Nancy Barnes (born 1961) is an American journalist and newspaper editor. She is currently the editor of ''

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.'' She is also a member of the

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s board of directors, which is presented by the

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Education

Barnes earned a bachelor's degree in international relations from the

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and an

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from the

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Career

Before joining ''

'' in 2023, Barnes was the chief news executive at

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. Prior jobs include editor of the ''

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'' from 2003 to 2013 and editor and executive vice president of news for the ''

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'' between 2013 and 2018. In 2013, while Barnes was editor at the ''Star Tribune'' the paper won the

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for local news for reporting on infant deaths at

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facilities. It also won the

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for Breaking News and two 2013 Edward R. Murrow Awards for multimedia journalism. While she led the ''Chronicle'' the paper won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for commentary. It was a Pulitzer finalist in 2017 for reports on the denial of special education to tens of thousands of Texas students, and a 2018 finalist for its reporting on

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. At NPR, Barnes succeeded Michael Oreskes after he was fired over sexual harassment allegations. Barnes was the fourteenth person and fourth woman to head NPR's news division since the position was defined in 1979. On November 14, 2022, ''The Boston Globe'' announced that Barnes would become its 13th editor and the first woman to lead the ''Globe''’s newsroom.

References

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