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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Sorta curious why Len Downie felt the need to remind staffers recently of the paper's Conflict of Interest policy: To: Newsroom Staff From: Len Downie Please read this re-statement of our Conflict of Interest policy, which is being updated in the Style book. Nothing has changed but it has been a long time since we reminded everyone about this. Conflict of Interest Document Last Modified:...
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Grasping Reality with Both Hands (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
*Washington Post* honcho Len Downie's place in the history books: > Eschaton: Bye Len Downie: You'll be remembered most of all for keeping Walter Pincus in exile on page A16...
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CJR Daily (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
Another excerpt from that valedictory interview with the Washington Post’s Len Downie, this one on his plans to write fiction in retirement: West Lafayette, Ind.: Why write a novel? Are you perpetuating the "every journalist has a manuscript hidden in a desk drawer" myth? Not that it's a bad thing. Leonard Downie Jr.: It was, in fact, hidden...
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CJR Daily (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
As flagged by Romenesko, here’s a hard to believe exchange from an online Q&A with now-officially outgoing Washington Post editor Len Downie: Arlington, Va.: You are known for being so objective that you don't vote. Now that you are retiring, will register and vote? Leonard Downie Jr.: I'll have to think about that since I didn't just stop voting,...
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Achenblog (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
We just had an emotional staff meeting at which Len Downie announced that he will retire. It's been 44 years and one day since he started at The Washington Post. Two prolonged ovations for Len (I concur with fishbowldc's source who said it was the "Longest applause I have ever heard in a newsroom"). Len was obviously very touched (and then, at the end, said, "Now get back to work"). Here are...
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Jon Meachem pulls out of Washington Post executive editor search. Howard Kurtz 's online cha t addresses Len Downie 's departure and what's next. The New York Times' write-up . Downie says his job is like conducting an orchestra . Don Graham 's farewell speech . " Downie Deserves Plaudits -- But Remember the Run-up to War " (Hat Tip: Romenesko ) New Career Opportunities Daily:...
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
An interesting paragraph in Marc Fisher 's tribute to Len Downie : Like all editors, Downie had his peculiar likes and dislikes. On the day George Carlin died, it's worth noting that Downie is the anti-Carlin--probably the last American editor to hold the line against naughty words that long ago lost their power to outrage, words such as--well, I'm not allowed to use them. But...
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
After the weeks of speculation that followed WaPo's big buyout over whether longtime executive editor Len Downie would be leaving his top post, and who exactly might replace him, it's official Downie will step down effective September 8, 2008. Just yesterday new publisher Katharine Weymouth was quoted telling AdAge that she was "in no hurry to rush Len out of here." Despite this rumors...
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The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Leonard Downie Jr. said Monday he is retiring as executive editor of The Washington Post after 17 years in that role, ending a storied newsroom career and making way for a new editor to lead the newspaper's transition into the digital age.
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DCist (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
The Politico's Michael Calderone says that Leonard Downie, Jr. announced today that he is stepping down as executive editor of the Washington Post. The move had largely been expected, as reports that a search for his replacement was already underway had been circulating through town for several weeks. City Desk rightfully calls the announcement hardly news, but points out that the quick timeframe...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
Washington Post's Leonard Downie, Jr. announced today that he is stepping down as executive editor after 17 years on the top job effective September 8, 2008. Numerous Post staffers suspected this announcement after receiving a terse e-mail from the executive editor a few hours earlier, announcing the impromptu meeting in the fifth-floor newsroom. At the meeting, Downie told staffers how...
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Gawker (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
The Washington Post is having a big important meeting where editor Len Downie will probably announce his acceptance of a buy-out and his retirement. Or maybe he'll fire everyone else! That would be...
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The Media Mob (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
After months of speculation, The Washington Post 's executive editor Len Downie finally announced to staff today that he's retiring and that his last day will be Sept. 8. The Post 's Howie Kurtz is reporting that the Post 's publisher Katharine Weymouth will announce a replacement soon. At a meeting this afternoon, Mr. Downie said, "a new younger publisher needs a new younger editor"...
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Gawker (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
The Washington Post is having a big important meeting where editor Len Downie will probably announce his acceptance of a buy-out and his retirement. Or maybe he'll fire everyone else! That would be...
