Globe editor, Medway resident awarded at alma mater's annual leadership ceremony
Willimantic, CT (06/23/2022) — Boston Globe sports editor Matt Pepin '19, a 13-year resident of Medway, was awarded by his alma mater, Eastern Connecticut State University, at its annual President's Leadership Luncheon and Awards ceremony on June 10. The event gathered more than 100 donors, alumni and friends while recognizing the generosity and accomplishments of four individuals in particular.
President Elsa Nunez welcomed attendees to the first Leadership Luncheon since the onset of the pandemic. "This luncheon is so important to the life of our university," she said, "for today we come together to thank our family of committed donors for their generous support of our students, and to honor those former students who have gone on to bring honor to Eastern through their personal and professional achievements."
Due to his rise to the top of the journalism profession, Pepin received this year's Distinguished Alumni Award. From humble beginnings with the Campus Lantern, Pepin now serves as sports editor of the Boston Globe - one of the country's premier news organizations in one of its hottest professional sports cities.
Prior to leading the Globe's sports department, the Eastern English major worked as sports editor at the New Haven Register and Times Record-Herald in Middletown, NY. He joined the Globe in 2009 as digital sports editor before his latest promotion in 2018, where he oversees a staff of 30 full-time and 20 part-time employees, producing content for the Globe's printed newspaper, websites, newsletters and social media.
In a previous Eastern Magazine interview, Pepin said, "When I started pursuing journalism at the Campus Lantern it was a once-a-week affair. When I worked at the New Haven Register, we had to get it out daily. Now, in the digital era, there's this pressure to produce every minute, every hour."
As a student, Pepin worked with Eastern's venerable sports information specialist, Bob Molta. "No one left a greater impression on me than Bob Molta," he said. "He showed me how to pull back the curtain and find the story I've worked with a lot of journalists and media professionals across the world. Bob is the standard I judge them all by."
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Eastern Connecticut State University is the state of Connecticut's public liberal arts university, serving more than 4,300 students annually on its Willimantic campus. In addition to attracting students from 163 of Connecticut's 169 towns, Eastern also draws students from 31 states and 10 countries. A residential campus offering 41 majors and 65 minors, Eastern offers students a strong liberal art foundation grounded in a variety of applied learning opportunities. Ranked as the #1 public regional university in New England by U.S. News & World Report in its 2020, 2021 and 2022 Best Colleges ratings, Eastern has also been awarded 'Green Campus' status by the Princeton Review 12 years in a row. For more information, visit www.easternct.edu.
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Pepin with President Nunez and Justin Murphy ’98, president of the ECSU Foundation Board of Directors
Pepin and President Nunez
Pepin at podium