John Leland
Keynote Speaker: New York Times Reporter & Author of "Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old"
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John Leland Biography
John Leland is a Metro reporter for The New York Times. Since joining The Times in 2000, he has covered topics ranging from the poetry of rock lyrics to the housing crisis. Leland began covering retirement and religion in January, 2004.
He is the author of three books: Hip: The History (HarperCollins, 2004), a cultural history of hipness, Why Kerouac Matters: The Lessons of ‘On the Road’ (They’re Not What You Think) (Viking, 2007), and Happiness is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old (2018). Happiness is a Choice became a New York Times Bestseller.
Before joining The Times, Mr. Leland was a senior editor at Newsweek, editor in chief at Details, music critic at Newsday and an original columnist at SPIN magazine.
Mr. Leland is a graduate of Columbia College and a dropout from the Monster Factory, a school for aspiring professional wrestlers. He did not last long, but he got a story.
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