The Providence Eye Hires First Full-Time Reporter As Staff Continues to Grow

by Philip Eil

The Providence Eye recently hired its first full-time staff journalist. City News Reporter, Eric Halvarson, officially joined the publication’s staff on February 9. Halvarson has been a regular contributor since August of 2025, when he joined the Eye’s inaugural cohort of News Fellows. His articles [...]

Editor’s Note for Brown Shooting Essays

by Philip Eil

Last week, after the Brown shooting, I wrote an essay for the Eye that included an invitation for people to share their own thoughts. The responses were extraordinary. They came from all over the city: Elmhurst, Fox Point, Mount Hope, the West End. Some offered [...]

Grappling With A Mass Shooting on College Hill: “These are Dark Days for Providence.”

by Philip Eil

One of my goals as The Eye’s opinion editor is to help readers make sense of the city. But, this week, after a mass shooting at Brown University left two students dead and nine injured, that feels impossible. What sense is there in a late-semester [...]

Welcome to the Providence Eye’s Readers’ Voices Section. We’d Love For You to Join the Conversation.

by Philip Eil

For as long as I’ve worked in Rhode Island journalism, something has bothered me. The city of Providence – where I grew up and still live – is diverse, interesting, fresh, and exciting. It’s filled with people from all over the world; of all ages, [...]