(Tim Logan is a Business Reporter who covers the projects, players and pocketbooks behind Boston’s building boom for the Boston Globe. Tim tracks the ways that growth and development are transforming Greater Boston and the lives of the people who call it home.)
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“We expose corruption, highlight inequities and, sometimes, simply explain to our readers what those institutions are doing in ways no one else really can. With that information, our readers (who are also citizens of a democracy) will sometimes push for change, whether that’s by pushing elected officials to enforce regulations, or pass new laws, or replace them altogether at the ballot box.”
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- “I cover real estate, which is extremely local and affects readers where they live. I often write about large development proposals that would change the neighborhoods around them, and by giving readers details – and context – about these projects I help them better engage in the conversation about what they should look like and how they should function in the city at large.”
- “In the current political climate, there are many things I wish people knew about journalists. I guess the most important is that the vast, vast majority of journalists are utterly normal people – with kids and mortgages and car troubles and health challenges just like anyone else – with no political agenda beyond a desire to make their community a better place. Local journalists live in the places we cover, and most of us care about them deeply. That’s why we do this job.”
(Edited by Wenjia Hong (Kelly))
