Articles
It’s About Time
Fifth anniversary issue piece on idea that went nowhere: Longer school days.
CommonWealth
February 28, 2001
$25 for your baby’s life…
Story on why some states do – and others don’t – offer newborn screening that can alert parents to dangerous, but hidden conditions.
Good Housekeeping
January 31, 2001
Every day I would eat less and less
Eating disorders among teenage boys.
Good Housekeeping
July 31, 2000
Blown Away: Buffeted by the 24/7 Wired-and-Working Culture, Many Americans Feel They are Losing Their Grip
Cover story.
Boston Globe Magazine
June 24, 2000
Campus Politics: Bulger Remakes UMass Image – And His Own
Cover story.
CommonWealth
May 31, 2000
Alone Together
Cover story. Story on six months inside a cancer support group.
Boston Globe Magazine
July 25, 1998
The Gender Factor: In our efforts to give girls a boost in school are we creating new problems – for girls as well as boys?
Cover story.
Boston Globe Magazine
November 8, 1997
Inspired Choices: What Makes People Enter The Clergy at Mid-Life?
Cover story.
Boston Globe Magazine
December 21, 1996
They’ve Got Your Number
Cover story. Inside telemarketing.
Boston Globe Magazine
August 3, 1996
High Tech Baby Boom
Cover story. The egg donation quandary.
Boston Globe Magazine
May 11, 1996
Too Busy To Play: Are We Overscheduling Our Children?
Cover story.
Boston Globe Magazine
February 10, 1996
The Word Factory
Inside Merriam-Webster, the nation’s largest and oldest dictionary publisher. Reprint version for The Washington Post.
Boston Globe Magazine
January 13, 1996
Getting From A to B
The struggle for adults who can’t read.
Boston Globe Magazine
November 25, 1995