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| Born | 1972 (age 52–53) Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Education | S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications |
| Occupation | journalist |
| Known for | The Boston Globe U.S. News & World Report |
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Lylah M. Alphonse (born 1972) is an American journalist.
Alphonse was born inPrinceton, New Jersey, the oldest child ofGerard A. Alphonse, aHaitian electrical engineer, inventor and research scientist, and Tehmina M. Alphonse,[1] aParsi restaurateur from India.[2] She attendedPrinceton Day School, graduating in 1990.[3]
A graduate of theS.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications atSyracuse University,[4] Alphonse was inducted to the Newhouse School's Alumni Hall of Fame in 2000.[5] In 2025, she was awarded thePrinceton Day School Alumni Achievement Award,[6] which honors alumni who have achieved excellence in their chosen field and who have made a commitment to helping others.[7]
In 1994, Alphonse began working as an editor atThe Boston Globe inBoston, where she eventually became a member of the newspaper'sSunday magazine staff.[8] She also wrote frequently for their Travel,[9] Food,[10] National & Foreign News, and Living/Arts[11] sections. She has also been Consulting Editor for theFezana Journal,[12] Managing Editor atWork It, Mom!,[13] and Senior Editor and Writer at Yahoo.com,[14] where she covered news, parenting trends, health, women's issues,[15] and politics and interviewedFirst Lady Michelle Obama,[16] presidential advisor Valerie Jarrett,[17] and others.
She became the managing editor for special reports atU.S. News & World Report in June 2013, and was promoted to managing editor for news a year later.[18][19] After a brief tenure as Senior Vice President of Laurel Strategies, a strategic communications firm based in Washington, D.C.,[20] she rejoinedThe Boston Globe as the editor of their Rhode Island bureau in October 2020.[21] In March 2023,The Boston Globe launched their New Hampshire bureau with Alphonse "editing and shaping Boston Globe New Hampshire as well."[22]
Alphonse formerly wrote the blogThe 36-Hour Day blog[23] andWrite. Edit. Repeat.,[24] is the author ofTriumph Over Discrimination: The Life Story of Farhang Mehr[25] (ISBN 0-9709937-0-6), and has contributed articles toOur Times (5th edition, Bedford Books, 1998) andInteractions: A Thematic Reader (Houghton Mifflin Co., 1999).[26] She is a frequent guest on WGBH-TV news shows[27] in Boston and offers commentary onRhode Island PBS Weekly in Rhode Island.[28]
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