Len Downie

Downie Study: Government Should Subsidize Local Journalism

Washington Post | Leonard Downie Jr. And Michael Schudson | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media


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

Jason Linkins

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.29.2009 | Media


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."

Jason Linkins

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.21.2009 | Media


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."

Newspapers Thinking They're Above the Web Will Be Sorry

Phil Bronstein | Posted 02.06.2009 | Media


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.

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

Financial Times | Joshua Chaffin | Posted 07.15.2008 | Media


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

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

Washington Post | Howard Kurtz | Posted 07.01.2008 | Media


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...

Washington Post To Replace Executive Editor By 2009: Report

New York Times | Richard Perez Pena | Posted 05.27.2008 | Media


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...