David Boeri
After Edward R. Murrow awards, Emmy awards, Radio and Television News Directors Association awards, Society of Professional Journalists awards and after being named Boston’s Best Political Reporter, David Boeri is making WBUR his next venue for award-winning journalism. David has reported stories such as the wars in El Salvador and Kosovo, environmental issues in Belize, politics in Canada and organized crime in Boston. In the WBUR newsroom, we try not to eavesdrop on the calls he gets from the many sources he has developed through the years.
While David’s television work at WCVB-TV and WGBH-TV is legendary, his entire career in broadcasting is impressive. In the early days of public radio in Alaska, he worked at KFSK in Petersburg, where he would sign off with “You’re listening to KFSK, the only station on your dial.” David is a writer at heart, and he has contributed to publications such as The New York Times Sunday Magazine, The Boston Globe, Oceans, Yankee, Boston Magazine, and The Boston Phoenix. David is the author of two books.
After several years as a commercial fisherman in Boston, he wrote “Tell it Good-bye Kiddo: The Decline of the New England Offshore Fishery.” He later lived and hunted with Eskimo whalers in Northwestern Alaska and authored “People of the Ice Whale” (E.P. Dutton; Harcourt, Brace) about an endangered culture’s hunt for an endangered whale.
Boston University Remembers Students Killed Abroad
About 250 students, faculty members and well-wishers gathered in front of Marsh Chapel on the Boston University campus for a candlelight vigil for the victims.
Salem Customs Official Embroiled In Immigration Scandal To Get New Trial
Judge Douglas Woodlock has ruled that he made a mistake in the instructions he gave jurors in the trial of Lorraine Henderson, the former Boston area ports director for Customs and Border Protection.
The Impossible Dream: Lonborg Recalls His ‘Finest Hour’
The 1967 Impossible Dream season shook the life back into the mausoleum that Fenway Park had become. We catch up with pitcher Jim Lonborg.
Mehanna Courtroom Speech Garners Varied Reactions
Tarek Mehanna, the Sudbury man convicted of terrorism-related charges, gave a lengthy speech at his sentencing hearing Thursday afternoon.
Boston Appeals Court Hears Case Of IRA Interviews
The Irish journalist who directs the project and its lead researcher want to prevent the release of confidential interviews to British police.
Ex-Mass. Treasurer Cahill Facing Corruption Charges
Attorney General Martha Coakley alleges that Cahill, as treasurer, dipped into the state's lottery ad budget to help his gubernatorial campaign in 2010.
Taped Phone Call Has Prosecutor Under Scrutiny
A New Bedford murder case may be facing dismissal Friday because a taped conversation between the defendant and his lawyer was presented to a grand jury, possibly violating attorney/client privilege.
Appeals Court Upholds Defense Attorney’s Contempt Conviction
"I'll go to jail probably, probably because all I did was my job," said attorney Barry Wilson.
Bulger Girlfriend Considers Guilty Plea
The brother of one of "Whitey" Bulger's alleged murder victims says he's been told by a representative for federal prosecutors that Catherine Greig is considering pleading guilty to helping Bulger to evade capture.
Questions Remain In Coerced Worcester Confession
We follow-up on a coerced confession involving a 16-year-old girl charged with murdering her 13-month-old son. The Worcester Police Department has still not made an accounting.
