Marty Baron reflects on his tenure at The Washington Post — and what's next for journalism

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🗓️ 25 February 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Washington Post executive editor Marty Baron joins Brian Stelter for a final interview before retiring from the Post at the end of February. They discuss his career; the Post's expansion; and the news outlet's future as well as his own retirement plans. Baron says he plans to stay "active and involved" in the news industry, just not on a full-time basis. He also talks about being an editor in the digital age; the growing importance of visual storytelling; and the transition from the Trump administration to the Biden administration. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	A legend of American journalism is about to retire.
0:06.0	So what can we learn from Marty Barron, the outgoing editor of the Washington Post?
0:10.7	I'm going to ask him, here on this week's Reliable Sources podcast, so let's cue the music.
0:16.6	Unbrined stelter and this weekly podcast is our chance to go more in depth with media
0:21.4	leaders and news makers, talking about how the news gets made, how the media really works.
0:29.0	And Marty Barron can tell us a lot about that.
0:32.5	Barron has been the editor of the Washington Post for the past eight years.
0:37.4	He came to the post from Boston, where he ran the Boston Globe.
0:41.9	And if you've ever seen the film Spotlight, then you know all about his leadership there
0:47.8	and his support of the investigative team to break the Catholic priest scandal wide open
0:54.9	in Boston in the earlier part of the 2000s.
0:59.6	But in the second decade of the 2000s, 2013 to 2021, Barron has been running the Washington
1:06.6	Post overseeing the expansion of the post into a true national and international news player.
1:15.0	There is a lot we can learn from his experience, from his time at the post.
1:19.7	And we also want to ask what he's doing next.
1:22.6	His retirement is effective at the end of February.
1:25.9	So for an exit interview of sorts, let's bring in Marty Barron.
1:30.6	Marty, thanks so much for joining me.
1:32.2	Great to be here, Brian.
1:33.2	Thanks.
1:34.2	I feel like this is not our last conversation.
1:36.3	It's just our last conversation.
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