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Biography: JeffreyLeen


Jeff Leen

Jeffrey Leen was assistant managing editor of the Washington Post痴 investigative unit. He joined the unit as a reporter in 1997 and was named its editor in 1999. He and three reporters won a Pulitzer Prize in 1999 for coverage of police shootings in Washington, DC揺is first project with the unit. As of 2013, Leen had edited or reported on six Pulitzer-winning investigative projects. Before joining the Post , Leen spent 15 years at the Miami Herald, where he covered the Medellin cartel in Colombia.

Leen talks about the investigative unit