Kevin Baron (journalist)

Kevin Baron
Alma mater	University of Richmond (BA) George Washington University (MA)
Occupation(s)	Journalist, executive editor
Employer	Defense One

Kevin Baron (born 1975) is an American journalist, and the founding executive editor of Defense One, a subdivision of Atlantic Media.

Education

Baron graduated from the University of Richmond in 1997, with a B.A. in international studies, and from the George Washington University with an M.A. in media and public affairs in 2004.

Career

Previously, he was national security staff writer for National Journal and a reporter for Stars and Stripes, the Boston Globe Washington bureau, and the Center for Public Integrity.

Awards

• 2010 Military Reporters & Editors Award
• 2009 George Polk Award, Military Reporting
• 2003 George Polk Award, Internet Reporting, (Center for Public Integrity)
• 2008 ICIJ Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting, Finalist
• 2008 Scripps-Howard Foundation National Journalism Award, Washington Reporting, Finalist
• 2007 Associated Press Managing Editors (APME) Award, International Perspective, Finalist
• 2006 Monthly Journalism Award, Washington Monthly, December 2006

Works

• "Files prove Pentagon is profiling reporters", Stars and Stripes, Charlie Reed, Kevin Baron, Leo Shane III, August 27, 2009

External links

• Author page at Defense One
• Journalist's blog
• Appearances on C-SPAN