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Martin Baron
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Baron in 2018
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| Born | October 24, 1954 Tampa, Florida, U.S.
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| Alma mater | Lehigh University (BA and MBA) |
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The Boston Globe, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Miami Herald |
Martin Baron (born October 24, 1954) is a famous American journalist. He was the editor of The Washington Post from December 2012 until he retired in February 2021. Before that, he was the editor of The Boston Globe from 2001 to 2012. During his time at The Boston Globe, the newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize for its important reporting on a sensitive issue within the Catholic Church in Boston.
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Early Life and Education
Martin Baron was born in Tampa, Florida. His parents moved to the United States from Israel. He went to Berkeley Preparatory School. There, he worked on the school's student newspaper.
Later, he attended Lehigh University. He was the editor of The Brown and White, which was the student newspaper there. He studied journalism and also earned an MBA degree. He finished both degrees with honors in just four years, graduating in 1976. He even got special permission to take graduate classes while still an undergraduate student. Martin Baron can also speak Spanish very well.
Journalism Career
After graduating in 1976, Martin Baron started his career at The Miami Herald. In 1979, he moved to The Los Angeles Times. He then joined The New York Times in 1996.
Baron returned to The Miami Herald in 2000 as its executive editor. He led the newspaper's coverage of several big stories. These included the return of Elián González to Cuba. He also covered the important 2000 U.S. presidential election.
Leading The Boston Globe
In July 2001, Martin Baron became the executive editor of The Boston Globe. During his time there, he changed the newspaper's focus. It started to concentrate more on local investigative journalism instead of international news. This meant they looked deeply into important local issues.
In 2012, Martin Baron was recognized for his work. He was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. This is a group that honors smart and talented people.
Leading The Washington Post
In January 2013, Martin Baron became the executive editor of The Washington Post. Under his leadership, The Post won many Pulitzer Prizes. These awards are very important in journalism.
In 2014, The Post won two Pulitzer Prizes. One was for revealing secret surveillance by the National Security Agency. The other was for explaining how food stamps work in America.
The newspaper won another Pulitzer Prize in 2015. This was for their reporting on security problems within the Secret Service. In 2016, The Post won a Pulitzer Prize for a special project. They kept track of every killing by a police officer in 2015.
Later in 2016, they won another Pulitzer Prize. This was for their national reporting. They exposed claims of charitable giving by Donald Trump. They also reported on the Access Hollywood tape.
Martin Baron also oversaw a team of writers. This team included Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher. They wrote a biography in 2016 called Trump Revealed: An American Journey of Ambition, Ego, Money, and Power.
For his great work in journalism, Baron received the 2016 Hitchens Prize. In 2017, he was given the Al Neuharth Award for Excellence in Media.
In May 2019, Martin Baron spoke up for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. He said that journalists often report on information the government calls secret. This helps expose wrongdoing and abuse of power. He believed that the government's actions against Assange could harm this important work. He felt it could also weaken the First Amendment, which protects freedom of speech and the press.
Martin Baron announced his retirement from The Washington Post in January 2021. His retirement became official on February 28, 2021.
See also
In Spanish: Martin Baron para niños
