LEN DOWNIE

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'Control Freak' Obama White House Takes Secrecy To Historic Extreme, Report Finds
By Michael Calderone
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Parasites, Politics, and the Press: Social Security Attackers' Covert Ops
By Richard (RJ) Eskow, Contributor
Host, The Zero Hour; Sr. Fellow, Campaign for America's Future
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
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Len Downie Novel Gets Hammered: 'J-School Literature'
By Jason Linkins
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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Washington Post Promotes Editor Who Dismissed Concerns Of Pre-War Coverage
By Jason Linkins
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
By Phil Bronstein, Contributor
Executive Vice President and Editor-at-Large, San Francisco Ch...
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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A Conversation with Len Downie Cracks the Mystery: I was Wrong
By Phil Bronstein, Contributor
Executive Vice President and Editor-at-Large, San Francisco Ch...
Consider this post a correction of my earlier impressions of him. Throughout our exchange last night, Len was pretty candid, even blunt. Since he's been retired, he finally has opinions.
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Marcus Brauchli, Washington Post Frontrunner: Deposed WSJ Editor Leading Candidate For Downie's Job
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Len Downie Resigns: Washington Post Executive Editor To Step Down In September
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Washington Post To Replace Executive Editor By 2009: Report