The Boston Globe announced that Brian McGrory will rejoin the organization as editor, effective January 5, 2026.
McGrory brings a distinguished record of leadership, innovation, and journalistic excellence from his prior tenure at the Globe, along with expanded experience from academia and the nonprofit news sector. He shares a deep and lasting commitment to The Boston Globe and to the communities it serves.
Previously, McGrory spent 34 years at the Globe, beginning in 1989 as a reporter in the former South Weekly before holding a wide range of roles, including general assignment reporter, roving national reporter, White House correspondent, signature metro columnist, editor of the Metro department, and editor of the Globe from 2012 to early 2023.
While editor, McGrory led the Globe newsroom through a period of dramatic industry transformation while overseeing coverage of major regional and national stories. Under his leadership, the Globe reinvented its coverage with new beats, a renewed editorial outlook, and a stronger emphasis on digital journalism, while winning multiple Pulitzer Prizes and significantly expanding its digital subscriber base.
Since leaving the Globe, McGrory has remained deeply engaged in journalism and media leadership. As chair of the Journalism Department at Boston University and a professor of the practice, he launched the Local News Initiative, an ambitious effort designed to foster collaboration among local nonprofit and independent news organizations across New England. A central component of that effort is the BU Newsroom, which McGrory launched last year, hiring an editor in chief and producing more than 400 student-written stories, all professionally edited and published in partnership with local nonprofit and independent news organizations. McGrory plans to continue his involvement with the initiative.