Cambridge Day’s founding editor, Marc Levy, has left the newspaper. His departure was announced in an email to Day contributors from editor-in-chief Michael Fitzgerald that was forwarded to me by a trusted source and confirmed by Fitzgerald. He writes:
Some changes are easier to share than others. I’m sad to say Cambridge Day’s founder, Marc Levy, has resigned effective immediately. Since re-starting the publication in 2009, Marc’s passion for community journalism has been unparalleled. He has been tireless, creative, resourceful, and dedicated to telling the stories of Cambridge and Somerville.
I know many of you, perhaps all of you, began contributing to the publication because of your admiration and respect for him and the publication he worked so hard to build. We are all part of his legacy. There’s still a great deal to do to achieve his goal in a sustainable way and I hope you will continue to work with me to make it so.
Levy has been a vital force for local journalism in Cambridge for 16 years, reporting on the city as the Gannett-owned Cambridge Chronicle cut back on its coverage and, at some point during the past several years, shut down almost unnoticed. The Day has also served as an occasional outlet for our Northeastern journalism students.
But it was always a bare-bones operation. That began to change in late 2024, when the Day — nominally a for-profit — was acquired by a nonprofit organization called Cambridge News Inc. At the same time, according to the Day’s “About” page, the Cambridge Community Foundation set up a Local News Fund to provide some assistance to the paper.
The Day is a digital-and-print operation; Cambridge Day is the name of the website, while the print edition is known as The Week.
Fitzgerald, an experienced journalist whose most recent stop had been as editor-in-chief at Harvard Public Health, came on board as the Day’s top editor in September 2025, with Levy remaining on the masthead as well. Levy’s departure is not the only change that’s taken place. Recently Fitzgerald said the Day would cut back on governmental coverage in Somerville, explaining, “If we’re going to be Cambridge Day, we need to be doing a good job of covering as much of Cambridge as we can.”
Levy declined to comment when I contacted him Tuesday night. Fitzgerald told me by email: “I meant what I said in the note. I’m sad about his departure. He gave his all to keep journalism alive in Cambridge and Somerville, and we’re well-positioned to build on that foundation.”
