Leonard Downie
Contributor
Leonard Downie Jr., Weil Family Professor of Journalism at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, is a former executive editor of The Washington Post. As the newspaper’s deputy local news editor, he was one of the editors on the Watergate investigation.
Primary Contributions (1)
At 9:00 pm on Thursday, August 8, 1974, Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein joined other Post journalists watching television screens that hung from the ceiling of the newsroom as Pres. Richard Nixon announced from the White House that he would resign the presidency of theâŠ
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Publications (1)
All about the Story News, Power, Politics, and the Washington Post (2020)
At a time when the role of journalism is especially critical, the former executive editor of the Washington Post writes about his nearly fifty years at the newspaper and the importance of getting at the truth.
In 1964, as a twenty-two-year-old Ohio State graduate with working-class Cleveland roots and a family to support, Len Downie landed an internship with the Washington Post. He would become a pioneering investigative reporter, news editor, foreign correspondent, and...
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In 1964, as a twenty-two-year-old Ohio State graduate with working-class Cleveland roots and a family to support, Len Downie landed an internship with the Washington Post. He would become a pioneering investigative reporter, news editor, foreign correspondent, and...