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Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission. He was Bradlee was perhaps the most influential newspaper editor of his time. The paper published around articles about Watergate over 28 months, leading to the only resignation of a U. After working as a reporter at Newsweek — which he successfully encouraged Philip L. At the time it was a sleepy local paper, but Bradlee had higher ambitions.

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It made feature-length lifestyle reporting, which was mainly being published in news magazines at the time, a newspaper staple. Two years later, the paper faced its biggest challenge to date when it decided to publish the Pentagon Papers, though the Nixon administration had already won a federal court injunction against the New York Times. Eventually the Supreme Court ruled that the government could not restrain the press.

Bradlee retired as executive editor in , after the Post won 18 Pulitzers during his tenure not including one it returned after it was discovered that reporter Janet Cooke fabricated a story about an 8-year-old drug addict.

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Bradlee had four children over the course of three marriages. He has been married to the writer Sally Quinn since This email will be used to sign into all New York sites. By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy and to receive email correspondence from us. Account Profile. Sign Out. Tags: ben bradlee journalism media obits washington post More.