DIRECTION.

WITH EACH COLOR NOW ON A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PATH, IT HEADS BACK DOWN TO THE EARTH AT A VERY PRECISE ANGLE.

40 DEGREES FOR THE RED, 42 DEGREES FOR THE VIOLENCE WITH THE OTHER COLORS IN BETWEEN.

AND THAT’S JUST ONE RAINDROP.

ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING AT AN INCREDIBLE SCALE WITH BILLIONS OF RAYS OF LIGHT HITTING BILLIONS OF RAINDROPS.

>> IT HAPPENS TO EVERY RAINDROP.

IT WILL DO THE REFLECTION, REFRACTION CYCLE.

>> IF YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT POSITION, THE MAGIC ANGLE BETWEEN 40 AND 42 DEGREES, THERE WILL BE RAINDROPS GALORE THROWING IN NUMERAL BEAMS OF DISTINCT RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, LUKE, INDIGO AND VIOLET RIGHT AT YOU.

THE DROPS AT THE PERFECT ANGLE RELATIVE TO THE SUN AND YOU FORM A DISTINCT SHAPE.

>> ON THIS ARC THEY ARE GOING TO SEND THE LIGHT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR ME TO CATCH IT.

>> WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT THREE DIMENSIONALLY.

IT’S LIKE THIS.

YOU CAN THINK OF IT LIKE A CONE WITH YOU AT THE POINT AND THE RAINBOW APPEARING ALONG THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE BASE.

AS FOR WHY THE ENTIRE CIRCUMFERENCE DOESN’T LIGHT UP LIKE A RAINBOW, THE GROUND GETS IN THE WAY.

IF YOU COULD GET UP HIGH ENOUGH SO THERE’S A LOT OF RAIN BELOW YOUR FEET, IMAGINE YOU ARE JACK ON A BEANSTALK.

>> THIS WOULD SHIFT BUT EXTEND FURTHER AND FURTHER BELOW AND START TO ACTUALLY ARC BACK ON ITSELF AND AS IT CLIMBS HIGHER AND HIGHER, IT MIGHT CLOSE.

YOU HAVE A CIRCLE.

>> A WRITTEN CIRCLE.

-- RAIN CIRCLE.

ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL RAINDROPS MAKING THE RAINBOW YOU SEE ARE UNIQUE TO YOUR POSITION AND THEY ARE CHANGING CONSTANTLY MOMENT TO MOMENT.

FORGET ABOUT LEPRECHAUNS AND POTS OF GOLD.

THE REAL MAGIC IS IN THE SCIENCE AND THE FACT THAT EVERY TIME YOU SEE ONE, YOU ARE LITERALLY STANDING IN THE CENTER OF YOUR OWN PERSONAL RAINBOW.

DON’T FORGET TO LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU ARE CURIOUS ABOUT.

BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW COLORFUL THE QUESTION, I MIGHT LOOK INTO IT FOR YOU.

STAY CURIOUS OUT THERE.

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