If you are a classic GANB reader you know of my interest (perhaps obsession) in the evolution of media. Last week OnPoint had Leonard Downie Jr. on for an interview as he steps down from the executive editor of the Washington Post after 17 years – and 44 years total with the paper. The discussion includes topics such as the future of newspapers, old media embracing new media, and how the landscape of news media will change and adapt as the audience moves increasingly online. It’s a great discussion.
This week, Leonard Downie Jr., the executive editor of The Washington Post, announced he’s stepping down after 17 years at the helm.
Forty-four years total at the newspaper, where he arrived as a summer intern in 1964.
Many of the stories he’s had a hand in are defining: Watergate. Secret CIA prisons. Walter Reed. The Post has won 25 Pulitzers with Downie in charge — six this year.
But he’s not without some regrets. And he’s leaving at an uncertain time for newspapers — and for the news.
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