A British flag is seen next to flowers after a vigil in Albert Square, Manchester, England, Tuesday May 23, 2017, the day after the suicide attack at an Ariana Grande concert that left 22 people dead as it ended on Monday night. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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May 24, 2017

In the last several years, journalists around the United States have covered terrorism, racial violence and other local stories that made national news.

And as they have, other newsrooms who’ve been there have reached out with a simple gesture — food. The tradition usually involves pizza, and it’s traveled from Chicago to Boston, from Boston to Baltimore, from Baltimore to Charleston, from around the country to Orlando, from Orlando and around the country to Dallas and from Dallas to Miami.

On Wednesday, The Boston Globe took the tradition transatlantic and sent pizzas to England’s Manchester Evening News as journalists there cover the deadly terrorist attack outside a concert.

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Kristen Hare
Kristen Hare is Poynter's director of craft and local news. She teaches local journalists the critical skills they need to serve and cover their communities.…
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