Martin “Marty” Baron, 64, has been executive editor of The Washington Post for nearly seven years; previously, he was the editor at The Boston Globe for more than a decade. He journalism career also includes stints with The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times. Under his leadership, The Washington Post has garnered numerous Pulitzer Prizes. Baron was prominently portrayed in the 2015 movie Spotlight, about pedophilia in the Catholic clergy.
Quote: “Today we are not so much communicating as miscommunicating. Or failing to communicate. Or choosing to communicate only with those who think as we do. Or communicating in a manner that is wholly detached from reality. Too often we look only for affirmation of our own ideas rather than opening ourselves to the ideas of others.”
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