Cynthia Needham
Deputy Managing Editor, Innovation & Strategy | The Boston Globe
- Role
- Deputy Managing Editor, Innovation & Strategy at Boston Globe Media
- Location
- Boston, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Cynthia Needham
Lead innovator for the Boston Globe newsroom, with a focus on driving journalistic transformation and finding the next big thing in the media landscape. I’m a longtime reporter, turned results-oriented editor, turned innovation specialist. My career has spanned the full gamut of news, motivated by the belief that you can’t disrupt journalism if you haven’t done it yourself.
Experience
Deputy Managing Editor, Innovation & Strategy
Oct 2025 — Present
Work across editorial and business-side departments to lead transformation – designing high-octane reporting initiatives and teams, while aligning Boston Globe Media’s overall revenue and growth strategies with its journalistic goals. •Oversee strategic planning and AI efforts. •Build out experimentation of new products targeting subscription growth. Examples include: an Emmy-award winning daily television news show, a weather reporting team and accompanying news vertical, and new multi-platform initiatives. •Serve as newsroom point on collaborations throughout the company’s four main brands. •Co-run Boston Globe Media Productions.
Education
Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism
Master of Science (M.S.)
2002 — 2003
Bowdoin College
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English & American History
Skills
- Politics
- Breaking News
- Editing
- Copy Editing
- Newspaper
- Editorial
- Press Releases
- Copywriting
- Journalism
- Online Journalism
- Proofreading
- Media Relations
- Crisis Communications
- News Writing
- Social Media
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