Senior Assistant Metro Editor
Allen directs the investigative reporting team in the Metro department. During 19 years at the Globe, he has covered medicine as well as the environment and served for three years on the Spotlight investigative team. He was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT in 1997-98.
Latest stories
Boston Police halt license scanning program
By Shawn Musgrave , Globe Correspondent
Police inadvertently released the license plate numbers of more than 68,000 vehicles that tripped alarms on automated license plate readers over a six-month period.
Very few shockers in John Silber’s FBI files
By Shawn Musgrave , Globe Correspondent
The files compiled on the late BU president, appointed to three commission posts during the Reagan administration, contained mostly flattering notes.
Questions trail state gambling commissioner
By Andrea Estes and Scott Allen , Globe Staff
Critics are raising doubts about Stephen Crosby’s judgment after revelations he waited months to disclose a potential conflict of interest.
Dobelle resigns from Westfield State presidency
By Andrea Estes and Scott Allen , Globe Staff
Embattled Westfield State president Evan Dobelle abruptly retired Friday, departing with nothing but his pension amid controversy over his spending of university resources.
