A native of Miami, Walker, who is
African-American, began his career at
The Miami News, which folded in 1988. Walker began working as a Metro columnist in 1998. At the
Globe he is responsible for covering local and regional news along with society and culture. He contributed to the Spotlight Team series “Boston. Racism. Image. Reality”, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting in 2018. Prior to becoming a columnist, he covered local news as well as state and local politics. He was also the paper's deputy political editor from 1995 to 1997. Walker was named an associate editor of the
Globe in 2021. == References ==