Stephanie Leydon

Senior Editor and Executive Producer, Digital Video

Stephanie Leydon leads digital video innovation at GBH News where she oversees strategy and content production for the newsroom’s fast-growing YouTube and social channels.

She has led the production of key editorial efforts including ‘Never Cried’: Boston’s Busing Legacy, Priced Out: The Fight for Housing in Massachusetts and COVID and the Classroom,a yearlong look at the impact of the pandemic shutdowns on high school seniors. She also served as the editorial supervisor for The Big Dig, the acclaimed podcast series.

Stephanie joined GBH News in 2014 as a reporter and was promoted to senior editor in 2018. Her television and radio reporting has aired nationally on NPR, PRI’s The World, The World Channel and The PBS Newshour.

Earlier in her career she worked as a television news anchor and reporter at WLVI-TV in Boston, WMUR-TV in Manchester, NH and WMGT-TV in Macon, GA. Stephanie has earned National Education Writers Association, Clarion, New England Emmy, NABJ and Edward R. Murrow awards. She holds a BA degree from Bates College.