Brian McGrory

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Brian McGrory
Born1960/1961 (age 60–61)[1]
Boston, Massachusetts
Alma materBates College
OccupationJournalist, author, editor
EmployerThe Boston Globe (1989–present)

Brian McGrory (born c. 1960) is an American journalist, author and publishing executive. He has been editor of The Boston Globe since December 2012.[2]

Biography[]

McGrory was born in Boston,[3] and grew up in Roslindale and Weymouth, Massachusetts.[1] He graduated from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, with a Bachelor of Arts in 1984.[4][5] His began his journalism career with the New Haven Register and The Patriot Ledger.[1]

McGrory joined The Boston Globe in 1989 as a Metro columnist,[1] and quickly moved up the ranks to associate editor.[6][4] He has served as a White House reporter, and has written four novels plus a memoir.[3] In 2011, he received a Scripps-Howard award for commentary and a Sigma Delta Chi Award for column writing.[3]

McGrory was named editor of the Globe in December 2012, succeeding Martin Baron.[1] His staff won a Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting in 2014 for coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013.[7]

Bibliography[]

Jack Flynn Series[]

  1. The Incumbent (2000, ISBN 0-7434-0350-9)
  2. The Nominee (2002, ISBN 0-7434-0353-3)
  3. Dead Line (2004, ISBN 0-7434-6366-8)[8]
  4. Strangled (2007, ISBN 0-7434-6368-4)

Other[]

  1. Buddy: How a Rooster Made Me a Family Man (2013, ISBN 0-3079-5307-6)

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e Ross, Casey (December 20, 2012). "Brian McGrory named Globe's new editor". The Boston Globe. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  2. ^ "Brian McGrory is Boston Globe's new editor". Poynter. 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
  3. ^ a b c "Brian McGrory - Editor". The Boston Globe. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Haughney, Christine. "Brian McGrory Rises From Boston Globe Paperboy to Become the Paper's Next Editor". Media Decoder Blog. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
  5. ^ "Media describe arc of newspaperman Brian McGrory '84, new Boston Globe editor". www.bates.edu. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
  6. ^ "Globe editor McGrory: It's time to rethink everything we do". Media Nation. 2016-04-07. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
  7. ^ "The Pulitzer Prizes | Citation". Pulitzer.org. April 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
  8. ^ Dead Line, Brian McGrory, Author, Publishers Weekly, https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7434-6366-9
Preceded by Editor of The Boston Globe
2012–present 		Succeeded by
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