LEIGH​ ​GIANGRECO

giangrecoleigh@gmail.com​ ·​ ​ 716-289-7218 ​·​ LeighGiangreco.com ​·​ ​@LeighGiangreco​ ​·​ ​LinkedIn

E​XPERIENCE
F​REELANCE​ R​EPORTER
November 2014-present
● Regular contributor to The Washington Post and Post Magazine
● Covers a wide range of news, with a focus on politics and style features

T​HE​ ​CAPITOL​ ​FORUM​, W

​ ASHINGTON​, D.C.
January 2018-October 2019
● Covered mergers and acquisitions with a focus on defense contracts and the Committee
on Foreign Investment in the United States
● Built sources at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and in the Treasury Department

F​LIGHT​G​LOBAL​, W​ASHINGTON​, D.C.

June 2016-January 2018
● Wrote daily stories and monthly features on military aviation technology in the U.S.,
Canada and South America
● Tracked federal budgets, development and policy changes for a range of aircraft,
missiles, and more programs including the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

I​NSIDE​ ​THE​ A​IR​ F​ORCE​, A​RLINGTON​, V​A​.

June 2015-June 2016
● Covered U.S. Air Force procurement and policy with a focus on drones, lasers, nuclear
weapons, munitions and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance
● Closely tracked ongoing programs, USAF research, scoured the service’s budget and
developed sources on Capitol Hill and the Pentagon

​ OAST​ P​ RESS​, B​ ETHANY​ B​ EACH​, D​ EL​.

DELAWARE​ C
July 2013-November 2014
● Pitched/wrote 10 stories plus at least one online video each week for weekly and daily
papers, as well as online editions
● Covered five municipalities and one school district along the Delaware beaches
● Developed health care beat with feature stories on health care reform, drug-dependent
infants and Ebola virus

E​DUCATION ​ NIVERSITY​, W
AMERICAN​ U ​ ASHINGTON​, ​D​.​C.​ —B.A., J​OURNALISM