- Chad Finn
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Chad Finn is a sports writer and blogger for the Boston Globe and a sports media columnist.[1]. He often appears as a guest on New England sports and talk radio programs, such as The Big JAB. He is founded the Touching All the Bases blog in December 2004.
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Education and Work History
Chad Finn studied journalism at the University of Maine-Orono from 1988 through 1993. While at the university he worked at the The Maine Campus newspaper as Sports Editor. From 1994-December 2003 he worked as Assistant Sports Editor at the Concord Monitor in Concord, New Hampshire. in 1999 while at the Concord Monitor he began writing an award winning sports column. Chad Finn began writing and reporting for the Boston Globe's online newspaper in August 2008. In 2009 he became a sports media columnist for the paper.
Touching All the Bases
Touching All the Bases is a blog created by Chad Finn in December 2004. It began as a personal blog and became incorporated into Boston.com as part of the sports section in 2008. Chad Finn remains the sole contributor to the blog. Through the blog he hosts live chats centered around significant games and/or events in the New England sports community and the sporting world in general.
Notable Career Highlights
While working for the Maine Campus in 1992-1993 he covered the winning season for the Maine Black Bears who went 42-1-2 for the season. In 2000 Chad Finn finished third in the National Associated Press Sports Editor's Contest. While working for the Concord Monitor he received multiple awards for writing and page design. He wrote a weekly column for Fox Sports (USA) in 2008. He has been the writer for every edition of Maple Street Press's [2] Boston Red Sox annuals as well as editor of the New England Patriots annuals for 2009-2010. In 2010 he contributed to an APSE winning writing project on the defensive metrics in baseball.
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