Deputy editor, Globe Spotlight Team. Former longtime managing editor/investigations at The Times-Pic | The Advocate.
Joined April 2011
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Gordon Russell retweeted
29 Oct 2025
DEA claims of 171 'high-level' Sinaloa Cartel arrests in New England? Overblown. @GlobeSpotlight investigation found they arrested shoplifters, addicts. bostonglobe.com/2025/10/29/m… @BostonGlobe @GlobeAndrewRyan @hannaskrueger @joeflech @reporterporter @AmandaMilkovits @GordonRussell1
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Gordon Russell retweeted
28 May 2025
Former @latimes reporter @mayalau is SUING ex-sheriff Alex Villanueva, ex-detective Mark Lillienfeld and the county, saying they violated her 1A rights when they criminally investigating her for reporting on a list of problem deputies: latimes.com/california/story…
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Gordon Russell retweeted
30 May 2025
Do you dig investigative reporting? Want the story behind the story? Lucky for you, we just launched a new, expanded @GlobeSpotlight newsletter.
Sign up now! bostonglobe.us11.list-manage…
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Gordon Russell retweeted
22 May 2025
Globe sues 5 Mass. police departments in effort to shine light on shadowy world of confidential informants
✍️ @GordonRussell1
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12 Mar 2025
Also make sure to check out @GlobeSpotlight's companion "Snitch City" podcast. Episodes 1&2 are out; 3 coming next wk. You can find in the normal pod places, or here: bostonglobe.com/2025/03/11/m…
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12 Mar 2025
First installment of @GlobeSpotlight's "Snitch CIty" series, examining the misuse of confidential informants, dropped this morning. From @duganarnett & @GlobeAndrewRyan. Stay tuned for more. apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/i…
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Gordon Russell retweeted
3 Mar 2025
Ten percent tariffs on Canadian energy scheduled to take effect tomorrow could hit the northernmost reaches of New England particularly hard. For the @BostonGlobe —> bostonglobe.com/2025/03/03/m…
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Gordon Russell retweeted
27 Feb 2025
During a visit last month to a library on the Vermont-Quebec border, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristie Noem stepped onto Canadian soil and referred to it as “the 51st state.” My latest for the @BostonGlobe: bostonglobe.com/2025/02/27/n…
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Gordon Russell retweeted
3 Feb 2025
BREAKING: Wall Street drops as Trump's tariffs hit markets worldwide, with the Dow down 550 points. apnews.com/article/stock-mar…
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Gordon Russell retweeted
31 Jan 2025
.@LAGovJeffLandry and Republican leaders have set up a system where people can bring guns--but not coolers--to Bourbon Street in the wake of the terror attack on New Year's Day, @johnsimerman and @jadelson report nola.com/news/bourbon-street…
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Gordon Russell retweeted
24 Jan 2025
Thousands of migrants who arrived in Massachusetts legally in recent years could now be at risk of potential deportation under new Trump administration directives, according to an internal government memo shared with the Globe. trib.al/Nt2woVn
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Gordon Russell retweeted
23 Jan 2025
Fight or flight: This time, some top federal officials resigned rather than try to fend off a Trump firing bostonglobe.com/2025/01/23/n…
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Gordon Russell retweeted
13 Jan 2025
Breaking: @RoyceDuplessis tells me he's not running for New Orleans mayor #lalege #lagov nola.com/news/politics/royce…
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Gordon Russell retweeted
10 Jan 2025
Governor Maura Healey’s administration acknowledged for the first time on Thursday that it has not been conducting full criminal background checks on state homeless shelter residents, despite repeated assurances for months about its vetting process. trib.al/6thJ4BR
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Gordon Russell retweeted
9 Jan 2025
New: Carter slayed Wallace, then assembled a formidable, if fleeting, biracial coalition
His ‘76 map: every Southern state but Va, a precise mirror of the 2024 map
My latest column, on how Carter helped graft the South back on the rest of the country
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8 Jan 2025
More than 1,000 'serious incident reports,' including a number of alleged rapes, have been filed by workers at Massachusetts shelters since late '22, a period that has seen their population triple. From @fernandesglobe and @StephanieEbbert : bostonglobe.com/2025/01/08/m…
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New barriers coming to Bourbon Street not designed to stop truck attacks like on New Year's Day nola.com/news/crime_police/n…
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Stephanie Grace: Brave cops ran toward danger; cynical pols ran toward microphones nola.com/opinions/stephanie_…
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Gordon Russell retweeted
4 Jan 2025
New: here's our deep dive into the life of Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who attacked Bourbon Street on New Year's. His brother doesn't recognize this version of him. His neighbors are shocked. How did he become radicalized? Why did he choose to strike New Orleans?
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Gordon Russell retweeted
3 Jan 2025
.@amazon spokesperson responds to @Laranicholson_’s report that a warehouse employee was denied leave after being wounded in the bourbon street attack
3 Jan 2025
I wanted to make sure you knew that we’ve reached out to Ms. Scott-Windham to make sure she knows she has our full support, including pay, as she recovers. We look forward to welcoming her back once she's able.
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