Josh Levs

Levs was raised in a Conservative Jewish family in Albany, New York{{cite news|last= Itzkovitz |first= Zach |title= Levs Goes All In for Parental Leave |newspaper=Atlanta Jewish Times|date=May 19, 2015 |url=http://atlantajewishtimes.timesofisrael.com/levs-goes-all-in-for-parental-leave/ }} and received his undergraduate degree from Yale University. He worked for NPR in Atlanta before moving to CNN.{{cite news|last1=Bowman|first1=Wendy|title=Josh of All Trades|url=http://www.modernluxury.com/the-atlantan/story/josh-of-all-trades|accessdate=28 April 2015|publisher=The Atlantan|date=26 March 2013}}{{cite news|last1=Thornton|first1=Terri|title=CNN's Joshua Levs Uses Social Media Savvy in Hard, Soft News|url=https://mediashift.org/2010/12/cnns-joshua-levs-uses-social-media-savvy-in-hard-soft-news350/|access-date=28 April 2015|agency=Mediashift|publisher=John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships|date=16 December 2010}}

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.{{cite web|last1=O'Neill |first1=Jennifer |title=Meet the Man Who Sued His Boss to Spend More Time With His Kids |url=https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/meet-the-man-who-sued-his-boss-to-spend-more-time-112737108717.html |publisher=Yahoo Parenting |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402233513/https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/meet-the-man-who-sued-his-boss-to-spend-more-time-112737108717.html |archivedate=April 2, 2015 |date=March 5, 2015 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|title=Male CNN reporter sues over  parental leave policy|url=http://www.today.com/video/today/53520438#53520438|accessdate=28 April 2015|publisher=The Today Show|date=11 November 2011}}{{cite news|last1=Kim|first1=Susanna|title=Home> Money CNN Reporter Accuses Time Warner of Discriminating Against Biological Dads|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Business/time-warner-accused-refusing-longer-paid-family-leave/story?id=20757792|accessdate=28 April 2015|agency=Good Morning America|publisher=ABC|date=2 November 2013}}{{cite news|last1=Bernard|first1=Tara Siegel|title=Standing Up for the Rights of New Fathers|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/09/your-money/standing-up-for-the-rights-of-new-fathers.html?_r=0|accessdate=28 April 2015|newspaper=New York Times|date=8 November 2013}}

Levs is married to Melanie Lasoff; they have three children.{{cite news|last= Frazer |first=Jenni|title= Meet Josh Levs - the male feminist who sued his boss for paternity leave |newspaper=Daily Telegraph|date=November 10, 2015 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-business/11984553/Meet-Josh-Levs-the-male-feminist-who-sued-his-boss-for-paternity-leave.html }}

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.{{cite news|last1=Raeburn|first1=Paul|title='Lean in' for dads says family time's not just for women|url=http://www.today.com/parents/lean-dads-says-family-times-not-just-women-2D12054120|accessdate=28 April 2015|publisher=The Today Show|date=5 February 2014}}{{cite magazine|title=ALL IN How Our Work-First Culture Fails Dads, Families, and Businesses--And How We Can Fix It Together |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/josh-levs/all-in-our-work/ |magazine=Kirkus Reviews |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407155104/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/josh-levs/all-in-our-work/ |archivedate=April 7, 2015 |date=February 17, 2015 |url-status=dead }}{{cite magazine|title=All In: How Our Work-First Culture Fails Dads, Families, and Businesses—And How We Can Fix It Together |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-234961-3 |magazine=Publishers Weekly |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319120733/http://publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-234961-3 |archivedate=March 19, 2015 |date=March 16, 2015 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|last1=Naughton|first1=Julie|title=The Next Generation: Parenting Books 2015|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/65661-the-next-generation-parenting-books-2015.html|accessdate=28 April 2015|date=20 February 2013}}

• Thornton, Terri, [https://mediashift.org/2010/12/cnns-joshua-levs-uses-social-media-savvy-in-hard-soft-news350/ "CNN's Joshua Levs Uses Social Media Savvy in Hard, Soft News"], PBS, December 16, 2010. ([https://mediashift.org/2010/12/cnns-joshua-levs-uses-social-media-savvy-in-hard-soft-news350/ WebCite archive])
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8CA0BLub44 "TEDxEmory - Josh Levs - Breaking the system to achieve the impossible"], TED talks video, posted August 12, 2011. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120830113423/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8CA0BLub44&feature=youtu.be WebCite archive])

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