![]() ![]() Leonard Downie has been listed as a notable Newspaper editor, author by Marquis Who's Who. 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. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Leonard Downie for an upcoming live or virtual event.Leonard Downie, American Newspaper editor, author. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Michele Rigby Assad, Jesse Norman, Jake Bernstein, Chris McGreal and Louise I. Leonard Downie generally travels from and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. The estimated speaking fee range to book Leonard Downie for your event is available upon request. Leonard Downie is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as The Press and Politics, How Washington Really Works, Reporting Iraq, News About the News and Government Secrecy and National Security. For more information on how we work and what makes us unique, please read the AAE Advantage. We do not exclusively represent Leonard Downie or claim ourselves as the exclusive booking agency, business manager, publicist, speakers bureau or management for Leonard Downie or any other speaker or celebrity on this website. He became a pioneering investigative reporter, news editor, foreign correspondent. He speaks on a variety of topics, drawing from his own experiences and incorporating the current headlines, resulting in engaging and timely lectures that give audiences a peek inside the inner workings of Washington.Ĭontact a speaker booking agent to check availability on Leonard Downie and other top speakers and celebrities.Īll American Speakers is a "buyers agent" and exclusively represents talent buyers, meeting planners and event professionals, who are looking to secure celebrities and speakers for personal appearances, speaking engagements, corporate entertainment, public relations campaigns, commercials, or endorsements. In 1964, at age 22, Len Downie joined the Washington Post as an intern. ![]() Kennedy School of Government.ĭownie’s most recent work and his first work of fiction, "The Rules of the Game," is a novel of corruption and cover-ups at the highest levels of Washington politics, as a national newspaper digs up the dark secrets of a powerful lobbying firm thereby exposing a network of wrongdoing by government contractors in Iraq that extends all the way to the White House.ĭownie is a seasoned speaker and has spoken at Oxford University, Columbia University, the University of Kentucky, the University of Wisconsin, Ohio State University, Chautauqua, and for the American Society of Newspaper Editors, among others. Kaiser," which won the Goldsmith Award from the Joan Shorenstein Center at Harvard University’s John F. His books include "Justice Denied," "Mortgage on America," "The New Muckrakers," and "The News About the News: American Journalism in Peril with Robert G. During Downie’s seventeen years as executive editor, the news staff won twenty-five Pulitzer Prizes including three Pulitzer gold medals for public service. He served as executive editor of The Washington Post from 1991 to 2008. is Weil Professor of Journalism at The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. ![]()
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