WESTERLY — As dismal and dire as discussions about dying newspapers and democracy in danger can be, there is hope, said Walter V. "Robby" Robinson, the editor-at-large at the Boston
Spotlight made Marty Baron a star. It also made him my friend.
Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post
Feb. 26, 2021
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After an award-winning career in journalism, Martin Baron is retiring as executive editor of The Washington Post.Washington Post photo by Marvin Joseph.
In an opening scene of Spotlight, the newsroom of the Boston Globe has gathered to bid farewell to a retiring reporter at a caking - a time-honored office ritual involving tears, laughs, awkward speeches and a sheet cake. After a few wisecracks about poker games and old age, investigations editor Walter V. Robby Robinson, played by Michael Keaton, notes that the Globe s enigmatic new top editor is arriving in a few days. Forgive me buddy, but I gotta ask, he says with mock suspicion to his departing colleague. What the hell do you know?