Shirley Leung, a Boston Globe columnist who has explored topics ranging from business and politics to gender issues in the workplace, will become interim editorial page editor, replacing Ellen Clegg, who retired last week, the newspaper announced Monday.
In a note to staff, Linda Pizzuti Henry, the Globe’s managing director, said Leung would serve as the leader of the editorial board for the next six months, beginning Aug. 27.
“Shirley has been a bold voice in Boston, writing an impactful, must-read, often counterintuitive column in our business section for the past five years,” Henry wrote, adding that while she was reluctant to lose Leung’s column in the news pages, “I could not be more excited about this new role for her.”
Henry indicated that Leung would serve in the role while the newspaper searches for a permanent editorial page editor.
“Because we are at such a critical juncture, we want to make certain that we take our time to think strategically about the board, who the next permanent leader will be, and how it will be organized,” she wrote. “To accomplish that, we need the strength of a courageous thinker, someone who knows both the newsroom and the world of opinion well, and who knows how to challenge assumptions.”
Editorial meeting:
Shirley - Write about how Boston deserves the Olympics!
Writers - But it doesn't
Shirley - WRITE ABOUT EXISTING STADIUMS AND SPORTS CULTURE
Writers - But there would need to be massive infrastructural improvements and the T can't handle the congestion
Shirley - MAKE YOUR ARTICLE AVOUT HOW THE OLYMPICS WOULD BRING GREST PRESTIGE AND RICHES TO BOSTON
Writers - It would bankrupt the city for decades, here are the actual economic studies that prove it's unfeasible
Shirley - YOU PEOPLE JUST WOULDN'T GIVE IT A CHANCE, BOSTON DESERVES BETTER FROM ITS POLITICIANS
