Gerard O’Neill

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Gerard O’Neill was an American journalist and investigative reporter best known for his exposés on organized crime in Boston, including the work that inspired the film "Black Mass."

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instanceOf human
journalist
awardReceived George Polk Award NERFINISHED
Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting NERFINISHED
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting NERFINISHED
basedIn Massachusetts NERFINISHED
coAuthorWith Dick Lehr NERFINISHED
Ralph Ranalli NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
coveredTopic organized crime
public corruption
educatedAt Boston University
Harvard University
employer The Boston Globe NERFINISHED
The Boston Globe Spotlight Team NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork crime reporting
organized crime reporting
political corruption reporting
genre investigative journalism
true crime
hasEthnicGroup Irish American
hasWrittenForm newspaper articles
non-fiction books
influenced public understanding of Boston organized crime
subsequent reporting on FBI corruption in Boston
inspiredWork film "Black Mass" NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf The Boston Globe Spotlight Team NERFINISHED
notableFor Spotlight Team investigations into corruption and crime NERFINISHED
exposés on organized crime in Boston
investigations of FBI’s relationship with Whitey Bulger
reporting on James "Whitey" Bulger
notableWork "Black Mass: Whitey Bulger, the FBI, and a Devil’s Deal" NERFINISHED
"Rogues and Redeemers: When Politics Was King in Irish Boston" NERFINISHED
"The Underboss: The Rise and Fall of a Mafia Family" NERFINISHED
occupation investigative reporter
journalist
placeOfBirth Boston NERFINISHED
workLocation Boston NERFINISHED

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Black Mass (2015 film) basedOnAuthor Gerard O’Neill