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Ben Bradlee (1921–2014)

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Ben Bradlee was executive editor of The Washington Post from 1968 to 1991.

Omfatter også følgende navne: Benjamin Bradlee, Benjamin C. Bradlee, Benjamin C. Bradlee

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Kanonisk navn
Bradlee, Ben
Juridisk navn
Bradlee, Benjamin Crowninshield
Fødselsdato
1921-08-26
Dødsdag
2014-10-21
Køn
male
Nationalitet
USA
Fødested
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Dødssted
Washington, D.C., USA
Bopæl
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Washington, D.C., USA
Grey Gardens, East Hampton, New York, USA
Uddannelse
Harvard University (B.A. ∙ 1942)
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Erhverv
reporter
journalist
editor
Relationer
Quinn, Sally (3rd. wife)
Bradlee, Quinn (son)
Bradlee, Frederic (brother)
Bradlee Jr., Ben (son)
Just, Ward (colleague)
Organisationer
United States Navy
New Hampshire Sunday News
The Washington Post
United States Information Agency (USIE)
Newsweek
St. Mary's College of Maryland
Priser og hædersbevisninger
Doctor of Humane Letters, Georgetown University, 2006
Kort biografi
Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee (born August 26, 1921) is the vice president of The Washington Post. As executive editor of the Post from 1968 to 1991, he became a national figure during the Presidency of Richard Nixon, when he challenged the federal government over the right to publish the Pentagon Papers and oversaw the publication of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's stories documenting the Watergate scandal. A member of the Boston Brahmin Crowninshield family, Bradlee was born in Boston, Massachusetts August 26, 1921. Bradlee married Jean Saltonstall, and received his naval commission two hours after graduating from Harvard in 1942. After the war, in 1946, Bradlee became a reporter at the New Hampshire Sunday News, a venture he helped launch. In 1948 he started working for The Washington Post as a reporter. He got to know associate publisher Philip Graham, who was the son-in-law of Eugene Meyer, publisher of the newspaper. In 1951 Graham helped Bradlee become assistant press attaché in the American embassy in Paris, France. As a reporter in the 1950s, Bradlee became close friends with then-Senator John F. Kennedy, who lived nearby. In 1960 he toured with both Kennedy and Richard Nixon in their presidential campaigns. He later wrote a book, Conversations With Kennedy (W.W. Norton, 1975), recounting their relationship during those years. Bradlee was, at this point, Washington Bureau chief for Newsweek, a position from which he helped negotiate the sale of the magazine to the Washington Post holding company. Bradlee maintained that position until being promoted to managing editor at the Post in 1965. He became executive editor in 1968 and married fellow journalist Sally Quinn in 1978. Bradlee retired as executive editor in September 1991, but continues to serve as (Vice President At Large) of the paper.

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Not my favorite genre, but this man was the head of The Washington Post during many interesting times and Tony wanted me to read it. He seems a fine enough fellow–that bit with Mary Pinchot bit was dodgy as fuck. Not credible in his telling. Very suss. Interesting to go over the history of the 60s-80s politics from this angle, however.
 
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BookyMaven | 3 andre anmeldelser | Dec 6, 2023 |
To read A Good Life: Newpapering and Other Adventures is like sitting down with Mr. Bradlee and having a cup of coffee and a glazed doughnut. Easy. Warm. Inviting. And, depending on how sticky the doughnut (or Bradlee's situation) potentially very funny. He unfolds his life with in twinkle in his eye and you can tell he looks back on his experiences with warmth and humor. Speaking of unfolding his life, one of the elements of Bradlee's biography that I appreciated the most was the fact he did not go too far back into his family's genealogy. I did not need to know where his great-great-great-great grandparents came from to appreciate Bradlee's own beginnings. Before you are even 100 pages into the story, Bradlee is twenty years old, married and in the Navy (in fact, his wedding and entry into the Navy happened on the very same day). He moves quickly through his rise in journalism and subsequent employment with Newsweek & the Washington Post. Just as decisively he describes his marriages, first to Jean Salton, then to Tony Pinchot and finally, Sally Quinn. Probably one of the more intriguing sections of A Good Life wasn't Watergate as you might expect, but rather Bradlee's time with John F. Kennedy as friend and reporter before and during Kennedy's Presidential career.
As expected, Bradlee spends a great deal of time talking about President Nixon, Watergate and the work that went into uncovering the lies. This is where Bradlee slows history down and works through the details methodically. But, he also shares some other not-so-crowning Post moments. Again, there is that honesty about all he reveals.
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SeriousGrace | 3 andre anmeldelser | Feb 20, 2015 |
Ben Bradlee, editor of the Washington Post during Watergate, has always struck me as a tough guy. Reading this book about his relationship with his son Quinn has dispelled that myth. Quinn has VCFS, a genetic syndrone which impairs mental and physical ability. He's a remarkable young man who has overcome many obstacles with the help of his dad, Ben. In the process of raising his son, Mr. Bradlee has become a softer, more accessible person according to his wife, Sally Quinn. Each of the three, Ben, Quinn, and Quinn's mother, Sally, take turns writing with the bulk of the chapters being written by Ben and Quinn. I loved reading about Mr. Bradlee's early life with his father during the Depression. His dad modeled integrity and Mr. Bradlee has done that for his son. You're going to enjoy reading this memoir.… (mere)
 
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Suzieqkc | Sep 16, 2010 |
2801 A Good Life: Newspapering and Other Adventures, by Ben Bradlee (read 18 Nov 1995) The author ran the Washington Post from 1968 to 1991. I deplored the author's use of crude language, and was appalled he told of using hashish and pot, and was really disgusted by his frequent adultery. He has been married three times and his personal life cannot be called "good." He was a great friend of Edward Bennett Williams and of JFK. He does conclude that if JFK's private life had been known he'd have been impeached. It is a super-interesting life, but I'm glad I don't move in his circles.… (mere)
 
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Schmerguls | 3 andre anmeldelser | Feb 20, 2008 |

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