Christopher Gavin

About Christopher Gavin

I am an experienced and eager storyteller dedicated to fostering community through narrative. I\'m committed to clean copy, deadlines, and creating change for the better.I am a staff reporter for The Boston Globe covering all things Rhode Island.Prior, I was a breaking news reporter for The Messenger, a national online news publication that launched in May 2023 and folded in January 2024. I covered everything from courts and crime in Colorado, Florida, and Massachusetts to the frantic search for the missing Titan submersible, lost during its plunge to the Titanic shipwreck. I wrote focusing on speed, brevity and accuracy and worked to scoop out exclusives for our site.Previously, I was a general assignment news reporter for Boston.com, where I frequently covered Boston City Hall, Massachusetts politics, and crime, and occasionally wrote about music and real estate. Some of my portfolio highlights include in-depth coverage of the 2021 mayoral and 2022 gubernatorial elections, a look into the evolving local news industry, and contributions to an award-winning 2019 series on the state\'s legal marijuana industry, a year after its launch. During my tenure, my work earned eight awards from the New England Newspaper and Press Association for business, history, weather, and human interest features, among other stories, between 2021 and 2023.Before joining Boston.com in 2018, I was a staff reporter for The Milford Daily News and a correspondent for The Boston Globe, where I covered breaking news in the city and the communities west of Boston. At the Daily News, my work included an inside look at a dispute between elected officials and the police chief regarding the latter\'s work contract, coverage of several major court cases, human interest features, and the steady stream of local news on a two-community beat. After one year, I was moved onto the flagship Milford beat and launched a Sunday column focusing on local and state politics.My passions include my guitars, Bruce Springsteen, and the future of local news.Email: c••••••••@gmail.com | Twitter:@chris_m_gavin | Threads:@christopher_gavin

Experience

1. Rhode Island Express Desk Reporter, the Boston Globe

   Boston Globe Media

   Aug 2024 — Present · Providence, RI, US

   Covering Rhode Island for The Boston Globe as a general assignment and breaking news reporter.Assignments span a wide variety of beats, from crime and courts to business, real estate, and human interest features. Notable stories to date include a scoop on how an early demo of \"Psycho Killer\" by Talking Heads resurfaced at RISD, a feature on the novel \"Autism Flies\" program at TF Green airport, and reporting in the wake of the deadly January 2025 Washington DC plane crash that killed a mother and son from Barrington, R.I. and dozens of others.Received two first place and one third place award from The Rhode Island Press Association in the “Spot News Story,” “Local Tourism Story,” and “News Story - Short” categories, respectively, in the association’s 2024 Editorial Awards.Make regular appearances on the Globe\'s \"Rhode Island Report\" podcast and on WPRI, the CBS affiliate for Providence, R.I.

Education

• Emerson College

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Journalism

  2012

Skills

• Creative Writing
• Writing
• Storytelling
• Ap Style
• Publications
• Social Media
• Audacity
• Feature Articles
• Wordpress
• Copy Editing
• News Writing
• Word
• Journalism
• Editorial
• Editing
• Final Cut Pro
• Breaking News
• Photography
• Web Content
• Twitter
• Microsoft Office
• Social Networking
• Press Releases
• Newspapers
• Facebook
• Online Journalism
• Blogging