martin baron works right here at "the washington post." kevin mccarthy sat down with him last night to discuss the film. >> this essential story to a local paper. >> "spotlight may have taken home best picture this year, but the real winner was investigative journalism. >> we're going to tell it right. >> reporter: "spotlight"'s investigation exposed child mol he is -- mol station and the cover up. the executive editor the "the washington post" sat down and talked with me. >> the work on the investigating the church was distinct. it had such an immediate and important impact on the lives of everyday people. it caused reforms in the church, although i think there's probably still work to be done there, and it probably influenced how other major ins tugs deal with the issue of credible abuse. >> mr. baron who is not from boston remembers his first day at "the boss done globe." i was nervous going into an environment like that. >> finding a way to make this paper essential to its readers. >> we got on to a big story on the first day at the fi

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the real martin baron spoke of how the case had snowballed from a focus on just one priest. >> i thoughtxtraordinary story. here was a priest who had been accused by 130 people of having abused them as minors. that was just an extraordinary number in and of itself. >> brown: baron is now editor of the "washington post." when we spoke to him this fall as "spotlight" was being released, he said he hoped the film could also raise awareness of the continuing need for strong investigative journalism >> well, we're a profession that's under tremendous pressure. a lot of financial pressure. so clearly it's going to be more difficult, given that there are fewer resources to do it. this is very expensive work to do. and yet we have to commit ourselves to doing it. somebody needs to hold powerful institutions and individuals accountable, and we're the ones who have that particular role in our society. >> brown: the "boston globe's" "spotlight" unit won a pulitzer prize for its coverage. since 2003, newspaper staffs have declined by 40%, a major challenge for investigative reporting. and at the sam

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