Brian McGrory


Brian McGrory is an American journalist, author and publishing executive serving as editor of The Boston Globe since January 2026. He was previously the Globe's editor from December 2012 to December 2022. From 2023 to 2025, he chaired the department of journalism at Boston University.
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Biography

McGrory was born in Boston, and grew up in Roslindale and Weymouth, Massachusetts. He graduated from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, with a Bachelor of Arts in 1984. His began his journalism career with the New Haven Register and The Patriot Ledger.
McGrory joined The Boston Globe in 1989 as a Metro columnist, and quickly moved up the ranks to associate editor. He has served as a White House reporter, and has written four novels plus a memoir. In 2011, he received a Scripps-Howard award for commentary and a Sigma Delta Chi Award for column writing.
McGrory was named editor of the Globe in December 2012, succeeding Martin Baron. His staff won a Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting in 2014 for coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013.
In 2018, former Globe editor Hilary Sargent accused McGrory of sexual harassment by sending her an inappropriate text while McGrory was overseeing her work. McGrory denied the allegation, and an internal investigation cleared him of wrongdoing.
On September 7, 2022, McGrory announced he would step down as editor of the Globe at the end of the year to become chair of Boston University's journalism department. In December 2025, the Globe announced McGrory would return as its editor, replacing Nancy Barnes.
McGrory serves on the board of The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, publisher of The Baltimore Banner. McGrory currently serves as the publication's interim editor.

Jack Flynn Series

  1. The Incumbent
  2. The Nominee
  3. Dead Line
  4. ''Strangled''

Other

  1. ''Buddy: How a Rooster Made Me a Family Man''