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W HotelFourteen months ago, the W Hotel was the hottest property in the city. Today it has filed for bankruptcy protection. So… WTF Happened? (Boston Magazine, January 2011)
Re-Writing the Future The Providence JournalEditor Tom Heslin is trying to change the narrative of the American newspaper.  (Suffolk Alumni Magazine, Winter 2010)Winner of Gold Medal from Association Media & Publishing’s 2011 EXCEL Awards.
eet the New Boss(es) It’s called workplace democracy, and at the local companies leading the movement, employees can set their own pay, veto new projects—even demote the chief exec. But as some are finding, that’s still not always enough to make coworkers get along. (Boston Magazine, September 2007)
The DepartingThe DepartingWhen young, middle-class families with children flee for the suburbs, a city is robbed of its heart and soul. San Francisco is embracing radical new ideas to stop this urban flight. Shouldn’t Boston be doing the same? (Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, August 30, 2007)PLUS: Hear Michael talking about this article on National Public Radio’s “Here and Now”
Hard on Soft DrinksHard on Soft Drinks As parents, health advocates, and lawyers increasingly blame soda for an epidemic of childhood obesity, Boston is at the center of a national legal movement to make soft drinks the next tobacco. (Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, October 30, 2005)
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Michael Blanding is an award-winning magazine writer who covers politics, social issues, and travel. He has written for publications including The Nation, The New Republic, AlterNet, The Boston Globe, Condé Nast Traveler, and Boston Magazine, where he is a contributing editor. He has also taught magazine writing at Emerson College, Tufts University, and Grub Street Writers. His first book of investigative non-fiction, The Coke Machine: The Dirty Truth Behind the World's Favorite Soft Drink was published by Avery/Penguin in September 2010.

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