Amalie Benjamin
Amalie Zara Benjamin (born June 10, 1982) is a writer for the National Hockey League, having previously written for "The Boston Globe" as a Boston Red Sox beat reporter. She graduated college in the year of 2004 from Northwestern University with a degree in English. She lives in the Allston neighborhood of Boston. Journalism career. Benjamin began her journalism career in 2001, as a stringer for the Community Newspaper Company in Needham, Massachusetts. Over the next three years she interned at the "Worcester Telegram & Gazette" in Worcester, Massachusetts, "The Times-Picayune" in New Orleans, Louisiana, and "The Washington  Post"". While in college, she was a contributor and sports editor for the "Daily Northwestern"’s weekly football magazine, "Gameday". She joined "The Boston Globe" after graduating from college, and she initially covered high school sports. After the departure of Chris Snow from the "Globe" in 2006, she started covering the Red Sox as the backup beat reporter and also worked as a general-assignment sports reporter. When Gordon Edes left in August 2008, the "Globe" promoted her to Red Sox beat writer. She announced in November 2010 that she had left the position as "Globe" Red Sox beat reporter  and would become a feature writer for the "Globe." In addition to her columns in the "Globe", Benjamin regularly appeared on the New England Sports Network's (NESN) Red Sox pre-game show to discuss the team. Benjamin married Kenneth Gantz in 2010, and moved from being Boston Globe's beat writer for the Red Sox to its features writer, to avoid a beat writer's travel after her marriage. The couple separated later. In August 2014, she married Daniel Barbarisi. She also became the beat writer covering Boston Bruins for Boston Globe. In March 2016, she left Boston Globe  to write for nhl.com, the website of National Hockey League.