Stephen Thomas Curwood (born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on December 11, 1947) is a journalist, author, public radio personality and actor. In 1970, as a writer for the Boston Phoenix, Steve broke the story that Polaroid's instant photo system was key to the apartheid pass system in South Africa. Steve moved on to The Boston Globe as an investigative reporter and columnist and shared the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service as part of The Boston Globe's education team. Acting roles include Randall in the Loeb Drama Center's production of Slow Dance on the Killing Ground.