Leo Shane III
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Leo Shane III is an American journalist, and is the Capitol Hill and White House bureau chief for Military Times.[1]
Shane has covered Washington since 2004, focusing on military personnel and veterans policies.[2]
He is chairman[3] of the Executive Committee of Periodical Correspondents for the 115th Congress.
In January 2017, HillVets named Shane of its 100 of 2016 in the media category.[4]
Other honors:
- In 2009, Shane shared the George Polk Award for military reporting for coverage exposing the military's practice of profiling journalists in Afghanistan in an attempt to steer coverage of the war.[5]
- In 2011, Shane was named a Kiplinger Fellow[6] in public affairs journalism.
During a May 12, 2016, appearance on The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC, host Rachel Maddow called Shane[7] "one of the best military and veterans reporters in the country.”
Other recent media appearances:
- In April 2016, Shane questioned Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald about VA care on C-SPAN's Newsmakers.[8]
- In August 2016, he detailed the role of military and veterans' issues in the 2016 campaign on C-SPAN's Washington Journal.[9]
- In October 2016, Shane spoke with CNBC about how the military was forcing troops to repay enlistment bonuses.[10]
- In April 2017, Shane was on Newsmakers again, this time to interview VA Secretary David Shulkin.[11]
He previously worked at Stars & Stripes and is a 1998 graduate of the University of Delaware.
References
- ^ "Leo Shane III Author – Military Times". Military Times.
- ^ Shane III, Leo (August 15, 2017). "Two months in, questions still surround Trump's promised hotline for vets' complaints". Military Times. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
- ^ "Executive Committee". May 8, 2015.
- ^ "Media 2016".
- ^ "Stars and Stripes' stories on reporter profiling earn George Polk Award".
- ^ "2011 Fellows". December 4, 2014.
- ^ "Trump tempts backlash with attack on VA".
- ^ "Newsmakers Secretary Robert McDonald, Apr 21 2016 - Video - C-SPAN.org". C-SPAN.org.
- ^ "Washington Journal Leo Shane Military Veterans' Issues Campaign 2016, Aug 4 2016". C-SPAN.org.
- ^ "U.S. soldiers forced to repay enlistment bonuses". CNBC.
- ^ "Newsmakers Veterans' Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, Apr 13 2017 - C-SPAN.org". C-SPAN.org.