Famous Figure Presentation - Bob Woodward

• 1. BOB WOODWARD AND HISIMPACT ON JOURNALISMBY: JOHN SMITHER

2. Woodward has established himself as the best reporter of our time. He may be the best reporter of all time.Bob Schieffer CBS News 3. THE MAN HIMSELFBorn March 26, 1943 in IllinoisGraduated from Yale where he studied history and literatureServed 5 years in the United States Navy right after collegeWorked a year for the Montgomery Sentinel, newspaper in Washington DCHas since been working for the Washington Post (started in 1971) 4. BIGGEST CAREER BUILDERBob Woodward became a well known name in the field of journalism when he wasone of two original reporters for the Washington Post, who reported the WatergateScandal. He worked alongside Carl Bernstein to uncover the scandal that eventuallyled to the resignation of President Nixon. Watergate is arguably the biggest scandalin United States history, and to quote Gene Roberts , the former executive editor ofthe Philadelphia Enquirer, on Woodwards reporting, Maybe the single greatestreporting effort of all time. 5. 12 BEST SELLERSS All the Presidents Men The Final Days The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA, 1981-1987 The Commanders The Agenda: Inside the Clinton Whitehouse Shadow: Five Presidents and the Legacy of Watergate Bush at War Plan of Attack State of Denial Obamas Wars 6. 4 Other Books The Choice Maestro The Secret Man The War Within: A Secret White House History(2006-2008) 7. OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS Most number of Best Seller books in America Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 1973 2002 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting Heywood Broun award (1972) Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Reporting (1972and 1986) Sigma Delta Chi Award (1973) George Polk Award (1972) William Allen White Medal (2000) Gerald R. Ford Prize for Reporting on the Presidency(2002) 8. The most celebrated journalist of our age. Albert HuntWall Street Journal 9. Sources BobWoodward.com WashingtonPost.com Amazon.com