Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Deborah Leff, 1992
Creator: | Leff, Deborah | Project: | Washington Press Club women in journalism oral history collection. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | sound file : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit) | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteJournalist
Scope and ContentsChildhood; first experiences with writing, Mademoiselle; Walt Whitman High School; Princeton University A.B. 1973; reflections on being in the first coeducation class at Princeton, sexual discrimination, press work coordinator at the National Women's Caucus, 1972, experiences at the 1972 Democratic Convention; withdrawal from NYU Law School to write newscasts for WASH Radio, 1973; University of Chicago Law School J.D. 1977, tension between interests in law and journalism; trial attorney Civil Rights Division U.S. Department of Justice, 1977-79; WJLA-TV, 1981-82, entrance into field of journalism as a newswriter; WLS-TV, 1982-83, first producing job, emmy; Senior Producer ABC Nightline, 1983-89, experiences with staff, Ted Koppel, promotion to Senior Producer, and tensions concerning job potential; strong sexual discrimination as Senior Producer of ABC World News, 1990-91; decision to leave journalism and ABC News 20/20, to enter the non-profit sector as president of the Joyce Foundation, 1992
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by the Washington Press Club Foundation, 1992
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