The Boston Globe's regional reporting and political influence (1960-2000)

1. Spotlight Team is created at the Globe

   Sep 27, 1970Labels: Spotlight Team, Thomas Winship, The Boston

   • Globe Spotlight
   • Spotlight timeline
   • Globe history

2. Somerville corruption series earns Pulitzer Prize

   May 1, 1972Labels: Spotlight Team, Somerville, Pulitzer Prize

   • Globe 1972
   • Globe Pulitzers
   • Spotlight timeline

3. Paul Szep wins first Pulitzer for cartoons

   Jan 1, 1974Labels: Paul Szep, Editorial Cartooning, The Boston

   • Paul Szep
   • Globe Pulitzers

4. Pulitzer-winning school desegregation coverage

   May 6, 1975Labels: The Boston, School Desegregation, Pulitzer Prize

   • Pulitzer 1975
   • Globe Pulitzers

5. Paul Szep wins second Pulitzer for cartoons

   Jan 1, 1977Labels: Paul Szep, Editorial Cartooning, The Boston

   • Paul Szep
   • Globe Pulitzers

6. Spotlight wins Pulitzer for MBTA investigation

   Apr 14, 1980Labels: Spotlight Team, MBTA, Pulitzer Prize

   • Globe Pulitzers
   • Vennochi
   • Boston timeline

7. Race relations series wins 1984 Pulitzer

   Jan 1, 1984Labels: The Boston, Race Relations, Pulitzer Prize

   • Globe Pulitzers

8. Spotlight reveals Bulger–FBI “special relationship”

   Jan 1, 1988Labels: Spotlight Team, James Bulger, FBI

   • Globe Bulger
   • O Neill
   • BU COM

9. New York Times Company buys the Boston Globe

   Oct 1, 1993Labels: New York, The Boston, Ownership Change

   • Globe history
   • Northeastern
   • Washington Post

10. Boston.com launches as an early regional news site

    Oct 30, 1995Labels: Boston com, The Boston, Digital Launch

    • Boston com About
    • Globe history
    • Boston com wiki

11. Spotlight’s Bulger–FBI investigation deepens with 1998 series

    Jul 21, 1998Labels: Spotlight Team, James Bulger, FBI

    • Globe archive
    • Globe Bulger

12. NYT Company buys Worcester Telegram & Gazette

    Jan 1, 1999Labels: New York, Worcester Telegram, Acquisition

    • Globe history