- Title Page
- Introduction
- Boston Globe Brief History
- BaronA New Face
- An Investigation is Born
- The Spotlight Team
- The National Picture
- The "Most Catholic City"
- Cardinal Law
- The Paper and the Cardinal
- The Globe and Boston's Catholics
- Father Geoghan Case
- Starting to Dig
- Organizing the Files
- The Database Grows
- When the Story Gets Personal
- Reporting Your Culture
- Potential Backlash
- Rezendes Gets a Scoop
- Publish or Pause?
Biography: MartinBaron
Martin Marty Baron became editor of the Boston Globe on July 30, 2001. Prior to joining the Globe, Baron was executive editor of the Miami Herald . Under his leadership, the newspaper won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news coverage for its coverage of a raid to recover Elin Gonzlez, a Cuban boy at the center of a fierce immigration and custody dispute.
Baron began his journalism career at the
Miami Herald
in 1976, serving as a state reporter and later as a business writer. He moved to the
Los Angeles Times
in 1979, then to the
New York Times
in 1996, where in 1997 he became associate managing editor responsible for nighttime news operations.He departed to assume the post of executive editor at the
Miami Herald
at the start of 2000.
Baron was raised in Tampa, Fla., and speaks fluent Spanish.He graduated from Lehigh University in 1976 with both BA and MBA degrees.
Listen to Baron describe his role in the investigation.