Len Downie

Parasites, Politics, and the Press: Social Security Attackers' Covert Ops

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Richard (RJ) Eskow

As someone who's worked in freelance journalism, I'm actually quite sympathetic to Downie's concerns. But get with the program, man! While it's not perfect, the Huffington Post is hiring journalists. The Washington Post is laying them off.

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Downie Study: Government Should Subsidize Local Journalism

Washington Post | Leonard Downie Jr. And Michael Schudson | Posted 05.25.2011

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American society must now take some collective responsibility for supporting news reporting -- as society has, at much greater expense, for public edu...

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Jason Linkins

Len Downie Novel Gets Hammered: 'J-School Literature'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Tomasky cannot put me off wanting to read this book, because even if the destination is lame, the journey is mind-bending! Sources get murdered! Deus ex machinae emerge! There is an "orgy," apparently, in "Arlington."

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Jason Linkins

Washington Post Promotes Editor Who Dismissed Concerns Of Pre-War Coverage

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Given the incidences of lack of attention to dissenting opinion and aggression in the run up to war, it's troubling that Liz Spayd will be tasked with "oversee[ing] the gathering, editing and production of news."

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Newspapers Thinking They're Above the Web Will Be Sorry

Phil Bronstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Phil Bronstein

The notion that we old media institutions are still the big boys, so much more important and heftier than these pesky digital newcomers sounds familiar: we thought the same thing about CraigsList.

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Marcus Brauchli, Washington Post Frontrunner: Deposed WSJ Editor Leading Candidate For Downie's Job

Financial Times | Joshua Chaffin | Posted 05.25.2011

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The next editor of the Washington Post will be mandated to accelerate the combination of its print and online divisions, according to people familiar ...

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Len Downie Resigns: Washington Post Executive Editor To Step Down In September

Washington Post | Howard Kurtz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leonard Downie Jr. said today he is stepping down as The Washington Post's executive editor, ending a 17-year tenure in which the paper became a major...

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Washington Post To Replace Executive Editor By 2009: Report

New York Times | Richard Perez Pena | Posted 05.25.2011

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There's soul-searching and campaigning going on, a lot of old hands are leaving, and people in Washington wonder who is going to be in charge next yea...

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