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Patricia Osgood serves as features editor at The Brookline Standard, overseeing the paper's long-form journalism and directing coverage of education, community institutions, and the broader social currents that shape life in the region.

As a reporter and editor, Osgood has been drawn to stories that require patience — the kind of coverage that follows a school district through a difficult decision-making process, or traces the slow evolution of a neighborhood over several years.

Osgood has written about education policy, the changing role of public institutions in civic life, and the particular pressures facing communities navigating growth and demographic change.