Iconic Journalists
Name↕ | Nationality↕ | Born↕ | Died (or Active)↕ | Primary Outlet↕ | Famous For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Walter Cronkite | American | 1,916 | 2009 | CBS Evening News | 'Most trusted man in America', JFK assassination broadcast, 1968 Vietnam editorial |
Bob Woodward | American | 1,943 | Active | Washington Post | Watergate (with Bernstein), 20+ books on US presidents |
Carl Bernstein | American | 1,944 | Active | Washington Post | Watergate (with Woodward), All the President's Men |
Christiane Amanpour | British-Iranian | 1,958 | Active | CNN, PBS | Gulf War, Bosnian War coverage, CNN chief international anchor |
Edward R. Murrow | American | 1,908 | 1965 | CBS | London Blitz radio broadcasts, See It Now McCarthy takedown (1954) |
Barbara Walters | American | 1,929 | 2022 | ABC, NBC | First female evening news co-anchor, 10 Most Fascinating People, The View |
Oriana Fallaci | Italian | 1,929 | 2006 | L'Europeo, Corriere | Combative interviews with Kissinger, Khomeini, Gaddafi |
Hunter S. Thompson | American | 1,937 | 2005 | Rolling Stone | Gonzo journalism, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hell's Angels |
Seymour Hersh | American | 1,937 | Active | New Yorker, AP | My Lai massacre expose (1969), Abu Ghraib expose (2004) |
Robert Fisk | British | 1,946 | 2020 | The Independent | Lebanon, Iraq, Syria coverage, interviewed Bin Laden three times |
Marie Colvin | American | 1,956 | 2012 | Sunday Times | Sri Lanka (lost eye), killed in Homs Syria, wore eye patch |
Anna Politkovskaya | Russian | 1,958 | 2006 | Novaya Gazeta | Chechen War coverage, assassinated in Moscow elevator |
Tim Russert | American | 1,950 | 2008 | NBC Meet the Press | 17 years hosting Meet the Press, 2000 election whiteboard |
Peter Jennings | Canadian-American | 1,938 | 2005 | ABC World News Tonight | Anchor 1983-2005, 9/11 marathon coverage |
Gwen Ifill | American | 1,955 | 2016 | PBS NewsHour, Washington Week | First Black woman to host major political talk show, VP debate moderator |
Ida B. Wells | American | 1,862 | 1931 | Memphis Free Speech | Anti-lynching investigative reporting, NAACP co-founder |
Ryszard Kapuscinski | Polish | 1,932 | 2007 | Polish Press Agency | Covered 27 coups/revolutions, The Emperor, Shah of Shahs |
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