The Daily Hampshire Gazette has promoted longtime reporter Dan Crowley to be its new managing editor for local news.
Crowley, 45, is a Boston area native with a degree in anthropology and history from Connecticut College and a master’s in journalism from Indiana University. He has called the Valley home for the past 15 years and lives in Holyoke with his wife, Amy, and two children ages, 10 and 12.
Crowley began his journalism career in the late 1990s after spending several years working in the building trades and playing ice hockey in Europe.
He worked as a freelance journalist for several publications in the Midwest before joining the Gazette in 2001.
Crowley’s first day at the Gazette was the morning of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a day when the newspaper published two editions. Since then, he has covered many beats, particularly as a local government, enterprise and investigative reporter.
His work has been recognized with top awards in New England on many occasions, including in 2006 when the Gazette received the Thomas K. Brindley award for public service for his coverage of the financial mismanagement of the county’s anti-poverty agency.
Earlier this year, Crowley took first place in the investigative reporting category of the New England press awards for his account of lax state inspections of funeral homes, which judges termed “a records-driven investigation of vital importance.”
When he’s not hounding sources to give up their secrets, Crowley serves as a coach of a youth ice hockey team based in West Springfield.
As he moves from senior reporter to key editor, Dan says, “I look forward to working with the reporting staff to ensure that the Gazette continues to be the dominant source of original, meaningful and can’t-miss news in our area.”