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17 unusual facts about The Boston Globe


B. J. Upton

In April 2011, The Boston Globe reported that two evaluators in major league baseball opined that the Rays may explore a trade for Upton.

Daniel Strachman

Strachman's articles have appeared in publications including: The Boston Globe, The New York Post, The Financial Times and The American Banker.

David Allyn

The Advocate, The Washington Post, The New York Daily News, The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle.

Frederick Pratson

He also wrote articles for the Boston Globe's travel section and for trade journals and wrote speeches for business executives.

Gaby Dunn

During her sophomore year, Dunn began a two-year stint as a crime reporter for The Boston Globe.

Gideon Freudmann

The Boston Globe said of him, “Taking a modern artist's approach to the four-stringed instrument, Gideon Freudmann has brought the cello to a new realm.”

James Denselow

He has been cited in many international publications including The Boston Globe, Reuters and AFP.

Jean Pierre Reguerraz

Movie critic Ty Burr of The Boston Globe said Family Law "gets a lift" from Reguerraz' portrayal.

Karl Infanger

As a Division 1 high school player in the Merrimack Valley Conference, he was honored as Defenseman of the Year and was selected to The Boston Globe's All-Scholastic Hockey Team.

Meredith Hall

Published by Beacon Press in early 2007, the book has received widespread publicity and has been reviewed in Booklist, The Boston Globe, People, Entertainment Weekly, O: The Oprah Magazine, and Elle.

Michaela Gagne

Gagne has been interviewed nationally on CNN, Fox News and Inside Edition, as well as being featured in various publications including USA Today, Newsweek online (personally written article) and The Boston Globe.

Passive voice

Jan Freeman of The Boston Globe states "all good writers use the passive voice" – including Orwell and Strunk & White themselves, in the sections of their essays criticizing the passive voice.

Salvador Bru

He has been regularly commissioned to illustrate for the Washingtonian magazine, corporations including Mobil, the United States Government, and newspapers such as The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, The Boston Globe and The New York Times.

Sociedad Latina

In 2003, The Boston Globe profiled Sociedad Latina’s Unique Rhythm dance team that performed salsa, merengue, hip-hop, and other styles, with participants receiving tutoring and additional support services.

Split My Taxi

Split My Taxi has received positive reviews from a number of media outlets, including The Boston Globe, The Daily Free Press (BU student newspaper), and BostInno.

The Upsidedown

The album has received national attention, and the band has been noted in several newspapers and magazines as an up-and-coming band to watch, including Magnet, The Boston Globe, and The Oregonian.

Tommy Ton

Reflecting Ton’s international prominence, publications such as the New York Times and The Boston Globe began requesting and running his photographs, widening his influence beyond the internet into printed media.


Al Barkow

The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, The Wall Street Journal, Golf Magazine, Golf Digest, Golf World, Sport, Senior Golfer, Golf Monthly (UK), USGA Golf Journal, Travel & Leisure, The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, Signature, Diversion, Golf Journal, Links Magazine, The Majors Series, Golfiana, Golf Tips Magazine, The GolfWeb, IDV/Sports.

Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House

It has been featured in such diverse publications as Architectural Digest, Country Living, and The Boston Globe, and as been showcased on televisions programs such as America's Castles.

Boston Modern Orchestra Project

The response to the label was immediate and celebratory; its five inaugural releases appeared on the "Best of 2008" lists of The New York Times, The Boston Globe, National Public Radio, Time Out New York, Down Beat magazine, and American Record Guide, among others.

Craig Crossman

Throughout the years his articles have appeared in hundreds of newspapers including The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Orange County Register, The Hawaiian Advertiser, The San Jose Mercury News and The Press-Enterprise.

Holland-Mark

Holland-Mark was once the largest independent agency in New England, serving clients including Citizens Bank, Fidelity Investments, The Boston Globe, Red Lobster, Radisson Hotels, T.J. Maxx, Yankee Candle and more.

Impardonnables

Ty Burr writing for The Boston Globe called the film: "An elegantly rambling Franco-Italian affair about the ways we do each other wrong while trying to do each other right….

Joe Leydon

His work as a journalist, interviewer and feature writer has appeared in the New York Daily News, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, The Tennessean, The Boston Globe, Toronto Star and the Austin American-Statesman; Film Comment and New Orleans magazines.

Justin Lewis

He has written articles for The Guardian, the Los Angeles Times, and The Boston Globe, and is a regular commentator on media, politics and cultural issues for regional and national US and UK media, including BBC Radio 5 Live, the Today programme, BBC TV News, The Independent, The Washington Post, the NBC Today Show, and National Public Radio.

Keri Smith

Smith is a freelance illustrator and has most recently worked for Random House, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Boston Globe as well as for companies like Ford Motor Company, Gallison/Mudpuppy Press and Hallmark.

Kerry Kennedy

Kennedy has appeared numerous times on ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and PBS as well as on networks in countries around the world, and her commentaries and articles have been published in The Boston Globe, The Chicago Sun-Times, L’Unita, The Los Angeles Times, Marie Claire, The New York Times, Página/12, TV Guide and the Yale Journal of International Law.

Lane Sutton

Sutton first became known to the public at the age of 13 when The Boston Globe recognized him for meeting Tony Hsieh, speaking at PodCamp, early start to entrepreneurship and using the computer "at barely 8", and his experience.

Mark Feehily

Mark has spoken to The Boston Globe of his embarrassment about Westlife's Rat Pack-tribute album, Allow Us to Be Frank; he blamed Westlife's label for forcing them to record it after Robbie Williams had success with this type of music.

Marshmallow creme

According to a 2006 Boston Globe article, Massachusetts State Senator Jarrett Barrios proposed a restriction on the number of weekly servings of Marshmallow Fluff (Fluffernutter) sandwiches in the form of an amendment to a bill that will limit junk food in schools.

Morrissey Boulevard

The University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston College High School, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum and The Boston Globe are among the institutions located on Morrissey Boulevard in its northernmost stretch beyond Savin Hill.

Super Sad True Love Story

It was named one of the best books of the year by numerous publications, including The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, O: The Oprah Magazine, Maureen Corrigan of NPR, and Slate.

Suzy Becker

Becker's work has appeared in various publications including Mademoiselle, Funny Times, The Best Contemporary Women’s Humor, Grist.org, SEED, and The Boston Globe.

The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved

In 1970, Bill Cardoso (editor of The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine), wrote Thompson praising the "Kentucky Derby" piece in Scanlan's Monthly as a breakthrough: "This is it, this is pure Gonzo. If this is a start, keep rolling."

Tobias Frere-Jones

His clients have included The Boston Globe, The New York Times, the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, the Whitney Museum, The American Institute of Graphic Arts Journal, and Neville Brody.