David Leonhardt
Senior Writer, The New York Times
David Leonhardt is a senior writer for The New York Times, where he pens The Morning daily newsletter. At The Times since 1999, he was previously an op-ed columnist, Washington bureau chief, co-host of “The Argument” podcast, founding editor of The Upshot section, and a staff writer for The Times Magazine. Leonhardt also led a strategy group that helped shape the newsroom’s digital future. Prior to this, he worked for Business Week and The Washington Post. Leonhardt won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for commentary for his columns on the financial crisis and its aftermath. He has served on the jury of the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence.
Previously
2022 Festival
New Ways to Measure Our Economy
Video
2022 Festival
Innovations in Workforce Development: New Models to Finance the Future of Work
Video
2022 Festival
Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making (Book Talk)
Video
2022 Festival
Why Democracy is in Peril and What We Can Do about It
Video
2022 Festival
Breaking News: How the Subscriber Model Upends–and Improves–Journalism
Video
2019 Festival
What Will the Green New Deal Cost, and What Can It Save?
Video — 54m 1s
2019 Festival
Capitalists, Arise!
Audio — 46m
2019 Festival
A Path Forward on Economic Policy
Video — 53m 0s
2018 Festival
Same Game, New Rules: Parenting in 2018
Video — 46m 9s
2018 Festival
Census 2020: What’s at Stake, and Why Now is the Time to Care
Video — 46m 20s
2018 Festival
Is Health Care a Human Right?
Video — 53m 43s
2018 Festival
Leading on Climate: The United States Gave Up the Reins, Now What?
Video — 1h 0m 50s
2018 Health
The Science of Delivering Health Care
Video — 46m 42s
2017 Festival
Toward a More Inclusive Capitalism
Video — 57m 4s
2017 Festival
Whom Can We Trust?
Video — 1h 0m 9s
2017 Festival
Deep Dive: Managing through Disruption
Video — 1h 27m 7s
2017 Health
Three Caregivers Walk into a Bar: Caregiving, Improvisation, and Humor
Audio — 59m
2017 Health
The Neuroscience of Poverty
Video — 45m 32s
2016 Festival
We Desperately Need to Reform Our Approach to Public Universities
Video — 55m 39s
2016 Festival
Deep Dive: Reporting 2016—Media Responsibility in the Mobile Age
Video — 1h 25m 42s
2016 Festival
Deep Dive: Why "Inclusive Capitalism" Is Critical to Our Economic Success
Video — 1h 27m 2s
2016 Festival
Tricks of the Trade: Revealing the Secrets of Modern Campaigns
Video — 1h 1m 5s
2016 Festival
Governments Alone Can’t Save the World
Audio — 53m
2015 Festival
Free Education for Everyone — Anytime, Anywhere
Video — 51m 32s