#Leonard downie series#

The New Muckrakers (New Republic Books, 1976) detailed the rise and impact of a new generation of investigative reporters, including his colleagues Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Mortgage on America (Praeger, 1974) investigated the impact and costs of certain types of destructive urban real estate speculation. Justice Denied (Praeger, 1971) examined poorly functioning city courts across the country. In 1971 he was awarded a two-year Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship, studying urban problems in the United States and Europe.ĭownie’s first three books grew out of his newspaper journalism during those years. His reporting during his time on the Metro staff won him two Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild Front Page awards, The American Bar Association Gavel Award for legal reporting, and the John Hancock Award for excellent business and financial writing.

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#Leonard downie series#

His 1966 investigative series on the malfunctioning local court system in Washington, D.C. He soon became a well-known local investigative reporter in Washington, specializing in crime, courts, housing and urban affairs. In 2009, Random House published his fiction debut, The Rules of the Game.ĭownie first joined the Washington Post as a summer intern in 1964. Downie was also a major contributor to Ten Blocks from the White House: Anatomy of the Washington Riots of 1968 has written many newspaper and magazine articles and co-authored “The Reconstruction of American Journalism,” a major report on the state of the news media,published by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. In 2003, The News About the News won the Goldsmith Award from the Joan Shorenstein Center at Harvard University’s John F. Downie currently serves as Vice President At Large at the Washington Post Company, as Weil Family Professor of Journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University, and as a member of several advisory boards associated with journalism and public affairs.ĭownie is the author of four nonfiction books: Justice Denied (1971), Mortgage on America (1974), The New Muckrakers (1976) and The News About the News: American Journalism in Peril (2002), co-authored with Robert G. During Downie's tenure as Executive Editor, The Washington Post won 25 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other newspaper has won during the term of a single Executive Editor, including three Pulitzer Gold Medals for Public Service. Downie became Executive Editor upon the retirement of Ben Bradlee. He worked in the Post newsroom for 44 years as Executive Editor, Managing Editor, National Editor, London correspondent, Assistant Managing Editor for Metropolitan News, Deputy Metropolitan Editor, and as an award winning investigative and local reporter. (born May 1, 1942), the American journalist, was Executive Editor of The Washington Post from 1991-2008.

Leonard Downie has been listed as a notable Newspaper editor, author by Marquis Who's Who.Leonard 'Len' Downie, Jr. Board directors Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Svc., since 1991, International Herald Tribune, since 1996. Managing editor, Washington Post, 1984-1991 Įxecutive editor, Washington Post, since 1991. National editor, Washington Post, 1982-1984 London correspondent, Washington Post, 1979-1982 Metropolitan editor, Washington Post, 1974-1979 Reporter, editor, Washington Post, 1964-1974 Master of Arts, Ohio State University, 1965 ĭoctor of Laws (honorary), Ohio State University, 1993. (Evenheimer) Downie.īachelor of Arts, Ohio State University, 1964 Member American Society Newspaper Editors.ĭOWNIE, Leonard was born on in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Trustee Georgetown Day School, 1988-1993. Recipient Gavel award American Bar Association, 1967, Front st place award for newswriting Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild, 1967, 68, award John Hancock Insurance Company, 1969 Alicia Patterson Foundation fellow, 1971-1972. Leonard Downie, American Newspaper editor, author.