David Leeson

Quick Facts

Full Name	David Leeson
Occupation	Photographer
Date Of Birth	Oct 18, 1957(1957-10-18)
Age	67
Birthplace	Abilene
Country	United States
Birth City	Texas
Horoscope	Libra

David Leeson Biography

David Leeson is one of the most popular and richest Photographer who was born on October 18, 1957 in Abilene, Texas, United States.

Leeson is a 1978 graduate of Abilene Christian University, where he received a degree in journalism and mass communication. While still in college, he was on the staff of the Abilene Reporter-News, where he began in 1977 and stayed until 1982. He left Abilene for New Orleans, Louisiana, where he was on the staff of The Times-Picayune from 1982 to 1984.

Since joining the staff of The Dallas Morning News in 1984, Leeson has covered local and regional news and issues, such as homelessness and natural disasters; national stories on death row inmates across the United States; international conflicts in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Sudan, Angola, Kuwait and Iraq in the first and second Gulf wars; earthquakes in Turkey; and apartheid in South Africa. His 1985 series on homelessness earned him a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, an honor he received again in 1994 for his coverage of the civil war in Angola. The year 1985 also saw his first Pulitzer nomination, for coverage of apartheid in South Africa; he returned twice to that nation, the last time in 1994, when he recorded the historic event of South Africa’s first non-racial presidential elections.

David Leeson Net Worth

David Leeson is one of the richest Photographer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Leeson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

David Leeson (born October 18, 1957, in Abilene, Texas) was a staff photographer for The Dallas Morning News. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography in 2004, together with Cheryl Diaz Meyer, for coverage of the Iraq War. He also received the RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award, the National Headliner Award, and a regional Emmy Award in 2004 for his work as executive producer and photographer for the WFAA-TV documentary “War Stories.”

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Who is David Leeson Dating?

According to our records, David Leeson married to Kim Ritzenthaler. As of December 1, 2023, David Leeson’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2008, Leeson decided to accept a buy-out offer and leave The Dallas Morning News, as part of an A. H. Belo Corporation cost-cutting measure involving buyouts of more than 400 journalists. He planned to continue in freelance photojournalism and documentary film work.

Facts & Trivia

David Ranked on the list of most popular Photographer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. David Leeson celebrates birthday on October 18 of every year.