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Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee (August 26, 1921 – October 21, 2014) was an American journalist who served as managing editor and later as executive editor of The Washington Post, from 1965 to 1991. He became a public figure when the Post joined The New York Times in publishing the Pentagon Papers and gave the go-ahead for the paper's extensive coverage of the Watergate scandal in the 1970s.
Oct 22, 2014 · Ben Bradlee’s gift for leadership and zest for journalism — and life — made him the most celebrated editor of his era. He directed The Post’s coverage of Watergate, which resulted in the ...
Ben Bradlee (born August 26, 1921, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.—died October 21, 2014, Washington, D.C.) was an American journalist and newspaper editor who set exacting standards and promoted an aggressive newsroom style as the executive editor (1968–91) of The Washington Post.. Bradlee began reporting for a local paper at age 15. In 1942 he graduated from Harvard University with a ...
Oct 22, 2014 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Ben Bradlee, the hard-charging editor who guided The Washington Post through its Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Watergate scandal and invigorated its newsroom for more than two decades, died Tuesday.
Oct 22, 2014 · Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee was born in Boston on Aug. 26, 1921, attended Harvard and served aboard a destroyer in the Pacific during World War II.
For 26 years Ben Bradlee steered The Washington Post through some of the most trying and triumphant episodes in the paper’s history. Friends, colleagues and Bradlee himself talk about his legacy ...
Oct 21, 2014 · Ben Bradlee, the former executive editor of The Washington Post who led the paper during its legendary Watergate coverage, died Tuesday at his home in Washington, D.C., the newspaper reported. He ...
Oct 22, 2014 · Ben Bradlee, then-executive editor of The Washington Post, looks at the front page of the newspaper, headlined "Nixon Resigns," in the composing room on Aug. 8, 1974. David R. Legge/Washington ...
Oct 22, 2014 · Bob Woodward: Ben Bradlee likely "greatest editor" of 20th century 01:53 "He had the touch," said Woodward. "He had the ability to encourage people, stimulate people but not run over people."
Oct 21, 2014 · Ben Bradlee, the legendary Washington Post editor who led the newspaper from 1968 to 1991 and guided it through the Watergate scandal, died Tuesday at his Georgetown home, the newspaper announced. He was 93. The scion of two elite Massachusetts families, Bradlee came to the Post as a reporter in the 1950s and in 1968 was named its executive editor, a position that made him one of Washington ...
