Josh Levs

Josh Levs
EducationYale University
OccupationBroadcast journalist
SpouseMelanie Lasoff (m. 2003)
Websitejoshlevs.com

Joshua Levs, commonly known as Josh Levs, is an American broadcast journalist. Born in Albany, New York, he reported for the CNN news television network. until 2015.

Biography

Levs was raised in a Conservative Jewish family in Albany, New York and received his undergraduate degree from Yale University. He worked for NPR in Atlanta before moving to CNN.

Levs has spent more than 10 years at CNN, reporting across all platforms and networks.

When Levs requested extended paid parental leave from CNN's parent company Time Warner in August 2013, he was denied anything more than the two weeks of paid leave for biological fathers—much less than 10 weeks paid leave that were provided for women and for men who had babies through adoption or surrogacy. Levs used his two paid weeks, and additionally vacation and sick days as he cared for his three children and wife, who had developed severe preeclampsia. Levs filed a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Time Warner demanding equitable paid paternity leave, essentially winning the claim a year later.

Levs is married to Melanie Lasoff; they have three children.

Parenting book

According to the Today Show, Levs turned his paternity leave experience into a 2015 book, All In: How Our Work-First Culture Fails Dads, Families, and Businesses--And How We Can Fix It Together, asserting the need for more paternity leave in view of changes in family dynamics that have occurred over the last fifty years.

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 Bowman, Wendy (March 26, 2013). "Josh of All Trades". The Atlantan. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  3. ↑ Itzkovitz, Zach (May 19, 2015). "Levs Goes All In for Parental Leave". Atlanta Jewish Times.
  4. ↑ Thornton, Terri (December 16, 2010). "CNN's Joshua Levs Uses Social Media Savvy in Hard, Soft News". John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships. Mediashift. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 O'Neill, Jennifer (March 5, 2015). "Meet the Man Who Sued His Boss to Spend More Time With His Kids". Yahoo Parenting. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Male CNN reporter sues over  parental leave policy". The Today Show. November 11, 2011. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  7. ↑ Kim, Susanna (November 2, 2013). "Home> Money CNN Reporter Accuses Time Warner of Discriminating Against Biological Dads". ABC. Good Morning America. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  8. ↑ Bernard, Tara Siegel (November 8, 2013). "Standing Up for the Rights of New Fathers". New York Times. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  9. ↑ Frazer, Jenni (November 10, 2015). "Meet Josh Levs - the male feminist who sued his boss for paternity leave". Daily Telegraph.
  10. ↑ Raeburn, Paul (February 5, 2014). "'Lean in' for dads says family time's not just for women". The Today Show. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  11. ↑ "ALL IN How Our Work-First Culture Fails Dads, Families, and Businesses--And How We Can Fix It Together". Kirkus Reviews. February 17, 2015. Archived from the original on April 7, 2015.
  12. ↑ "All In: How Our Work-First Culture Fails Dads, Families, and Businesses—And How We Can Fix It Together". Publishers Weekly. March 16, 2015. Archived from the original on March 19, 2015.
  13. ↑ Naughton, Julie (February 20, 2013). "The Next Generation: Parenting Books 2015". Retrieved April 28, 2015.