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David Abel

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David Abel is a Boston Globe reporter and 2013 Nieman Fellow.

One Reporter's Lessons From Delivering His Own Newspaper

One Reporter’s Lessons From Delivering His Own Newspaper

The Boston Globe had a major delivery snafu for its print paper last week. The staff responding by going door to door themselves
Boston Strong

Boston Strong

A year ago, I was lapping up all Harvard had to offer, from poetry criticism with Helen Vendler to economic policy with Larry Summers. Even more compelling were my fellow…

“A Marathon Without a Finish”

All of a sudden, I heard a massive boom. I felt the ground shake, and saw the plume of white smoke rising from the sidewalk. Then I heard the second…
“Some of the Worst Things I've Ever Seen”

“Some of the Worst Things I’ve Ever Seen”

A still from the video shot by David Abel.As part of his Nieman Fellowship, Boston Globe reporter David Abel is taking a class on how to make documentary films. Yesterday…