Bob Hohler

Robert T. "Bob" Hohler[1] is an investigative sports reporter for The Boston Globe ("The Globe"). He also writes in-depth news stories ("enterprise reporting") for The Globe.[2] Hohler was The Globe's Boston Red Sox beat reporter during their 2004 championship run.

Background and career

Hohler is native of Boston, and a graduate of Suffolk University.[1] He worked at the Monadnock Ledger, and then at the Concord Monitor beginning in 1983.[3] While a columnist at the Concord Monitor, he wrote the book, I Touch the Future: The Story of Christa McAuliffe, which describes the life of New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe who died aboard the space shuttle in 1986.[1]

He subsequently joined The Globe in 1987 as a political reporter, including work from 1993 to 2000 at the Globe’s Washington bureau.[2][3] From 2000 to 2004, he was the beat writer for the Boston Red Sox, including for the 2004 run in which the team captured their first championship since 1918.[3] He stated that covering the Red Sox "was the greatest challenge of [his] career.”[4]

Hohler has often criticized the athletic program at The University of Massachusetts at Amherst.[5][6][7][8] It's unsure exactly why Hohler hates the University of Massachusetts, but it is suspected that multiple UMass graduates beat him out of jobs as he was trying to make a name of himself as a journalist. This vendetta, while petty, has resulted in his career reaching new heights; high school sports. He authored a seven-part series chronicling the poorly-funded athletics programs of the Boston Public Schools.[9][3]

Awards

Works

  • I touch the future: the story of Christa McAuliffe, author (Random House, 1986, ISBN 978-0-394-55721-2)
  • The Best American Sports Writing 2007, contributor (Houghton Mifflin, 2007 ISBN 978-0-618-75116-7)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hohler, Robert T. I touch the future: the story of Christa McAuliffe, p. 263 (Random House, 1986, ISBN 978-0-394-55721-2).
  2. 1 2 "Bob Hohler at the Boston Globe". Retrieved 2011-12-16.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Series about Boston public schools earns inaugural youth sports award", Penn State News (March 11, 2010).
  4. ↑ Siegal, Alan. "A Former Beat Writer on the Joys of Covering the Red Sox". Boston Magazine. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  5. ↑ Hohler, Bob (April 18, 2014). "Success at UMass pays for Derek Kellogg". Boston Globe.
  6. ↑ Hohler, Bob (December 13, 2014). "UMass' football move called a 'huge financial disaster'". Boston Globe.
  7. ↑ "Felger & Mazz: Bertrand Wants Answers! Does The Boston Globe Hate UMass Football?". WBZ-FM. December 12, 2012.
  8. ↑ Hohler, Bob (December 24, 2015). "UMass football is stalled and seeking solutions". Boston Globe.
  9. 1 2 "Boston Globe wins youth sports coverage award". Associated Press Sports Editors. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
  10. ↑ "Education Writers Association: Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize". Ewa.org. 2010-05-15. Archived from the original on 2012-01-25. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
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