Carol D. Leonnig

Carol D. Leonnig
Born Carol D. Leonnig
c. 1966
Occupation journalist
Notable credit(s) Washington Post,
Charlotte Observer,
Philadelphia Inquirer

Carol D. Leonnig is an American investigative journalist and a prominent Washington Post Staff Writer.

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Career

Leonnig's first reporting job was in 1989 at The Philadelphia Inquirer where she worked in the South Jersey bureau. After that, she became a staff writer for The Charlotte Observer.[1]

Washington Post

Having covered the Bush administration extensively from the Post's federal courts beat, she now writes for the National Desk as part of a team examining federal agencies and government accountability. She has done numerous television interviews including The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer,[1][2] and MSNBC.[3] Her coverage of the Bush administration has been cited in many books on the subject.[4][5][6]

Awards

In 2005, Leonnig was part of a seven-person team that won the Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting given by the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California for a series of articles that uncovered unhealthy levels of lead in the drinking water in Washington, D.C. and problems with reporting water quality across the U.S.[7][8]

She is also a former Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellow.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Scanlan, Chip (May 4, 2007). "Triple Threat at the Libby Trial". Chip on Your Shoulder (The Poynter Institute). http://www.poynter.org/dg.lts/id.52/aid.122507/column.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-07 
  2. ^ Smith, Terence (2005-09-30). "Jailed Journalist Testifies". The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/july-dec05/miller_9-30.html. Retrieved 2007-11-07. 
  3. ^ Meier, Randy (November 16). "Woodward says he knew CIA agent's name: Washington Post’s Carol Leonnig talks to MSNBC-TV’s Randy Meier about Bob Woodward’s testimony that an unnamed official told him about Valeria Plame in mid-June, 2003.". MSNBC. http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-us&vid=d0f93b56-340f-444c-be4e-e40bf2868654&from=rss05. Retrieved 2007-11-07. 
  4. ^ Wheeler, Marcy (2007-01-25). Anatomy of Deceit: How the Bush Administration Used the Media to Sell the Iraq War and Out a Spy. Vaster Books. pp. 167. ISBN 0979176107. 
  5. ^ Rich, Frank (2006-09-19). The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina. The Penguin Press HC. pp. 326. ISBN 159420098X. 
  6. ^ Harbury, Jennifer K. (2005-09-15). Truth, Torture, and the American Way: The History and Consequences of U.S. Involvement in Torture. Beacon Press. pp. 197. ISBN 0807003077. 
  7. ^ "Alum Wins Investigative Reporting Award with Post Team". University of Maryland, College Park. 2005-02-25. http://www.journalism.umd.edu/newrel/05newrel/scohen05.html. Retrieved 2007-11-07. 
  8. ^ "HONORS". The Washington Post. February 23, 2005 
  9. ^ "The Regional Reporter". Regional Reporters Association. April 1998. http://rra.org/newsletters/1998-04.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-07. 

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