James Deakin (journalist)

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James Deakin (1929 – 3 June 2007) was an American journalist.

Biography

Deakin was born in St. Louis and received his degree from Washington University. In 1951, he joined the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and worked as a white house correspondent. In 1954, he was appointed to the Washington Bureau during the Eisenhower administration. Deakin studied and reported the administrations of John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon. From 1958-1980, Deakin covered the White House. In 1981, he retired from The Post-Dispatch and ended up teaching courses in journalism at George Washington University until 1987.

Publications

He wrote a critical report about lobbying and Lyndon B. Johnson entitled "Lyndon Johnson's Credibility Gap." He was also critical of the Nixon Administration, which landed him on the master list of Nixon political opponents. One of his most well-known book was "Straight Stuff: The Reporters, The White House and the Truth".

Family

Deakin was married to his wife Doris and together they had a son named David, and two grandsons. From 2002 up until his death he had lived with a young women by the name of Deejay and her daughter Lee whom he cared for so much and considered the two close family.

Death

Deakin died at the age of 77 from liver cancer in June 2007 in Barrington, Rhode Island.

Sources

• Staff report (February 17, 2005). Deakin delivers talk on Nixon Administration. The Missouri Miner

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