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PODCAST: A Conversation with Journalist Stephen Kurkjian
Stephen Kurkjian is your quintessential Bostonian: a red-blooded and Red Sox-loving native of Dorchester, blessed with the gift of gab and a hearty appetite for a good story. Those last two things, he made a career of. He’s retired now, but for the last half century, Kurkjian has covered some of the most important events in our nation’s history for the Boston Globe newspaper, where his investigative work has earned him three Pulitzer prizes. He is a founding member of the award-winnin
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I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation. I particularly appreciated Stephen opening up about his early career and about his (re)discovery of his Armenian roots–it was heartfelt and honest. Hats off to Karine and the Armenian Weekly for producing such high-quality content and for continuing the paper’s seamless transition into the digital world. Ապրի՛ք…
crushing load on a small culture with a huge brain of experience to expose the Turk who thinks they are Genghis Khan entitled to conquer.Other cultures are guilty if not more than the Turk for insular ” its not in our interest ” state of mind which is commercial of course but adds to the comfortable state of ignorance. So what do we do people of Armenian culture (David vs Goliath )
Steve Kurkjian is one of the most thoughtful, yet persistent reporters I ever met either while I was a member of the media or handling communications for public agencies. So glad to read this background on his amazing career, and especially proud that he never forgot where he came from, culturally and geographically. He reminds me of one of my favorite people in politics, the wonderful late Peter Torigian of Peabody.
What an extraordinary life and career! Thank you so much for this interview. Mr. Kurkjian is an inspiration to us all.
Kurkjian’s career is a reminder of how much a single letter can change a story. I’ve been messing around with a daily word ladder where you change one letter at a time to get from one word to another, and it’s oddly addictive. Fitting for a guy who spent decades chasing the right word. change one letter