Len Downie

Former Washington Post Executive Editor

air date: Dec 15, 2011

Len Downie spent 44 years as a reporter and editor at the Washington Post, retiring in 2008 as executive editor. During his 17 years in charge, the Post won 25 Pulitzer Prizes. Today he’s a professor at Arizona State University’s Cronkite School.

• Full Episode
• Leaving daily journalism and the future of newspapers
• Political views on editorial pages
• Not for profit journalism
• Audience Q&A

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