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Patricia Wen

@globepatty

Staff writer for the Boston Globe magazine and former editor of the Spotlight Team
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The Globe Spotlight Team's powerful piece today about social and racial disparities in a stage of life that so many don't want to think about -- the end of life. It's a three-part series, Last Words, running today through Tuesday. apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/investig…

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It was tremendous to have Mike Stanton, former Providence Journal investigative reporter & author of Prince of Providence, one of our Spotlight fellows this year. His powerful piece out now. In Weymouth, a brute lesson in power politics bostonglobe.com/2020/12/12/met… via The Boston Globe

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For the first time in the five decades of the Boston Globe Spotlight Team, we are opening up one position to a possible outside hire. If you're got strong experience in investigative reporting and shown leadership on past projects, please send info here. …stonglobemediapartners.applytojob.com/apply/cwGEUcD9…

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Boston's hospitals have stood out nationally for years - but this Globe Spotlight Team report shows they are on top in a new questionable way. Great work led by reporter Liz Kowalczyk Liz Kowalczyk & data work by our Spotlight fellow Sarah Ryley @MissRyley bostonglobe.com/2021/04/03/met…

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Failure of command: After the COVID-19 tragedy at the Holyoke Soldiers' Home, Governor Baker and a top deputy blamed others. A Boston Globe Spotlight Team investigation examines their own roles behind the scenes. apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/investig… via The Boston Globe

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One of the most difficult assignments in journalism: How to report what happens behind prison walls. A remarkable investigative piece out of the Globe Spotlight Team - The Taking of Cell 15 - by reporters Mark Arsenault and Matt Rocheleau

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Took great persistent digging by Globe Spotlight reporters Liz Kowalczyk and Sarah Ryley to get this story - and even before we published, change. Boston Globe Spotlight Team @missryley bostonglobe.com/2021/10/09/met…

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A powerful, revealing two-part series, Lobster Trap, a partnership betw the Boston Globe and Portland Press Herald. Special support came from Participant, which co-produced the movie “Spotlight” and funds the Globe’s Spotlight Fellowship program. Day 1: apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/2021/12/…

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Before Evergrande shook the global economy, it collaborated with a top Boston hospital to create a new hospital in China. What could go wrong? Almost everything. bostonglobe.com/2021/12/26/met… via The Boston Globe

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Amazing work by Globe Spotlight reporters Mark Arsenault and Meghan Irons exposing the lingering injustices of the Massachusetts felony-murder laws. This report took a lot of digging -- and a lot of heart too. Mark Arsenault @MeghanIrons Boston Globe Spotlight Team

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The Globe's digital and video team contributed immensely to Spotlight's investigation into the lingering injustices in the state's felony murder laws. Thanks John Hancock. And check out this video of Jabir Pope by Caitlin Healy with help from editor @anushelb @bostonglobe

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Powerful investigation by reporter Liz Kowalczyk Liz Kowalczyk who filed scores of public record requests and unearthed painful details about life in group homes for autistic students

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The latest installment of our "Beyond the Gilded Gate" project -- and more to come. A huge combined effort from our team and so many in the newsroom.

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🧵It's no accident that Brookline is a preserve for the privileged. A look back at history reveals decades of exclusionary actions. Now a state deadline is approaching and the suburb's response is unclear: Will it be part of a regional housing solution? trib.al/btAXxS2

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In the unbearable aftermath of losing a child, hundreds of women each year face blame: in child welfare, in the criminal justice system, in damning notations on death certificates. A new Boston Globe Spotlight report explores who gets penalized and why. bostonglobe.com/2023/12/13/met…

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My first piece as a Boston Globe magazine writer - and huge thanks to my editor Francis Storrs Francis Storrs for coming up with the idea of a deep dive into this case and superb editing. bostonglobe.com/2024/05/01/mag…

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A new twist in the unusual saga of a 32-year-old Boston high school imposter - this one about therapist Rebecca Bernat and what she may have already known about Shelby Hewitt's real age and name

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My magazine editor suggested I check out this unconventional heiress at Harvard. Turned into a fascinating deep dive about the status of women in the 1940s - and crime-scene investigation. bostonglobe.com/2024/08/14/spe…