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Neil Swidey

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Editor-at-Large at The Boston Globe

Journalist. Professor/Director of Journalism Program, @BrandeisU. Editor-at-large, @BostonGlobeMag. Author, Trapped Under the Sea; The Assist. Also: https://t.co/fZJPGMMbVG

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  • 2 months ago | bostonglobe.com | Neil Swidey

    This article is part of an effort to resurface Globe readers’ most loved stories or timeless reports you might have missed. It was originally published on May 2, 2015. It was updated on April 10, 2025, with a new headline,but is otherwise unchanged. As usual, Longwood Avenue, the main artery through Boston’s vast medical-industrial complex, is as clogged as any in even the most desperate cardiac patient.

  • May 6, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Neil Swidey

    As soon as the news about the South Dakota governor’s dead dog broke, I felt a knot in my stomach. That wasn’t just because of Governor Kristi Noem’s almost theatrical cruelty in bragging about the time she took her family’s 14-month-old wirehaired pointer, Cricket, out back and shot her dead, for the sin of being insufficiently responsive to commands. Of course, I would find the story revolting—I have a functioning heart.

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Neil Swidey @neilswidey
8 May 25

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Neil Swidey @neilswidey
9 Nov 24

More evidence that fake news spreads faster. My clever student Lulu asked me to pretend on camera to be annoyed when she brought her adorable hedgehog to class on Election Day. 3 million views later...https://t.co/4moJW5EpCx

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Neil Swidey @neilswidey
6 Jun 24

RT @samjmintz: The latest story from our collaboration with Brandeis U and @neilswidey is an emotional profile about a Brookline woman who,…