Sunday, July 3, 2011

The Journalists: Woodward and Bernstein and the Washington Post

Biographies/Autobiographies


Woodward and Bernstein: Life in the Shadow of Watergate by Alicia C. Shepard

This dual biography of Woodward and Bernstein provides fascinating detail about their writing of All the President's Men, and also describes the impact of the Watergate investigation on their lives.


A Good Life: Newspapering and Other Adventures by Ben Bradlee

The lively autobiography of the editor-in-chief of the Washington Post. He was a buddy of Jack Kennedy way before the Watergate complex was even built. So the guy's got stories.



Personal History by Katharine Graham

The frank autobiography of the publisher of the Washington Post; this book was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1998. She was a formidable woman, but she didn't start out that way. A great story.




Herblock: A Cartoonist's Life by Herbert Block

The autobiography of the Washington Post cartoonist whose Watergate cartoons became legendary. The Washington Post's Watergate site includes a display of Herblock's Watergate cartoons.
Read my Unruly Reader review.


Washington Post

The Washington Post has a wonderfully detailed web site about Watergate, which gives an overview of the Watergate scandal and its coverage by reporters, biographies of key players, a Watergate timeline, and links to other documents and sources.

Also included: video and audio clips, document images, and Herblock's cartoons.


Woodstein Archives

The Woodward and Bernstein Watergate Papers are archived at the Harry Ransom Center of the University of Texas at Austin.

On the web site, you can see Woodward's handwritten notes after his meetings with Deep Throat, outlines and notes related to the writing of All the President's Men, notes from Katharine Graham to Woodward and Bernstein... and much, much more!


Woodward and Bernstein Today


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