Communication Department Faculty
Scott Helman
Distinguished Senior Lecturer
Associate Program Director, Journalism
Scott Helman
Contact
St. Mary's Hall S378
Telephone: 617-552-0032
Email: scott.helman@bc.edu
Courses
The Press and the Presidency
Multimedia Storytelling
Senior Seminar
Making Podcast Magic
How to Land That Internship
Profile
Scott Helman spent more than 23 years at The Boston Globe as an award-winning executive producer, creative leader, podcast show-runner, editor, staff writer, and live storytelling director.
He was co-lead editor on The Valedictorians Project, a 2020 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting. He was the founding director of Globe Live, a series of live nonfiction storytelling shows, and has executive produced several award-winning podcasts and documentary shorts.聽
He is co-author of the books The Real Romney (HarperCollins, 2012) and Long Mile Home: Boston Under Attack, the City's Courageous Recovery, and the Epic Hunt for Justice (Dutton, 2014), which was based on the Globe's Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.聽
In 2017, he, with fellow members of the Spotlight Team, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting for an investigation of the Massachusetts mental health care system.聽
He was previously the 骋濒辞产别鈥檚 political editor and a national political reporter, serving as a lead writer on the 2008 presidential campaign. He has also been a Metro reporter, contributing book critic, and assistant Metro editor. Previously, he was a producer and writer for The Chicago Tribune. An Ohio native and proud graduate of the University of Wisconsin, he lives near Boston with his family.