Lawrence Downes

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Lawrence Downes is an American journalist and member of the editorial board of "The New York Times" since 2004.

Downes works principally on editorials for the regional opinion sections which appear in the Westchester, Long Island and city weekly sections. Previously, he was enterprise editor for the national desk, as well as the desk's deputy political editor in 2000 for the presidential campaign. From 1998 to 2000, Downes was weekend editor on the metro desk and before that, deputy weekend editor.

He joined The Times in 1993 as a copy editor trainee. Previously, Downes was a copy editor at Newsday from 1992 to 1993, and the Chicago Sun-Times from 1989 to 1992. He received a B.A. degree in English from Fordham University in 1986. He also attended the University of Missouri School of Journalism from 1987 to 1989.

External links

* [http://www.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/editorial-board.html List of all current members of "The New York Times" editorial board, with capsule biographies]

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