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An eyewitness account from the playing fields where the first rough draft of history was written. On august 8, 1942, i graduated from harvard by the skin of my. This is the witty, candid story of a daring young man who made his own way to the heights of american journalism and public life, of the great adventure that took him at only twenty years old straight from harvard to almost four years in the shooting war in the south pacific, and. In 1942, he became a communications officer for the office of naval intelligence and fought in thirteen battles during world war ii. Newspapering and other adventures, published by simon and schuster. In this guide we focus on lessons we can learn from the life of ben bradlee, the. In fact, ben bradlee himself tells the story in his memoirs a good life. Bradlee is, of course, the nowretired, legendary editor of the washington post, the man who took the paper from sputnik to. Chronicling its subjects life and career in fascinating detail, the newspaperman. Ben bradlee wrote his first newspaper article at age 15, while working as a summer copy boy at the beverly evening times in massachusetts. Report video issue javascript must be enabled in order to access cspan videos. Thats why the paper got the pulitzer prize for work performed by woodward and bernstein. Having gotten married just before going to vietnam, i know how he felt getting married just before going into wwii. He had an acting role in born yesterday, the 1993 remake of the 1950 romantic comedy.
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Dec 20, 2017 in the movie, bradlee s decision ultimately sets the new standard for freedom of press, and what happened to the real ben bradlee shows that the reporter and editors life went far beyond whats. The life and times of ben bradlee is an american documentary film that premiered on december 4, on hbo. Dec 15, 2017 former post executive editor ben bradlee on publishing the pentagon papers bradlee served as executive editor of the washington post from 1968 to 1991. Dec 01, 2017 chronicling its subjects life and career in fascinating detail, the newspaperman. In 1983 he gave the inaugural vance distinguished lecture at central connecticut state university. As deputy managing editor, he oversaw the globes pulitzer prizewinning coverage of the sexual abuse scandal in the catholic church from july 2001 to august 2002. He went on to become one of the worlds most famous. The classic new york times bestselling memoir by legendary executive editor of the washington post ben bradlee with a new foreword by bob woodward and carl bernstein and an afterword by sally quinn. A good life isbn 9780684825236 pdf epub ben bradlee ebook. He was a lousy harvard student and he suffered many of the problems the rest of us. Further evidence that good editors do not necessarily make good writers.
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