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Billy Baker is a feature writer for the Globe’s metro section. A Southie native, Baker is a graduate of the Columbia Journalism School, Tulane University and Boston Latin School, and teaches in the graduate journalism program at Harvard University’s extension school. He is at work on a book about jugglers.
Latest stories
Thousands honor Marathon victims with vigils
By Billy Baker , Globe Staff
Across the region, people honored the victims of the attack, holding candles, reciting prayers, and vowing to never forget.
Silence and solace as athletes, friends gather
By Billy Baker and Chelsea Conaboy , Globe Staff
In bars across the city, people crowded in for a drink, for company, and to watch the horror at the Boston Marathon replay on TV.
Witnesses describe scenes of carnage, chaos
By David Abel, Martine Powers, Billy Baker and Eric Moskowitz , Globe Staff
“I saw people in awe. They were frozen. It took a few seconds for people to recognize what happened,” one witness said.
Debate grows over what to do about seal resurgence
By Billy Baker , Globe Staff
The various stakeholders in the seal story gathered for the Outer Cape Seal Symposium to discuss the animals’ exploding population.