Professional/Personal Overview
Based in Europe, I write authoritatively about business, technology, politics, international affairs, terrorism, and travel, providing both breaking news coverage, analysis or features for major print and online markets. My range is broad: I write the weekly European Property Report for the Wall Street Journal and also contribute features and news to Time, Institutional Investor, Monocle and other magazines. I can assist your investigative team or take on an investigation for your publication or broadcasting program. I am available for TV and radio appearances as a commentator on European business and politics for US media or on American affairs for European media. I appear regularly as a commentator on German TV and have appeared on CNBC. References available on request.
Work Info
Expertise
Reporter
20 Years
Writer
20 Years
Specialty
Business (general)
20 Years
International
20 Years
Technology
18 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
20 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
TIME Magazine (11+), TV: CNBC, German: ARD, ZDF, Phoenix, N24, NTV (11+), Wall Street Journal (11+), Monocle (6-10), Institutional Investor (3-5), Christian Science Monitor (3-5), CNN Traveler (1-2), Portfolio (1-2)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
BurdaYukom (11+), Booz & Company (6-10)
Other Work History
Previous staff positions: The Wall Street Journal, Reuters
Computer Skills
MS Office (word, excel, powerpoint) internet research, Quark, blogs (Wordpress)
Equipment
Fully equipped office with high-speed internet, Equipped for highspeed mobile internet access and filing from the field. Audio: Marantz PMD660. Video: Canon HF100, works great for Web-based video.
Foreign Language Skills
German, near native. Spoken and written.
Work Permits & Visas
US citizen, unrestricted German residency permit
References
upon request
Awards
Overseas Press Club award for international business reporting as part of team in 2000 for coverage of Europe's merger craze
Associations
Foreign Press Association in the Federal Republic of Germany, Investigative Reporters and Editors
Other
For more information and clips, see my web site: www.williamboston.com. Am available on short notice, for long-term projects and investigations. Interested in book projects.
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
Work Samples
(Time Magazine , 8/14/2008)
A colleague at Time Magazine and I pitched the same story one week. The result was a fun bit of teamwork to produce a piece that gets behind the rise in foreign investment in the US.
(Wall Street Journal , 8/6/2008)
I write the Wall Street Journal's weekly European Property Report, which appears Wednesdays. The focus is on European commercial property markets, publicly-listed commercial property companies and property investors. Always looking for good feature ideas and scoops.
(Institutional Investor , 7/1/2008)
This is a link to the online abstract of Institutional Investor's annual survey of investors and analysts to rank Europe's most shareholder-friendly companies. I wrote the overview article, which included mini-profiles of top executives from five companies (CEOs and CFOs).
(Time Magazine , 2/28/2008)
When Germany put the screws to Liechtenstein over the principality's alleged involvement in helping well-heeled German citizens evade taxes, I went to Vaduz for Time Magazine to write about what the locals think about Berlin's bullying.
(TIME Magazine , 5/3/2007)
In the throes of a corruption scandal, Siemens is a huge company that few Americans know or understand even though it is one of the biggest US employers. TIME's business editor wanted to know what the company will look like when the dust settles. I look at how Siemens is redefining itself.
(CNN Traveller , 3/1/2007)
Once a sleepy town just north of Lake Garda, Arco was discovered in the 1980s by top-class rock climbers. A story of how global thrill-seekers turned a small town into a booming tourism center. Available for reprint.
(Time.com , 10/4/2006)
Story about Madeleine Peyroux pegged to release of a new album.
(TIME Europe , 10/2/2006)
Pills + Politics
For decades, restrictive laws about who can own a pharmacy have kept Europe's medicine costs high. But some firms are bucking the system, and governments are finally listening
(Business Week Online , 9/19/2006)
Final Act Looms in Nazi Restitution Case
Amid concerns over Holocaust survivors' ability to hold on, pressure mounts for German retailer KarstadtQuelle to settle one family's claim
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June 4, 2013 | San Francisco
