Martin Baron was born on October 24,1954 and is an American journalist who was editor of The Washington Post from December 31,2012, until he retired on February 28,2021.
13 Facts About Martin Baron
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Martin Baron was the editor of The Boston Globe from 2001 to 2012.
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Martin Baron was born to a Jewish family in Tampa, Florida.
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Martin Baron attended Berkeley Preparatory School and worked on the school's student paper.
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Martin Baron matriculated at Lehigh University where he was editor of The Brown and White student newspaper.
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Martin Baron received special permission to take graduate classes as an undergraduate and graduated in 1976, having earned both a bachelor of arts in journalism and MBA with honors in four years.
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In 1976, after graduation, Martin Baron began working for The Miami Herald; he moved to The Los Angeles Times in 1979, and to The New York Times in 1996.
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Martin Baron returned to the Herald as executive editor in 2000 and led coverage of numerous key stories, including Elian Gonzalez's return to Cuba and the 2000 election.
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In July 2001, Baron succeeded Matthew V Storin as executive editor of The Boston Globe.
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In 2012, Martin Baron was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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In January 2013, Martin Baron succeeded Marcus Brauchli as executive editor of The Washington Post.
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Martin Baron supervised the writing team, including co-authors Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher, that researched the 2016 biography Trump Revealed: An American Journey of Ambition, Ego, Money, and Power.
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In January 2021, via an internal memo, Martin Baron announced his retirement from The Washington Post effective February 28,2021.