12 Facts About Marty Baron

Marty Baron was previously the editor of The Boston Globe from 2001 to 2012.

Marty Baron achieved heightened prominence in 2015 and 2016 from his portrayal in the film Spotlight and his involvement in the release of Jason Rezaian, the Tehran bureau chief for The Washington Post, who was released in January 2016 after being imprisoned in Iran for 18 months.

Marty Baron was born to a Jewish family in Tampa, Florida.

Marty Baron attended Berkeley Preparatory School and worked on the school's student paper.

Marty Baron matriculated at Lehigh University where he was editor of The Brown and White student newspaper.

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Marty Baron earned both a bachelor of arts in journalism and MBA with honors in four years, graduating in 1976.

Marty Baron had received special permission to take graduate classes as an undergraduate.

In 1976, after graduation, Marty Baron began working for The Miami Herald; he moved to The Los Angeles Times in 1979, and to The New York Times in 1996.

In July 2001, Baron succeeded Matthew V Storin as executive editor of The Boston Globe.

In 2012, Marty Baron was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

In January 2013, Marty Baron took over as executive editor of The Washington Post, succeeding Marcus Brauchli.

Marty 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.