Judd Legum

Judd Legum is the founder and editor-in-chief of ThinkProgress, a news site based at the Center for American Progress.

Legum founded ThinkProgress in 2005,[1] running it for two years before leaving in 2007 to join Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign as research director.[2] Following the 2008 campaign, he practiced law in Maryland before returning to ThinkProgress in 2011, and became the site's editor-in-chief in May 2012.[3] Legum has drawn notice for reporting and commentary on a range of political topics, including the 2016 presidential campaign,[4] campaign finance,[5] the legacy of Martin Luther King in contemporary politics,[6] and the media's role in politics.[7]

Legum graduated from Georgetown Law School in 2003.[8]

References

  1. Kludt, Tom (20 July 2016). "Medium lands biggest website yet". CNN Money. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  2. Haberman, Maggie (20 February 2015). "Hillary Clinton Begins Process of Vetting -- Herself". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  3. Stein, Sam (8 May 2012). "Nancy Pelosi Taps New Online Director". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  4. Willingham, Emily (October 1, 2016). "Finally, Someone Found A Beneficiary Of Trump Charity, And It's An Antivaccine Organization". Forbes. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  5. Landy, Benjamin (June 21, 2016). "Why Did Trump Pay $35,000 to This Mysterious "Mad Men" LLC?". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  6. Blake, John (January 18, 2016). "Debunking the biggest myths about MLK". CNN. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  7. Lima, Cristiano (September 7, 2016). "Liberals lash out at Lauer, NBC". Politico. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  8. Bonazzo, John (16 September 2016). "How ThinkProgress 'Progressive in Chief' Judd Legum Spends His Day". New York Observer. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
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