Martin “Marty” Baron was executive editor of The Washington Post from Jan. 2, 2013, through Feb. 28, 2021. He oversaw The Post’s print and digital news operations. During his tenure as executive editor the newsroom grew from 580 to almost 1,000 journalists. Baron-led newsrooms won 18 Pulitzer Prizes, including 11 at The Post. Previously, Baron had been editor of The Boston Globe. During his 11½ years there, the Globe won six Pulitzer Prizes including the public service prize in 2003 for its investigation into a pattern of concealing clergy sex abuse in the Catholic Church, coverage portrayed years later in the Academy Award-winning movie “Spotlight.”
Before The Globe, Baron held top editing positions at the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Miami Herald. Under his leadership, the Miami Herald won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news for its coverage of the raid to recover Elián González, the Cuban boy at the center of a fierce immigration and custody dispute. He received both his BA and MBA from Lehigh University. His new book, Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos and the Washington Post was published on Oct. 3, 2023.
