How Did Ben Bradlee Work At The Washington Post?

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Ben Bradlee at the Washington Post Just like most other journalist, they happen to work at a newspaper company. Ben Bradlee happened to work at The Washington Post. Bradlee worked in The Washington Post Newsroom for 26 years before he died of natural causes in his home. He died at the age of 93.
Before Bradlee died, he guided the post’s transformation into one of the world’s largest newspapers. Bradlee always wanted to create an important newspaper that would go far beyond any other newspaper. Bradlee accomplished his goal by compelling what he thought was the best of the best news stories. His stories that he picked to put in the newspaper were, aggressive and engaging feature stories. Bradlee only hired what her thought were the best and talented staff to write the stories. This all helped him become, who people thought was, the best editor of his time. Bradlee had some pretty important news stories printed, such as the Watergate Affair and stories about the Vietnam War.
According to President Barack Obama, Bradlee transformed The Washington Post into one of the country's finest newspapers and that he told stories that needed to be told. Also according to Obama, Bradlee helped us understand the world a bit better and that he encouraged so many other individuals to enter this profession. Barack Obama also got the chance to
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All he wanted was for the Post to be noticed and with this story it definitely was. The way Bradlee thought was that he should always hire people smarter than him and encourage them to do there best. This idea worked out just the way he wanted to. His stories that he were publishing were being read by lots of people. Not only did Bradlee think that way he also had a short attention span. He never really dug into to the stories that were being written he usually left that to the writers he had

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