Bob Woodward

Bob Woodward is an award-winning investigative journalist perhaps best known for his work with Carl Bernstein in the investigation of the Watergate scandal and a series of articles for which The Washington Post won a Pulitzer Prize ("Bob Woodward," n.d.). Woodward is also a renowned author of fifteen non-fiction books; eleven of the fifteen have become number one best sellers, the highest of any contemporary author ("Full Biography," n.d.). The New York Times has even gone so far as to call Woodward, “… the most famous investigative reporter in America” (DeParle, 1992).

Robert Upshur Woodward was born on March 26th, 1943 to Jane and Alfred Woodward in Geneva, Illinois ("WOODWARD, Bob," n.d.). He went on to attend Yale University while on a Naval ROTC scholarship. While at Yale, Woodward studied English literature and history. He graduated and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1965, and then began a five-year tour of duty with the Navy. When he was discharged in August of 1970, he applied for a reporter position at the Washington Post. He was given a two-week trial, but was ultimately not given the job due to his lack of journalism experience. Woodward went on to get a job at the Montgomery Sentinel, and was hired a year later in September of 1971 as a reporter for the Post ("Early Life and Career," n.d.). He still maintains a place at the Post, where he is an associate editor.

The most well-known thing Woodward is known for is the Watergate investigation that he worked on with Carl Bernstein. The two later compiled their investigation into a book entitled, All the President’s Men. The book was made into an award-winning film starring Robert Redford as Bob Woodward and Dustin Hoffman as Carl Bernstein. The film won an Aca...

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Full Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved March 07, 2010, from http://bobwoodward.com/full-biography

Gross, T. (Producer). (2009, September 9). Bob Woodward Details A White House Divided [Television broadcast]. In Fresh Air. Philadelphia, PA: NPR. Retrieved March 7, 2010, from http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94414058

The Watergate Story. (n.d.). Retrieved March 08, 2010, from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/watergate/timeline.html

Woodward, B., & Bernstein, C. (1972, June 19). GOP Security Aide Among Five Arrested in Bugging Affair. The Washington Post. Retrieved March 7, 2010, from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2002/05/31/AR2005111001228.html

WOODWARD, Bob. (n.d.). Retrieved March 7, 2010, from Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia.