Journalism.
I don’t get to write as much as I used to, but here are a few recent(ish) forays into longform narrative reporting.
How to Get Away With Murder
For nearly 50 years, the truth about who shot a high-profile furniture salesman has been one of Boston’s most lasting mysteries. Why the killing of George Hamilton remains unsolved.
↗The Murders Before the Marathon.
In 2013, as the new editor in chief at Boston Magazine, I met a young reporter named Susan Zalkind, who was investigating whether her friend’s murder—part of a savage triple homicide a few years earlier—was tied to the Boston Marathon bombers, and whether law enforcement agents were covering up the connection.
↗The Killing of Franklin Lynch
Fifty years ago, rising Boston soul sensation Franklin Lynch was shot dead by police at Boston City Hospital. The killing of an unarmed man, and its cover-up, inspired Boston’s Black community to invent a new form of civic justice. Why doesn’t anyone remember?
↗Boston’s Olympics Backlash
How Boston’s citizens organized to reject their city’s bid for the Olympic Games.
↗Did the Star-Spangled Banner Land Stravinsky in Jail?
The strange truth behind one of music history’s most persistent—and irresistible—myths.
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