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David Leonhardt (born January 1, 1973) is the managing editor of a new venture at ''The New York Times'' that focuses on politics, policy, and economics. It features analytical journalism, with an emphasis on data and graphics.〔New York Times Press Release: "The New York Times Announces New Journalism Ventures and Staff Changes" (October 20, 2013 ).〕 The new venture, named ''The Upshot'', launched on April 22, 2014, six months after it was first announced.〔John McDuling, "''The Upshot'' is the New York Times’ replacement for Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight," ''Quartz'', March 10, 2014.〕〔David Leonhardt, "Greetings: Navigate News with the Upshot," ''The New York Times,'' (April 22, 2014 ).〕 Leonhardt was previously 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''.〔(Link to The New York Times ebooks page )〕 Before coming to ''The Times,'' he wrote for ''Business Week'' and ''The Washington Post''.〔(Profile at the New York Times ).〕 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".〔 ==Background and career== Born in New York, Leonhardt graduated from Horace Mann School in Riverdale, New York in 1990, and then continued his studies at Jonathan Edwards College, Yale University, graduating in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science degree in applied mathematics.〔Yale on-line alumni directory〕 At Yale, Leonhardt served as editor-in-chief of the ''Yale Daily News''.〔Maria Newman, "At Wary Yale, Seeds of Hope," (''The New York Times,'' April 18, 1993 ).〕 In 1998, he won a Peter Lisagor Award for Exemplary Journalism in the Business Journalism category from the Chicago Headline Club for a ''Business Week'' story he wrote about problems at McDonald's.〔〔 〕 Leonhardt has been writing about economics for ''The Times'' since 2000. In 2004, he founded an analytical sports column, "Keeping Score," which runs on Sundays. He was one of the writers who produced the paper's 2005 series on social class in the United States. His economics column, "Economic Scene," appeared on Wednesdays from 2006 until 2011. He has also been a staff writer for ''The Times Magazine'' and contributed to the "Economix" blog. In 2003, he was part of a team of ''Times'' reporters whose coverage of corporate scandals was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He won the Gerald Loeb Award for magazine writing in 2009 for a ''New York Times Magazine'' article, "Obamanomics." He was a winner of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers "Best in Business Journalism Contest" for his ''New York Times'' column in 2009 and 2007. In 2010, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for his economic columns. In 2011 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.〔(2011 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary ), distinguished commentary prize (biography page), retrieved August 20, 2011.〕〔(2011 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary ), distinguished commentary prize ( citation page ), retrieved August 20, 2011.〕〔(2011 Pulitzer Prize ), list of winners in all categories.〕 On July 22, 2011, Leonhardt was appointed as chief of the Washington bureau of ''The Times.'' He began that editorial role on September 6, 2011.〔Jeremy W. Peters, "Times Names David Leonhardt Washington Bureau Chief," (Media Decoder (blog), ''The New York Times,'' 22 July 2011 ).〕 After this announcement, he published what he referred to as his final Economic Scene column, "Lessons from the Malaise," on July 26, 2011.〔David Leonhardt, "Economic Scene: Lessons from the Malaise," (''The New York Times,'' 26 July 2011 ).〕〔Leonhardt described this as his final column on Twitter on July 27, 2011: "@DLeonhardt David Leonhardt. My final Econ Scene column, on lessons from the last 11 years: we're not focusing on our true problems.... 27 Jul via Twitter for iPad".〕 However, after he began his editing assignment, Leonhardt continued to publish analyses of economic news.〔e.g., David Leonhardt, "Rising Fears of Recession," (''The New York Times,'' September 7, 2011 ).〕 On November 20, 2013, it was announced that Leonhardt would step down as Washington Bureau Chief to become Managing Editor of a new ''Times'' "venture," later given the name "The Upshot, "which will be at the nexus of data and news and will produce clear analytical reporting and writing on opinion polls, economic indicators, politics, policy, education, and sports".〔Memo from ''Times'' Executive Editor Jill Abramson, as cited in Dylan Byers, "N.Y. Times D.C. shakeup: David Leonhardt out, Carolyn Ryan in as bureau chief," ''Politico,'' (November 20, 2013 ).〕〔For more on the initiative, see Marc Tracy, "Times Editor Explains How the NYT Will Replace Nate Silver," ''The New Republic,'' (November 20, 2013 ).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Leonhardt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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