Additionally, he contributed to The Boston Globe Spotlight Team's coverage of the clergy abuse scandal within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2003.

Kurkjian attended the latter institution as a part-time student while working as a general assignment reporter for the State House News Service and the Globe and remains a member of the Massachusetts Bar.

He also served as the newspaper's Washington bureau chief and senior assistant metropolitan editor for projects before retiring in 2007.

[8] In November 2005, Kurkjian contacted Massachusetts officials about conference trips made by the state's CIO, Peter J. Quinn.

Kurkjian then wrote an article for the Globe suggesting a conflict of interest by Quinn.