Adrian Walker

Adrian Walker is an American journalist. He is a metro columnist for The Boston Globe.[1] His column appears in the Metro section of the Globe on Mondays and Fridays.

For the computer scientist, see Adrian Walker (computer scientist).
Adrian Walker
OccupationColumnist

Career

A native of Miami, Walker, who is African-American, began his career at The Miami News, which folded in 1988. Walker began working as a Metro columnist in 1998. At The Boston Globe he is responsible for covering local and regional news along with society and culture.[2] He contributed to The Boston Globe's coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings, for which the Globe won a Pulitzer Prize in 2014. Prior to becoming a columnist, he covered local news as well as state and local politics. He was also the paper's deputy political editor from 1995 to 1997.

Driving under influence

On March 2, 2008, he was arrested on charges of driving under the influence. The charges were dismissed after Walker served one year of probation.[3]

References
  1. "Boston Globe scribe nabbed on OUI charge". Boston Herald. March 4, 2008. Archived from the original on March 11, 2008.
  2. "Adrian Walker - Columnist - The Boston Globe". Boston Globe. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  3. "Columnist Walker arraigned in OUI" – via The Boston Globe.


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