Boston Globe Reporter Emily Sweeney Goes Viral Because Of Her Boston Accent And Track Suits: "I Don't Put On Any Airs"

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April 27, 2026 / 5:54 AM EDT

Boston Globe reporter Emily Sweeney has become an online sensation and it's not for anything she's written or said. It's because of how she said it, in her distinctive Boston accent.

Sweeney recently posted a social media video for the newspaper about a home invasion at a mansion in Beverly, Massachusetts. It began as a juicy crime story, but her accent and tracksuit blew up on social media. Sweeney's done videos before. She's been a veteran Globe reporter for 25 years. But this one hit differently.

"People ask, like, did I plan what I was wearing that day? I was like, 'No that's how I dress,' you know what I mean? It was just another video, just another day," she told WBZ-TV.

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