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2013-04-26 12.09.38

The Inside Story of the Most Amazing Victim Relief Effort in American History

By Patrick Doyle On January 10, 2014 · Add Comment
Last April, I was living and working in Boston during the marathon bombings. For all the obvious reasons, it was a terrible day; my wife and I ended up walking the four miles the site of the bombings in the Back Bay to our apartment in Jamaica Plain. In the face of the [...]
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Meet the new Boston Police Commissioner

By Patrick Doyle On November 1, 2013 · Add Comment
Today, Boston Mayor Tom Menino announced that he was naming Boston police Superintendent William Evans as the new acting commissioner of the BPD, replacing the outgoing Ed Davis. The announcement’s timing is kind of amazing: Over the summer, I wrote a profile of Evans for the fall issue of Suffolk [...]
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In the Name of the King

By Patrick Doyle On July 30, 2013 · Add Comment
Just published: A story I edited for MATTER—a great new long-form journalism site focused on science—about the political and scientific controversies surrounding the DNA of King Tutankhamun. It’s called “In the Name of the King,” and was written by the super talented Jo Marchant, author of a new book on [...]
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Why Boston needs to build its own fiber-optic Internet network

By Patrick Doyle On June 1, 2013 · Add Comment
On newsstands now: I make the case that Boston’s City Hall ought to start building its own high-speed fiber-optic Internet network in order to stay competitive in the tech sector. Unfortunately, since the monopolistic cable industry has shown no interest in building it, government is going to have to step up. (Illustration by C.J. [...]
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The 25 Most Influential People in Boston Philanthropy

By Patrick Doyle On April 1, 2013 · Add Comment
Out this month: A package I edited for Boston focused on the most powerful people in the city’s philanthropic scene. Some are extraordinarily wealthy; some are pushing the bounds of the sector with social entrepreneurship; others are leading top-notch organizations that are changing the face of the city. They’re all making a huge difference in [...]
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Off to Work We Go: Massachusetts Commuting Methods

By Patrick Doyle On March 11, 2013 · Add Comment
Below are a few maps that I built for a post over at Boston Magazine, using U.S. Census Data (2007-2011 American Community Survey), a KML file of Massachusetts, and Google Fusion Tables. Thanks to both Google and Mu Lin for their tutorials on how to build a legend. A map [...]
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CRMA Finalists 2013: A Ton of Great City Stories

By Patrick Doyle On March 4, 2013 · Add Comment
Earlier today, the City & Regional Magazine Awards finalists were announced. Big congratulations to all the writers, editors, and designers—a lot of very fine work was done this year. Great to see some smaller publications mixing it up with the big guys (I’m looking at you, Texas Monthly.) CRMA, unfortunately, doesn’t [...]
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Resurrection

By Patrick Doyle On November 1, 2012 · Add Comment
The clergy sex abuse scandal exploded onto front pages across the country in 2002. A painful decade later, the Archdiocese of Boston has begun to rebuild. But a stubborn question remains: What kind of man wants to become a priest?
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Cheap Lot

By Patrick Doyle On October 31, 2012 · Add Comment
Parking in Boston seems pricey. It’s not, and we need to make it more expensive. A column on the need of a supply-and-demand parking system for Boston.
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Charity’s Foot Soldiers

By Patrick Doyle On July 1, 2012 · Add Comment
Modern fundraising techniques have turned us into a nation of beggars — and we’re better for it.
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