David Leonhardt

David Leonhardt
Born (1973-01-01) January 1, 1973 (age 51)
New York City, New York, U.S.
EducationYale University (BS)
Occupation(s)Journalist, columnist
EmployerThe New York Times
Known forWashington bureau chief, The New York Times (2011–2013)
AwardsPulitzer Prize for Commentary, 2011
Websitewww.nytimes.com/by/david-leonhardt

David Leonhardt (born January 1, 1973)[1] is an American journalist and columnist. Since April 30, 2020, he has written the daily "The Morning" newsletter for The New York Times.[2] He also contributes to the paper's Sunday Review section.[3] His column previously appeared weekly in The New York Times.[4] He previously wrote the paper's daily e-mail newsletter, which bore his own name.[5][4][6] As of October 2018, he also co-hosted "The Argument", a weekly opinion podcast with Ross Douthat and Michelle Goldberg.[7]

Leonhardt was previously the head of an internal strategy group, known as the 2020 group, that made recommendations to Times executives in January 2017 about changing the newsroom and the news report in response to the rise of digital media.[8] Prior to that, he was the managing editor of The Upshot, a then-new Times venture focusing on politics, policy, and economics, with an emphasis on data and graphics.[9] Before The Upshot, he was the paper's Washington bureau chief and an economics columnist. He joined the Times in 1999 and wrote the "Economics Scene" column, and for the Times Sunday Magazine. He is the author of a short e-book published by the Times in February 2013: Here's the Deal: How Washington Can Solve the Deficit and Spur Growth.[10] Before coming to the Times, he wrote for Business Week and The Washington Post.[11]

In April 2011 he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary "for his graceful penetration of America's complicated economic questions, from the federal budget deficit to health care reform".[12]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2011 Pulitzer for Commentary (biography page) was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "New Role for David Leonhardt". 30 April 2020.
  3. ^ "David Leonhardt - the New York Times". The New York Times.
  4. ^ a b Leonhardt, David (May 2020). "Opinion | to the Readers of This Newsletter". The New York Times.
  5. ^ Until the end of 2018 it was named "Opinion Today". It returned to that name on May 1, 2020.
  6. ^ "Opinion Today: What happened the day after she was sexually harassed at the Pentagon".
  7. ^ "Opinion | Introducing 'The Argument'". The New York Times. 2018-10-10. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  8. ^ Sydney Ember (2017-01-17). "The New York Times Study Calls for Rapid Change in Newsroom". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
  9. ^ New York Times Press Release: "The New York Times Announces New Journalism Ventures and Staff Changes" October 20, 2013.
  10. ^ "The New York Times Store". Nytstore.com. 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
  11. ^ "David Leonhardt". The New York Times (profile page). Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved 2017-02-02 – via nytimes.com.
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2011 Pulitzer Commentary (citation page) was invoked but never defined (see the help page).