Bob Hohler

Bob Hohler is an investigative reporter for The Boston Globe.^[1] He was the Boston Red Sox beat writer for the Boston Globe during their 2004 run. He has since joined the Globe's investigative team. Bob is also well known for his dislike of The University of Massachusetts Amherst, most notably the Athletic Department, which he has been critical of in numerous articles.^[2][3][4][5]

Career

Hohler is a writer for the sports section for The Boston Globe.^[6] From 2000 to 2004, he was the beat writer for the Boston Red Sox. Prior to writing on baseball he was a political correspondent. He stated that covering the Red Sox "was the greatest challenge of [his] career.”^[7]

Awards

• 2009 Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize for Distinguished Education Reporting, for Failing Our Athletes: The Sad State of Sports in Boston Public Schools.^[8]
• 2009 Award for Excellence in Coverage of Youth Sports, for his series "Failing our Athletes," about the plight of athletic programs and student-athletes in Boston public schools.^[9]

Works

• I touch the future: the story of Christa McAuliffe, Random House, 1986, ISBN 978-0-394-55721-2

Anthologies

• The Best American Sports Writing 2007, Editors David Maraniss, Glenn Stout, Houghton Mifflin, 2007, ISBN 978-0-618-75116-7

References

1. "Bob Hohler at the Boston Globe". Retrieved 2011-12-16.
2. "Success at UMass pays for Derek Kellogg".
3. "UMass' football move called a 'huge financial disaster'".
4. "Felger & Mazz: Bertrand Wants Answers! Does The Boston Globe Hate UMass Football?".
5. "UMass football is stalled and seeking solutions".
6. "Bob Hohler - Reporter - The Boston Globe". Boston Globe. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
7. Siegal, Alan. "A Former Beat Writer on the Joys of Covering the Red Sox". Boston Magazine. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
8. "Education Writers Association: Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize". Ewa.org. 2010-05-15. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
9. "Boston Globe wins youth sports coverage award". Associated Press Sports Editors. Retrieved 2014-03-10.