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LATEST WORK

Restart: The future of the Marathon

After the recent events, what will the future of the Boston Marathon look like?

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Restart: The future of the Marathon

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Fox 25 interview on Boston Marathon future



Boston Marathon tragedy: The week we’ll never forget

Neil Swidey reflects on a city’s return to something like normalcy

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Boston Marathon tragedy: The week we’ll never forget



Greetings from Gun Valley

Booming sales. Good-paying factory jobs. Tax breaks for employers. With
little fanfare, firearms manufacturing is thriving in our blue, blue state.


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Greetings from Gun Valley

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Fox 25 interview on MA gun industry



Azores, a perfect destination for Boston travelers

A four-hour direct flight from Boston brings you to this string of
volcanic islands, and transports you to an altogether other world.


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Azores, a perfect destination for Boston travelers



How to talk (really talk) to your kids

How smartphones, family dinners, and admitting
you don’t know everything can help you connect.


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How to talk (really talk) to your kids



2012 Bostonians of the Year: Raisman and Harrison

US women snared more gold medals than the entire squads of all but two countries at the Olympics,
led by two of our own.


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2012 Bostonians of the Year: Raisman and Harrison

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Long after London Gold



The New Eavesdroppers

Their algorithms collect and decode the context of all your tweets and Facebook posts -- and everybody else's.
Their work could change the face of TV, politics and a whole lot more.


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The New Eavesdroppers

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Bluefin Labs: Decoding online chatter



The PANDAS puzzle: Can a common infection cause OCD in kids?

A medical mystery that has families in crisis.

Readers weigh in on PANDAS

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The PANDAS puzzle: Can a common infection cause OCD in kids?

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Watch the Fox 25 interview

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Watch the CNN interview segment



The End of Romney's Run

The candidate’s strength was also his undoing.

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Why Mitt Romney lost



The self-promoting, fan-financed, go-it-alone star

How Louis C.K., Matt Nathanson, Amanda Palmer and other artists are seizing control
and rocking the entertainment world


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The self-promoting, fan-financed, go-it-alone star



N.Y. vs. Boston: The endgame

They’ve dwarfed us in size, eclipsed us in culture, and dominated us on the diamond.
And now they’re coming for the one thing we have left: our smarts.


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N.Y. vs. Boston: The endgame

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What does it take to become a Disney star?

Why so many kids have come to expect fame, and what parents need to know
about the sometimes treacherous world of searching for stardom.


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What does it take to become a Disney star?

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What if the lights go out?

In our wired society, surviving even a day without electricity can be a hardship
(Just ask the nearly 2 million of us who lost it last October). But thanks to the
combination of freak storms and a groaning grid, darker days may still be ahead.


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What if the lights go out?

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SPOTLIGHT

The Romney Files

Stories on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney

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Making Seamus famous: The origin of the Romney dog story

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A Father's Fall

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Privilege, tragedy, and a young leader

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The Family Man (including Seamus)



PolitiFact explores the genesis of the Seamus story, and a NYT columnist's obsession with it: Read more


The Story That Continues to Dog Romney
Neil sits down with NPR host Bob Garfield to discuss the story that won't go away

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THE 9/11 LEGACY

The Big Uneasy

A reporter remembers the terrible feeling that separated 9/11 from other tragedies

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From the archives

Bin Laden's Brother

Putting a Price Tag on Each Life Lost

LATEST BOOK NEWS

The Assist honored by Iowa High School Book Awards 2011-2012 Read more



The Assist named a finalist for the Rosie Award, Indiana's high school book award. Read more



Boston Latin Academy selects The Assist as its 2011 Common Reading Book. Read more




WHATEVER HAPPENED TO...

Updating our most memorable Boston Globe Magazine cover stories.


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Fallen Surgeon Updated


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Self-Destruct MD Original


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Gender Change Updated


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Doctors Journey Original


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The Swindler Updated


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Inside Job Original


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Goodbye Girlhood Updated


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Turning 12 Original



BOOKS

Assist Kennedy-The Last Lion

-Now in paperback, with new Epilogue
-A Washington Post Best Book of 2008
-A Boston Globe Bestseller

-Neil a coauthor of new Kennedy bio
-A New York Times Bestseller
-Published by Simon & Schuster

Stories featured
in these anthologies

Best Crime Reporting 2005
Best Science Reporting 2006
Best Crime Reporting 2007
Best Political Writings 2007

 

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MAGAZINE STORIES

Narrative Projects

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The Youngest Brother

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Family and Education

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Technology

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Recent Bostonians of the Year

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Bostonians of the Year

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Science and Medicine

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Popular Culture

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Crime and Justice

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Sports

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Politics

Religion, Real Estate, the World and Life

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