I know I haven’t blogged in ages, but I wanted to take a second here to point to a story I wrote in today’s Globe. The story of Dieuphete Celime, as heartbreaking as it is, is one of ultimate hope. As much as I love covering breaking news/spot news, and as good as I’ve become [...]
I’ve penned about six stories for the Globe in the past week regarding the devastating earthquake in Haiti, and another dozen or so reporters have been working on different angles since the 7.0 quake struck on Jan. 12. But the real news is coming from Maria Sacchetti and now Stephen Smith, who are both in [...]
It may not mean much to some, but the word “staff” is something young journalists seldom take for granted. And after five years, I’m so utterly proud to say that I’m on the staff of The Boston Globe. Today I began a night cops beat job here. I’ll be working three nights a week and [...]
We can report almost any story with a No. 8030 Gregg Rule Reporter’s Notepad (or really any other piece of paper) and a pencil. Not a pen. Ballpoint pens and rollerballs are totally worthless in rain, snow or extreme cold. That makes them useless for more than half of the year here in Boston. A [...]
This is indeed what the 24-hour news cycle is doing to us in the media. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who is also a psychiatrist, went on a shooting rampage in Ft. Hood, Texas. At the end, 13 people were dead, and 30 more were injured. Three other soldiers were detained, questioned, and released after [...]
It’s time to start blogging again. I have a voice, and I want to share that with you. Whether you like it or not. I’m going to talk about my exploits as a freelance journalist and the editor of the happy little online magazine, Blast. This isn’t going to be a Live Journal or a [...]
Covering the governor’s town hall forum last night represented my 500th published news story. I’ve been looking over my progression and writing style lately. I’ve come a long way, but I still have a ton to learn about enterprise reporting and making the most out of long-term stories. Spot news — breaking news that’s usually [...]
Today’s props go to Tom Chambers, who released a plugin for WordPress that puts dates and times into Associated Press style. Kudos! Blast Magazine is using it now!
It seems like whenever I blog about, speak about or read a Kevin Cullen column, I write, say or think to myself, “man, this is his best one yet.” It will be hard to top this.
Whoever came up with the tongue-in-cheek talking fish advertisements on MBTA trains for Legal Sea Foods should be given a nice fat raise, maybe an award and certainly a promotion after the Boston Globe put them on page one and Fox 25 ran a two-minute video package focusing on the ads. You can’t buy ad [...]