Martin Baron
Martin "Marty" Baron (born October 24, 1954 in Tampa , Florida ) is an American journalist and publicist . He has been Editor-in-Chief of the Washington Post since December 31, 2012 .
Life
Baron, son of Israeli immigrants, grew up in Florida and studied journalism at Lehigh University ( BA , MBA 1976). As a reporter, he worked for the Miami Herald (1976–79), the Los Angeles Times (1979–1996) and the New York Times (1996–2000). In 2000 he returned to the Miami Herald , but was poached by the Boston Globe the following year , where he served as editor-in-chief from July 2001 to December 2012 . Under his aegis, journalists from the Globe won a total of six Pulitzer Prizes , and from 2002 onwards, the newspaper's numerous investigative reports on the systematic cover-up of sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic diocese of Boston caused a sensation .
In 2012, Baron was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 2013 he moved to the Washington Post as editor-in-chief , the most renowned daily newspaper in the USA alongside the New York Times .
In the feature film Spotlight (2015), which addressed the exposure of the Boston abuse scandal, Baron was portrayed by actor Liev Schreiber .
Web links
- Marty Baron '76 profile on his alma mater's website, Lehigh University .
- Paul Starobin: Martin Baron's Plan to Save The Washington Post . Article in New Republic (online edition) December 17, 2012.
- Joe Pompeo: The Not-So-Bitter Rivalry of Dean Baquet and Marty Baron . Article in Politico , June 19, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baron, Martin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baron, Marty |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American journalist; Editor-in-Chief of the Washington Post |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tampa , Florida |