Les Masterson is senior regional editor for Patch and oversees sites in Greater Boston. 

He has a long career in journalism, most of it in community journalism. He was editor of The Arlington Advocate for seven years and was an editor of the Burlington Union and reporter for the Lexington Minuteman. He was also senior online editor for HealthLeaders Media, a multimedia publishing company that covers healthcare and specializes in news for the healthcare C-suite. He also wrote a weekly column about health insurance for HealthLeaders Media.