Sydney Boles

Former Staff

Sydney Boles was an associate producer for Radio Boston. She joined WBUR in 2022.

Sydney holds a bachelor's degree in Global Studies from Long Island University and a master's degree in Journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. Before coming to Boston, she covered the coal industry in Kentucky for the Ohio Valley ReSource and served as audience engagement editor and newsletter editor for WJCT News 89.9 in Jacksonville, Florida.

Originally from Upstate New York, Sydney enjoys playing Dungeons and Dragons and dabbling in too many crafts.

Recently published

A batch of Joe Frogger cookies. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Hidden North Shore history as told through Marblehead's signature rum and molasses cookie

Joe Frogger cookies have been featured on the menu at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Radio Boston

11:30Nov 22, 2023

The city of Boston's archaeological dig at 42-44 Shirley St. in Roxbury. (Courtesy city of Boston's Archaeology Department)

What former slave quarters in Roxbury could teach us about Boston's history

The city uncovered the remains of slave quarters on the grounds of the Shirley-Eustis House in Roxbury last year. The city archaeologist believes it one of the only known quarters...

Radio Boston

15:43Oct 23, 2023

"Isabella Stewart Gardner" by John Singer Sargent in the Gothic Room. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

What to know about Isabella Stewart Gardner, the woman behind one of Boston's most celebrated museums

Thousands walk through her home-turned-museum every year, but do we really know who Isabella Stewart Gardner was? A fresh look at her life reveals that we may be remembering her...

Radio Boston

14:41Sep 26, 2023

What Boston's COVID-19 archives can tell us about preparing for the next pandemic

Three years ago today, Massachusetts logged its first case of the coronavirus. We reflect back on the last three years of this pandemic with Marta Crilly, an archivist with the...