Boston Globe editor Marty Baron has been named Washington Post executive editor. He succeeds Marcus Brauchli, who steps down on December 31, to become Washington Post Co. vice president, a new position. He will be “working closely with chairman and CEO Don Graham to review and evaluate new media opportunities,” says the Post release.
Marty Baron
Baron, who has been Globe editor since 2001, says the Post “has played a defining and inspirational role in American journalism, and today it continues to lead as our profession undergoes a dramatic, urgent, and exciting transformation. I am honored to join the supremely talented and dedicated journalists at The Washington Post.”
Publisher Katharine Weymouth says Baron “has a demonstrated record of producing the highest quality journalism, which matches the legacy and expectations of The Post.”
The Globe says it will launch a national search for Baron’s replacement.
* Brauchli to step down as Washington Post executive editor (washingtonpost.com)
* Martin Baron to become Washington Post executive editor (boston.com)
* Weymouth told journalists last summer that she wanted Brauchli out (nytimes.com)
* Dan Kennedy: “A very smart move for the Post and Baron” (dankennedy.net)
* Earlier: Baron says newspapers are badly bruised, but not beaten (jimromenesko.com)
* Sept. 2011: Baron talks about his 10 years at the Globe (wgbh.com)
Brauchli’s memo to staff:
Date: Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 11:49 AM
Subject: Thank you
To: NEWS – All Newsroom
To the Staff:
After nearly four and a half years as executive editor, I will step down at year’s end.
It has been a privilege and honor to work with you. What we’ve accomplished in this time, and what you accomplish every day, is a tribute to your ambition, discipline and personal dedication.
You’ve taken on the hardest targets in journalism—the self-entrenching national-security establishment, pervasive Congressional conflicts of interest, corrosive local corruption, economic and fiscal gridlock, a marathon national election, wars, revolutions and epidemics, distant tsunamis, nearby Frankenstorms, city-suffocating Snowmageddons, and even a Cinderella-minus-the-slipper baseball season—and set the highest standard every time.
We have reorganized, melded and streamlined our news operations, and emerged stronger than we started. That is not, as cynics would have it, simply a function of fewer people doing more, but of awareness that we are
responsible for our destiny as never before. We are pioneers in blogs and social media, in managing and maximizing our engagement with readers, and in deploying new technologies and approaches. The Post’s newsroom is the
source of our strength, of original and insightful news and commentary, of ideas that shape our world, of information that guides readers, and of stories and voices that connect them. The result is that today we have a
bigger audience, more viewers and more users who follow and watch what we do, than ever.
The Post’s legacy looms large for us all. I have been especially fortunate to have had distinguished and wise predecessors who have been supportive of the adaptations we have made to the formidable foundations they set down.
But in the end it is you who deserve my gratitude. I especially want to recognize Liz Spayd, who has been a steady and wise partner, and the other senior editors I have worked with most closely. The galaxy of talent in
this newsroom continues to etch its brilliance every day into the firmament of this city and this nation. May it long continue.
Thank you for letting me work among you.
Marcus
Publisher Katharine Weymouth’s memo is after the jump. Read More
