Dave Wedge

David M. Wedge (born July 31, 1970) is an American author, journalist, communications strategist and award-winning former reporter for the Boston Herald.

Wedge's first book, titled Boston Strong: A City's Triumph Over Tragedy and co-written with author Casey Sherman, was released in February 2015 by University Press of New England. Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh wrote the forward for the book, which is a non-fiction drama about the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. Material from the book was used for the movie Patriots Day (2016), starring Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman and J.K. Simmons and directed by Peter Berg. The book was also part of a display on the Boston Marathon attacks at the National Crime Museum in Washington, D.C.

In March 2016, it was announced that Wedge and Sherman would team up again to tell the life story of Pete Frates, a Boston College baseball player with ALS who was the inspiration for the Ice Bucket Challenge social media phenomenon.

Wedge joined the Boston Herald in 1999 and covered such national news stories as the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, 1999 Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse fire, 2000 Wakefield massacre, the September 11 attacks, and The Station nightclub fire in West Warwick, Rhode Island in 2003. He also covered many local, state and national political stories, including the 2004 and 2008 presidential races.

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