He came home in 1963 to be metropolitan editor.

He became metropolitan editor in 1993 after two years as deputy for city news.

In 1976, he retired as an assistant to the metropolitan editor.

He returned to Boston in 1958 to be metropolitan editor, then managing editor.

He was an assistant metropolitan editor, an urban affairs reporter and a correspondent based in London.

He was given a variety of editing responsibilities before being named metropolitan editor.

He was named metropolitan editor four years ago after serving as deputy foreign editor.

Along the way he was a police reporter, drama critic and metropolitan editor with special responsibility for the culture report.

He was metropolitan editor at the Post before taking the film reviewer position.

Mr. Johnson was an assistant to the metropolitan editor in 1977 and 1978, but asked to return to reporting.