Patricia Wen
Writer at The Boston Globe
Staff writer for the Boston Globe magazine and former editor of the Spotlight Team bio: https://t.co/qHSKQTxUre
Articles
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5 days ago |
bostonglobe.com | Patricia Wen |John R. Ellement
WORCESTER — An 18-year–old former Assumption University student, charged with misleading police in a “To Catch a Predator”-like scheme gone awry, will have the criminal case dropped if she stays out of trouble for one year. Kelsy Brainard, 18, of Holyoke, appeared in Worcester District Court Friday with her attorney, Christopher Todd of Springfield, where her case was continued without a finding while she is on probation for a year. She is required to perform 40 hours of community service.
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2 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Patricia Wen
After more than a decade as one of its stand-out employees, she received a surprise call from an Exxon vice president in 2020 and was fired. She was told her values no longer aligned with the company, but she blames something else: her decision to join colleagues in raising the alarm on oil drilling projections they believed were vastly inflated — to the tune of $10 billion or more.
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1 month ago |
bostonglobe.com | Patricia Wen
In less than three months, President Trump has upended the world of higher education. He’s launched reviews of billions of dollars in federal funding at elite schools, including $9 billion dollars for Harvard. He withdrew $400 million from Columbia University.
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Jan 21, 2025 |
bostonglobe.com | Patricia Wen
A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I sensed my editor wanted an inspiring feature about a local woman making it big, offering fresh counterprogramming to the grim world in which we live. Figueroa is a Needham native, a 2004 graduate of Northeastern University, and clearly a social media success story. But as I scrolled through her recent posts, full of kindness and joy and good deeds, I started feeling bad. About myself, to be clear.
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Dec 27, 2024 |
bostonglobe.com | Jazmin Aguilera |Patricia Wen
The Boston Globe publishes thousands of stories each year, but only a select few capture the public’s attention for weeks on end. The Secret Lives of Shelby Hewitt: 32 year old high school imposter is one such story—a fascinating tale of a 32-year-old woman who posed as a teenager to re-enroll in high school. This deep dive, narrated and cinematically produced, reveals the ripple effects on the schools, the Department of Children and Families, and the lives of those deceived by her audacious con.
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An update I wrote on the unusual story of high school imposter Shelby Hewitt
From @GlobeMagazine: Why did 32-year-old Shelby Hewitt pretend to be a troubled teen? For a start, she told friends, internal turmoil, a quest for healing, and psychics. https://t.co/PesdVs6mrC
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. https://t.co/aP0871GIEk
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
What did therapist Rebecca Bernat know about the 32-year-old who impersonated a teen student in Boston schools? https://t.co/TycJsC5Yg0
