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Ben Bradlee

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in Boston, The United States

August 16, 1921

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Benjamin Crowninshield "Ben" Bradlee is vice-president at large of the Washington Post. Born in Boston, Bradlee attended Harvard College. In 1942, he became a communications officer for the Office of Naval Intelligence and fought in thirteen battles during World War II. Bradlee became executive editor of the Washington Post in 1968, a position he held until 1991. During this time, Bradlee oversaw the Post’s award-winning coverage of the Watergate affair and the publication of the Pentagon Papers. In 2013, Bradlee was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Bradlee and his wife, journalist Sally Quinn, live in Washington, DC.

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Average rating: 3.95 · 1,340 ratings · 105 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Good Life: Newspapering and Other Adventures 3.96 avg rating — 1,236 ratings — published 1995 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Life's Work: Fathers and Sons by Ben Bradlee, Quinn Bradlee 3.44 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Inauguration of Barack Obama: A Photographic Journal by The Washington Post, Ben Bradlee (forward) 4.43 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cooking with Nora: Seasonal Menus from Restaurant Nora - Healthy, Light, Balanced, and Simple Food with Organic Ingredients by Nora Pouillon, Sally Quinn (Foreword), Ben Bradlee (Foreword) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Good Life: Newspapering and Other Adventures it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best Nonfiction: Return with Honor; My Name is Mary; A Good Life; Every Knee Shall Bow by Scott O'Grady, Jeff Coplon, Mary Fisher it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La vida de un periodista really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Town & Country Magazine May 2002 Matthew Broderick on Cover Pamela Fiori by Benjamin Cheever, Catherine Calvert, Francine Maroukian 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reader's Digest Today's Best Nonfiction: Return with Honor, My Name is Mary, A Good Life, Every Knee Shall Bow by Jess Walter, Captain Scott O'Grady, Mary Fisher 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Return with Honor/My Name is Mary: A Memoir/A Good Life/Every Knee Shall Bow (Reader's Digest Today's Best Nonfiction, Volume 39: 1996) by Captain Scott O'Grady & Jeff Coplon, Mary Fisher, Ben Bradlee 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“But journalists thrive on not knowing exactly what the future holds. That's part of the excitement. Something interesting, something important, will happen somewhere, as sure as God made sour apples, and a good aggressive newspaper will become part of that something.”
― Ben Bradlee, A Good Life: Newspapering and Other Adventures

tags: journalism, newspapers, reporting

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“Cherchez la femme" is good advice for investigative reporters. "Follow the money" is even better advice.”
― Ben Bradlee

tags: investigative-journalism, journalism, reporting

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“I think the conscientious pursuit of happiness by itself can validate decisions to change, to try again, especially when failure to change will lead to lives of duplicity, dishonesty, and deceit.”
― Ben Bradlee, A Good Life: Newspapering and Other Adventures

tags: change, pursuit-of-happiness, start-again

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