Carol D. Leonnig

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

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".Citation
last =Scanlan
first =Chip
title =Triple Threat at the Libby Trial
journal = Chip On Your Shoulder
publisher = The Poynter Institute
date =May 4, 2007
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url =http://www.poynter.org/dg.lts/id.52/aid.122507/column.htm
accessdate = 2007-11-07]

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 an team examining federal agencies and government accountability. Leonnig is winner of the Selden Ring award for investigative reporting. She is a former Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellow. [cite news
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title =The Regional Reporter
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date =April 1998
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accessdate =2007-11-07 ] and she has done numerous television interviews including The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer, [cite web
last =Smith
first =Terence
authorlink =Terence Smith
title =Jailed Journalist Testifies
work =The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
publisher =The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
date =2005-09-30
url =http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/july-dec05/miller_9-30.html
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accessdate = 2007-11-07 ] and MSNBC. [cite web
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first =Randy
coauthors =Randy Meier
title =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.
publisher =MSNBC
date =November 16
url =http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-us&vid=d0f93b56-340f-444c-be4e-e40bf2868654&from=rss05
accessdate = 2007-11-07]

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. [cite web
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title =Alum Wins Investigative Reporting Award with Post Team
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publisher =University of Maryland, College Park
date =2005-02-25
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title =HONORS
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date =Feb 23, 2005
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last =Wheeler
first =Marcy
authorlink =Marcy Wheeler
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title =Anatomy of Deceit: How the Bush Administration Used the Media to Sell the Iraq War and Out a Spy
publisher =Vaster Books
date =2007-01-25
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pages =167
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isbn = 0979176107 ] [cite book
last =Rich
first =Frank
authorlink =Frank Rich
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title = The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina
publisher =The Penguin Press HC
date =2006-09-19
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pages =326
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isbn =159420098X ] [cite book
last =Harbury
first =Jennifer K.
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title =Truth, Torture, and the American Way: The History and Consequences of U.S. Involvement in Torture
publisher =Beacon Press
date =2005-09-15
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pages =197
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isbn = 0807003077 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.washingtonpost.com Washington Post]
* [http://projects.washingtonpost.com/staff/articles/carol+d.+leonnig/ Recent Washington Post Articles by Carol D. Leonnig]
* [http://www.nationalpress.org/programs3516/programs_list.htm?cat=Paul%20Miller%20Washington%20Reporting%20Fellowships Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowships at the National Press Club]