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David Leonhardt is the managing editor of a new venture at The New York Times that will focus on politics, policy and economics. It will feature plain-spoken, analytical journalism, with an emphasis on data and graphics. The new venture will be called The Upshot.
He 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. Before coming to The Times, he wrote for Business Week and The Washington Post.
In April 2011 he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in the "Commentary" category "for his graceful penetration of America’s complicated economic questions, from the federal budget deficit to health care reform".
Leonhardt's appointment as Washington bureau chief was announced on July 22, 2011. He began the assignment on September 6, 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," "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".
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