Claudia Levy
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Claudia Levy | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1944 |
| Died | 3 December 2021 (aged 76–77) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | journalist, editor |
| Employer | The Washington Post |
Claudia D. Levy (1944 – 3 December 2021) was an American journalist and union activist.[1]
Early life[]
Claudia Levy was the daughter of a business journalist and a portrait painter. She grew up in suburban Maryland. She did not earn a college degree.
Career and activism[]
Levy joined The Washington Post as a "copy boy" in 1965. She was active in the Newspaper Guild for nearly 40 years. She became a junior Metro reporter, covering the riots in the aftermath of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the trial of the Watergate burglars.
In the 1970s she fought for the increased hiring of women in the newsroom. She also fought for more equitable pay and opportunities for women. While she was real estate editor, she published Gene Meyer's investigative story on unscrupulous real estate agents profiting from white flight from Prince George's County, Maryland, which earlier editors had deemed too inflammatory.[2] The piece received an honorable mention from the National Association of Home Builders.[2] In 1986, she was one of five employees of The Washington Post who sued the newspaper for overtime pay.[3]
Levy wrote obituaries for twelve years. She was one of about 130 Washington Post staffers who accepted a generous incentive to retire in late 2003.[4]
Personal life[]
Levy died from an embolism following cervical spine surgery December 3, 2021, at her home in the Bannockburn community of Bethesda, Maryland. She was 77.
References[]
- ^ Bernstein, Adam (December 8, 2021). "Claudia Levy, Washington Post journalist and advocate for women in the newsroom, dies at 77". The Washington Post.
- ^ a b Meyer, Eugene L. (December 10, 2021). "Claudia Levy, R.I.P."
- ^ "Washington Post Faces Suit Charging Abuse of Overtime". The New York Times. Associated Press. October 2, 1986. p. A20.
- ^ Robertson, Lori (April–May 2004). "Take the Money and Run". American Journalism Review. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- 1944 births
- 2021 deaths
- 20th-century American journalists
- 20th-century American newspaper editors
- 21st-century American journalists
- 21st-century American newspaper editors
- American newspaper reporters and correspondents
- American women journalists
- American women editors
- Editors of Washington, D.C., newspapers
- The Washington Post journalists
- Obituary writers