From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David Leonhardt
David Leonhardt
David Leonhardt who produced the paper’s 2005 series on social class in
the United States. His economics column, "Economic
Born January 1, 1973 (1973-01-01) [1] Scene," appeared on Wednesdays from 2006 until 2011.
New York, New York
He has also been a staff writer for The Times Magazine
Residence Washington, D.C.[2] and contributed to the "Economix" blog.
In 2003, he was part of a team of Times reporters
Nationality American
whose coverage of corporate scandals was a finalist for
Education B.S., Applied Mathematics (1994) the Pulitzer Prize. He won the Gerald Loeb Award for
Alma mater Yale University magazine writing in 2009 for a New York Times Magazine
article, "Obamanomics." He was a winner of the Society
Occupation Journalist, columnist of American Business Editors and Writers "Best in Busi-
Employer The New York Times ness Journalism Contest" for his New York Times column
in 2009 and 2007. In 2010, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer
Known for Pulitzer Prize in Commentary, 2011;
Prize in Commentary for his economic columns. In 2011
Washington bureau chief, The New York Times
(2011—) he won the Pulitzer Prize in Commentary.[1][4][9]
In July 2011, Leonhardt was appointed as chief of the
Home New York, New York Washington bureau of The Times. He assumed this role on
town
September 6, 2011.[10]
Website After this announcement, he published what he re-
ferred to as his final Economic Scene column, "Lessons
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/author/david-
leonhardt/Economix from the Malaise," on July 26, 2011.[11][12] However, after
he began his editing assignment, Leonhardt continued to
David Leonhardt is the Washington bureau chief of The publish analyses of economic news.[13]
New York Times. He joined The Times in 1999 and wrote
the "Economics Scene" column, and for the Times Sunday Other activities
Magazine. Before coming to The Times, he wrote for Busi-
ness Week and The Washington Post.[3] In April 2011 he was He was interviewed on "The Colbert Report" on January
awarded a Pulitzer Prize in the "Commentary" category 6, 2009 about the gold standard.[14]
"for his graceful penetration of America’s complicated
economic questions, from the federal budget deficit to Awards
health care reform".[4] His appointment as Washington
• 2011 Pulitzer Prize winner, for commentary.
bureau chief was announced on July 22, 2011.[5] He began
• 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist, as a columnist.
the assignment on September 6, 2011.
• 2009 Gerald Loeb Award
• 1998 Peter Lisagor Award for Exemplary Journalism,
Background and career from the Chicago Headline Club.
Born in New York, Leonhardt graduated from Horace
Mann School in Riverdale, New York in 1990, and then References
continued his studies at Jonathan Edwards College, Yale
[1] ^ 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary,
University, graduating in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science
distinguished commentary prize ( biography page
degree in applied mathematics.[6] At Yale, Leonhardt
), retrieved August 20, 2011.
served as editor-in-chief of the Yale Daily News.[7]
[2] "David Leonhardt’s prescient move," Politico, 22
In 1998, he won a Peter Lisagor Award for Exemplary
July 2011.
Journalism in the Business Journalism category from the
[3] Profile at the New York Times
Chicago Headline Club for a Business Week story he wrote
[4] ^ 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary,
about problems at McDonald’s.[1][8] Leonhardt has been
distinguished commentary prize ( citation page ),
writing about economics for The Times since 2000. In
retrieved August 20, 2011.
2004, he founded an analytical sports column, "Keeping
Score," which runs on Sundays. He was one of the writers
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David Leonhardt
[5] Jeremy W. Peters, "Times Names David Leonhardt
Washington Bureau Chief," Media Decoder (blog),
External links
The New York Times, 22 July 2011. • David Leonhardt collected news and commentary at
[6] Yale on-line alumni directory The New York Times
[7] Maria Newman, "At Wary Yale, Seeds of Hope," The • Economix blog
New York Times, April 18, 1993. • The Chicago Headline Club, the largest chapter of the
[8] "1998 Peter Lisagor Award recipients list, the Society of Professional Journalists in the United
Chicago Headline Club". http://headlineclub.org/ States.
index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=158%3Avote-• Appearances on C-SPAN
spj-national-honors- • David Leonhardt on Charlie Rose
candidates&catid=42%3Apeter-lisagor- • David Leonhardt at the Internet Movie Database
awards&Itemid=19. Retrieved 20 August 2011. • Works by or about David Leonhardt in libraries
[9] 2011 Pulitzer Prize, list of winners in all categories. (WorldCat catalog)
[10] Jeremy W. Peters, "Times Names David Leonhardt Persondata
Washington Bureau Chief," Media Decoder (blog),
Name Leonhardt, David
The New York Times, 22 July 2011.
[11] David Leonhardt, "Economic Scene: Lessons from Alternative names
the Malaise," The New York Times, 26 July 2011. Short description
[12] Leonhardt described this as his final column on Date of birth 1973-01-01
Twitter on July 27, 2011: "@DLeonhardt David
Place of birth New York, New York
Leonhardt. My final Econ Scene column, on lessons
from the last 11 years: we’re not focusing on our Date of death
true problems.... 27 Jul via Twitter for iPad." Place of death
[13] e.g., David Leonhardt, "Rising Fears of Recession,"
The New York Times, September 7, 2011.
[14] Leonhardt on Colbert 6 January 2009
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