
Washington, D.C.
Investigative editor in charge of The Washington Post's dedicated investigative units
Education: Washington University in St. Louis, BA in English literature and drama, 1979; University of Missouri, MA in journalism, 1982; Knight Fellow at Stanford University, 1988-1989
Jeff Leen is the assistant managing editor in charge of The Washington Post’s investigative unit, where he was part of a four-reporter team whose examination of police shootings in the District won the 1999 Pulitzer Gold Medal for Public Service, the paper's first since Watergate. He joined The Post as an investigative reporter in 1997. He became investigations editor in 1999 and assistant managing editor in 2003. Previously, he worked for 10 years on the investigative team for the Miami Herald, where he co-authored a 10-part series on the Medellin Cartel that was later turned into a book. He
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