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If you\\u2019ve felt like the news cycle has been out of control in the past few years, imagine being the editor of one of the most prominent papers in the US.

Martin Baron had over a decade of newsroom experience before he took charge of\\xa0The Washington Post\\xa0in 2013. But just seven months into his new job, Baron received unexpected news: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos would buy (and own) the\\xa0Post, marking a sudden end of control by the esteemed family that had presided over the paper for 80 years. Two years after that jarring shift, Donald Trump won the presidency. Baron found himself working for the capital\\u2019s newspaper owned by one of the world\\u2019s richest men while reporting on a president with an anti-press platform who once referred to them as the \\u201clowest form of humanity.\\u201d

In his debut release\\xa0Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos,\\xa0and The Washington Post, Baron provides readers with a personal account of the immense pressure faced by both him and his colleagues. Despite unprecedented circumstances, Baron led the Post\\u2018s staff to award-winning coverage: stories about Trump\\u2019s purported charitable giving, misconduct by the Secret Service, and former chief justice Roy Moore\\u2019s troubling history. In addition to external challenges, Baron faced internal battles as well, such as changing societal dynamics around gender and race.

Part memoir, part investigation,\\xa0Collision of Power\\xa0details the feat of managing the\\xa0Post\\u2019s newsroom while meeting a new owner\\u2019s demands, all while simultaneously contending with a president who waged war against the media. The text examines the very nature of power in 21st-century America and how key players like media, money, technology, and politics interact and intersect.

Martin Baron\\xa0is\\xa0a longtime journalist and newspaper editor. He ran the newsrooms of The Miami Herald and The\\xa0Boston Globe\\xa0before being named executive editor of The\\xa0Washington Post\\xa0in 2013. His role in launching an investigation of the Catholic Church\\u2019s cover-up of sexual abuse by clergy was portrayed in the Academy Award-winning movie \\u201cSpotlight.\\u201d Baron retired from daily journalism in early 2021 and now splits his time between Western Massachusetts and New York City.\\xa0Collision of Power is his first book.

Frank Blethen\\xa0is the publisher of\\xa0The Seattle Times and the great-grandson of the 126-year-old company\\u2019s founder.