Spotlight, And What’s Missed

I think I can safely say that the film Spotlight is the best journalism movie since All the President’s Men. It’s the story of the Boston Globe’s award-winning investigation into the Catholic Church’s sex abuse scandal.

Since the film prominently features former Boston Globe editor Marty Baron, the Washington Post’s current editor, WaPo employees got to attend a special screening a few months ago. I’d like to humbly brag that on the way to the screening, I was with a small group of colleagues who invited Baron himself to ride along to the theater in Georgetown. On the way, he told us some interesting things that happened before and even after filming.

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