Steve Kurkjian
About Steve Kurkjian
Guest speaker for Journalism Day brought to you by the Bladine Family
Steve Kurkjian is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at The Boston Globe and a founding member of The Globe’s famous “Spotlight’’ investigative team.
Following his retirement from The Globe in 2007, Kurkjian researched and wrote “Master Thieves: The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World's Greatest Art Heist” and has written extensively about the Armenian Genocide of 1915, a horrific massacre by the Ottoman Turkish empire which killed more than a million Armenians, including his grandfather, and drove countless others from their ancestral home in eastern Turkey.
Born and raised in Boston, Kurkjian is a product of the Boston public schools, including The Boston Latin School. He graduated from Boston University with a degree in English literature and Suffolk University Law School. He currently lives in Boston and is the father of two children – Erica Kurkjian Parrell, a public school teacher, and Adam, a sports reporter for The Boston Herald – as well as grandfather to three, Theodore, Jillian and Emily Parrell.
2022 NW Media Fest
Attend one of Kurkjian's sessions
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 10:30 a.m.
Austin Reading Room, Nicholson Library
*Linfield community members with ID only
Kurkjian shares his experiences and process of writing "Master Thieves," the definitive book on the largest art heist in U.S. history.
"Telling the Story of the Biggest Art Heist in U.S. History"*
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 10:30 a.m.
Austin Reading Room, Nicholson Library
*Linfield community members with ID only
Kurkjian shares his experiences and process of writing "Master Thieves," the definitive book on the largest art heist in U.S. history.
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2:30 p.m.
Austin Reading Room, Nicholson Library
*Linfield community members with ID only
Kurkjian is joined by Therese Bottomly, editor and vice president of content for the Oregonian/OregonLive for a discussion about the roles and importance of public records requests.
"On the Record: How public records help journalists tell important stories"*
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2:30 p.m.
Austin Reading Room, Nicholson Library
*Linfield community members with ID only
Kurkjian is joined by Therese Bottomly, editor and vice president of content for the Oregonian/OregonLive for a discussion about the roles and importance of public records requests.
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 7 p.m.
Richard and Lucille Ice Auditorium, Melrose Hall
Open to the public
"An Evening with Steve Kurkjian"
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 7 p.m.
Richard and Lucille Ice Auditorium, Melrose Hall
Open to the public