Emily Sweeney is a journalist at The Boston Globe. She covers local news and her Blotter Tales crime column is published in the Globe every Sunday. She's also the author of the books "Boston Organized Crime" and "Gangland Boston." A proud native of Dorchester, she graduated from Northeastern University and played on NU's championship-winning women's ice hockey team. She serves on the board of directors for the New England First Amendment Coalition and the New England Society of News Editors.