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Featured Fellow: Kevin Cullen

By Paige Williams
September 25, 2013

Kevin Cullen Nieman Class of 2003 A longtime Metro columnist at the Boston Globe, Cullen shared a 2003 Pulitzer for investigative reporting on the sex abuse scandal within the Catholic Church. He co-wrote the bestselling Whitey Bulger: America’s Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt that Brought Him… Read More

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