Tag: boston globe
Boston Globe consumer advocacy reporter stands up for the “regular Joe”
A news story must have a “Hey Mah-tha” factor in order to generate a strong reaction, said Sean P. Murphy, a 32-year Boston Globe veteran, who is now a consumer […]
How The Boston Globe is using a suite of niche products to cover the booming business of marijuana
Last December, The Boston Globe launched a marijuana section – three months before the first recreational dispensary opened in Massachusetts. The section wasn’t the Globe’s first foray into the world […]
“Always be willing to learn new topics and skills.”
Gal Tziperman Lotan, a reporter for the Boston Globe, recently visited Northeastern University to discuss the intricacies of covering metro Boston, which can range from covering meetings to murders. Lotan, […]
How the Boston Globe reported on hip hop’s fascination with quarterback Tom Brady
Everyone had questions for Tom Brady at Super Bowl LIII media day, as the then-41-year-old NFL quarterback closed in on his sixth Super Bowl ring. How would the New England […]
Tips on writing editorials from the Boston Globe’s Marcela García
To speak for people requires bravery. Marcela García, the first and only Latina member of the Globe’s editorial board, strongly believes journalists need a sense of conviction. A writer should […]
“It’s like a Serial for relationships.” Behind the scenes of the “Love Letters” podcast.
The Boston Globe’s “Love Letters” column has been doling out advice to lovelorn letter-writers for nearly a decade. Behind this advice is columnist Meredith Goldstein, who has addressed everything from […]
How The Boston Globe uncovered fraud at Massachusetts nonprofits
Recently, the Internal Revenue Service made more than 2.3 million forms filed by nonprofits from all over the country available in an online database, open to the public. Todd Wallack, a […]
Moderating the masses: How the Boston Globe guided discourse about race in Boston
Hosting an open forum online about race sounds like every PR person’s worst nightmare. But not for Heather Ciras, The Boston Globe’s audience engagement editor, who led a discussion in […]
Meet the Media Innovation student who builds Boston Globe data stories
Growing up in an “underdeveloped suburb” in China’s Hebei Province, Yan Wu pored over every page of the newspapers that her father took home from work. Wu’s family couldn’t afford […]
The Athletic hopes to solve sports reporting with fewer ads and deeper stories
Imagine chopping the sports section out of a newspaper and selling it on its own, online, along with sections from 14 other cities. That’s the product The Athletic founders Adam […]
How The Boston Globe visualized extreme sports and ramped up excitement for Big Air at Fenway
On February 11 and 12, 2016, Boston hosted “Big Air at Fenway,” a snowboarding and free skiing event held at Fenway Park that featured an array of world class skiers […]
How The Boston Globe brought Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale’s unique delivery to life
The Red Sox’s acquisition of pitcher Chris Sale in December has proved fruitful: The lefty ace has had, by almost any measure, the most dominant season by a Sox starting […]
How newsrooms large and small are learning to grow new revenue streams
Bigger, entrepreneurial newsrooms are innovating ways to grow revenue. Smaller newsrooms? Their path is less clear. Here’s the good news for bigger newsrooms: The financial picture is not quite so bleak. […]
Katie Kingsbury on the Boston Globe’s interactive transition graphic
The Boston Globe has published a striking interactive graphic of the Trump transition. Titled “A transition like no other,” there’s an entry for every day since Donald Trump’s election. Each box has a thumbnail […]
How The Boston Globe used digital tools to call for new gun laws
This article originally appeared on the Society for News Design (SND) website and was written by Kyle Ellis, Director of Strategic Programs for SND. At just after 9 p.m. on Wednesday, June 15, The Boston […]
An artful telling of the tragic: Behind the scenes of a Boston Globe mini-documentary
After nearly dying at the hands of his abusive stepfather, five-year-old Strider Wolf is placed in the care of his grandparents who live in a 24-foot camper in the woods […]