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This six-day series in print and online coincided with the hugely popular podcast produced by the Boston Globe Spotlight team and Wondery. The “split screen” concept conceived for print became part of a collaboration with the digital team.
‘A gangster’s end.’ The violent end to a violent life. The goal of this concept was to convey the life of a career criminal without glorifying a life built on the pain and suffering of others.
‘The nation was splintering over race and war, and Boston was hardly immune. But something else was stirring here — the prospect of a fresh start in City Hall, and, at Fenway, glimmerings of the implausible: hope.’
Former FBI Director James Comey released a prepared statement prior to giving testimony.
‘He has traveled so far, from near fatal abuse to here, invisible among Maine’s poorest, in the care of grandparents who have little left to give but love — and just enough of that.’ Society of Newspaper Design recognition.
‘Parkland. Las Vegas. Sutherland Springs. Newtown. On and on: In America, mass shootings have become so familiar that they seem to follow the same sad script.’
‘It is the hardest question hurled our way: Is this a racist city? A Spotlight Team investigation finds it is still far too hard to be black in Boston, with stark inequities in opportunity and power.’
A 2018 Pulitzer Finalist in Local Reporting.
This four-page special section made a case for a ban on semi-automatic weapons that drew national attention. Special recognition from the Society of News Design judges.
First day in an ongoing series on the state of the Massachusetts mental health care system.
After nearly two years, the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for the Boston Marathon bombing concludes with the ultimate sentence.
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‘No one thought much about the streetcar rattling toward the open Summer Street drawbridge that November evening in 1916, but then who could know it wouldn’t stop.’
‘Commutes in Greater Boston keep getting longer, even a a new era of transportation dawns. How do we get there from here?’
‘Facial recognition technology keeps getting better. Someday, it may reveal things about us that we’d rather keep secret. Are we ready?’
‘All eyes may be on Trump, but a new conservatism is taking shape in his shadow’
‘Reforming law enforcement can’t just be about preventing excessive policing. It also has to address the problem of under-policing.’
‘We are seeking places where secrets are held, hoping to defy our isolation in the universe.’
‘As the coronavirus forces us to rebuild society and the economy, we can accelerate progress on the climate.’
‘We lead the nation in many social measures that have a direct impact on how we live. How did we get here, what can we learn from our success, and what can we teach other states?’
‘If elected, Joe Biden will have to answer to an antiracist movement that isn’t going away’
‘How a Black Lives Matter rally arose in a haven for white supremacists.’