Leslie Walker (author)
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Leslie Walker is an author
, journalist
and college professor
who lives in Maryland
.
Walker currently is the Knight Visiting Professor in Digital Innovation at the University of Maryland
's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. She teaches courses in multimedia journalism, citizen journalism and social media.
From 1991 until 2007, Walker worked for The Washington Post
as an editor, columnist and reporter. Her jobs there included a stint as executive editor of Washingtonpost.com and vice president for news at Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive
. While at the Washington Post, she created and wrote a column about the impact of the Internet
on society, business and culture called ".com." It ran in the Post for eight years and was widely republished in other newspapers.
Walker is the author of Sudden Fury: A True Story of Adoption and Murder, a bestselling work of literary nonfiction about a double murder, published by St. Martin’s Press. It was made into a television movie starring Neil Patrick Harris
and Johnny Galecki
in 1993, and released on DVD in 2006.
Author
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, journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and college professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
who lives in Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
.
Walker currently is the Knight Visiting Professor in Digital Innovation at the University of Maryland
University of Maryland
When the term "University of Maryland" is used without any qualification, it generally refers to the University of Maryland, College Park.University of Maryland may refer to the following:...
's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. She teaches courses in multimedia journalism, citizen journalism and social media.
From 1991 until 2007, Walker worked for The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
as an editor, columnist and reporter. Her jobs there included a stint as executive editor of Washingtonpost.com and vice president for news at Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive
Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive
Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive was an online subsidiary of the Washington Post Company, headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, United States. WPNI operated washingtonpost.com, the website of the Washington Post, as well as the Web sites Newsweek.com, Slate, Foreign Policy Magazine, Budget...
. While at the Washington Post, she created and wrote a column about the impact of the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
on society, business and culture called ".com." It ran in the Post for eight years and was widely republished in other newspapers.
Walker is the author of Sudden Fury: A True Story of Adoption and Murder, a bestselling work of literary nonfiction about a double murder, published by St. Martin’s Press. It was made into a television movie starring Neil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris is an American actor, singer, director, and magician.Prominent roles of his career include the title role in Doogie Howser, M.D., Colonel Carl Jenkins in Starship Troopers, the womanizing Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother, a fictionalized version of himself in the Harold...
and Johnny Galecki
Johnny Galecki
John Mark "Johnny" Galecki is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as David Healy in the ABC sitcom Roseanne, Rusty Griswold in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, and as Leonard Hofstadter in the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory.-Early life:Galecki was born in Bree, Belgium, of...
in 1993, and released on DVD in 2006.