Adam Reilly is leaving the Phoenix

Adam Reilly

My friend and former (and future!) colleague Adam Reilly is leaving the Boston Phoenix to become an associate producer for “Greater Boston,” at WGBH-TV (Channels 2 and 44).

Adam has ably handled the media beat since 2006, writing the “Don’t Quote Me” column and the media blog. Before that, he’d served as the paper’s political columnist.

Since the late 1980s, just three people have covered the media for the Phoenix — Mark Jurkowitz, now associate director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism in Washington; yours truly; Mark again; and then Adam. For a press critic, it’s one of just a handful of jobs in the country where you really get a chance to make a difference. No doubt a long line of applicants will form outside the Phoenix’s door.

Good luck and best wishes to Adam, a transplant from Minnesota who’s managed the difficult trick of establishing himself as a true Bostonian.

53 Responses to “Adam Reilly is leaving the Phoenix”

1. Mike Benedict says:

   March 1, 2010 at 12:07 pm

   @Stephen: A degree in computer science = a degree in science?

   That’s a calculus that no sane person would ever dream up. I suppose that’s why they call it a B.S.
2. Steve Stein says:

   March 1, 2010 at 1:57 pm

   This says more about politics than about science (and nothing about Adam Reilly – has this thread been hijacked or what?):

   I have been to enough college campuses to know if you are 30 or younger this climate issue is not a debate. It’s a value. These young people grew up with recycling and a sensitivity to the environment — and the world will be better off for it. They are not brainwashed. … From a Republican point of view, we should buy into it and embrace it and not belittle them. You can have a genuine debate about the science of climate change, but when you say that those who believe it are buying a hoax and are wacky people you are putting at risk your party’s future with younger people.

   - Lindsay Graham (R-SC)
3. Dan Kennedy says:

   March 1, 2010 at 2:01 pm

   @Steve: You’ve stumbled upon the theme of my Guardian column for this week.