Spotlight investigative team

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investigative journalism team newspaper investigative unit

The Spotlight investigative team is the Boston Globe’s renowned investigative journalism unit best known for its groundbreaking exposés on systemic abuses, including the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal.

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Label	Occurrences
Spotlight investigative team canonical	2
Boston Globe’s Spotlight Team	1
Spotlight (investigative journalism team)	1
Spotlight investigative team of The Boston Globe	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	investigative journalism team ⓘ newspaper investigative unit ⓘ
areaOfFocus	corporate misconduct ⓘ government accountability ⓘ religious institutions ⓘ systemic abuses in powerful institutions ⓘ
awardReceived	Pulitzer Prize ⓘ Pulitzer Prize for Public Service ⓘ
basedIn	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describedAs	Spotlight investigative team self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Boston Globe’s Spotlight Team renowned investigative journalism unit of The Boston Globe ⓘ
employer	The Boston Globe ⓘ
field	accountability journalism ⓘ investigative journalism ⓘ
genre	investigative reporting ⓘ
hasCoverageArea	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston Massachusetts ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasInfluenced	investigative journalism practices in the United States ⓘ public awareness of clergy sexual abuse ⓘ
hasPart	data journalists ⓘ editors ⓘ reporters ⓘ
hasReputationFor	groundbreaking exposés ⓘ holding powerful institutions accountable ⓘ rigorous fact‑checking ⓘ
inception	1970s ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locationOfWork	Greater Boston ⓘ surface form: Greater Boston area
mediaType	newspaper investigative unit ⓘ
notableFor	exposing systemic cover‑ups of clergy sexual abuse ⓘ investigation of Catholic Church sex abuse scandal in Boston ⓘ long‑term investigative reporting projects ⓘ
parentOrganization	Boston Globe Media Partners ⓘ
partOf	The Boston Globe ⓘ
publication	The Boston Globe ⓘ
topicOf	Spotlight ⓘ surface form: film "Spotlight"
usesMethod	document‑driven reporting ⓘ interviews with victims and whistleblowers ⓘ long‑term collaborative investigations ⓘ
workLocation	The Boston Globe newsroom ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Spotlight (investigative journalism team)

Spotlight investigative team → describedAs → Spotlight investigative team self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boston Globe’s Spotlight Team

The Globe → notableUnit → Spotlight investigative team ⓘ

subject surface form: The Boston Globe

Spotlight → portrays → Spotlight investigative team ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spotlight investigative team of The Boston Globe