Bernstein was an analyst for CNN during the 2008 election season and will now appear across the network’s programs giving political commentary.
Full story: Carl Bernstein Joins CNN as contributor
Rather than focusing on his famous tenure at The Washington Post, where with Bob Woodward he was part of the team that won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Watergate, Mr. Bernstein will write about The Washington Star, the capital’s renowned afternoon newspaper, which ceased publication in 1981.
Mr. Bernstein began working at The Star as a copyboy when he was a 16-year-old high school student, dropped out of college to work there full time and left when he was 21.
“My understanding of journalism, and of the world I’ve covered and written about, and the life I’ve led, crystallized in those five incomparable years at a uniquely great American newspaper,” Mr. Bernstein said in a statement.
The memoir, titled “The Washington Star,” will be released in 2016.
Attribution: NYTimes - By JULIE BOSMAN
The inaugural Dr. Midori Yamanouchi Lecture Series at Misericordia University is presenting famed journalist and author Carl Bernstein for the presentation, “His Holiness, John Paul II,’’ on Tuesday, April 17 at 7 p.m. in Lemmond Theater in Walsh Hall. Tickets for the event are free, but seating is limited. Tickets can be reserved by calling the Misericordia University Cultural Events Box Office at (570) 674-6719 or the remaining available tickets can be picked up at the lobby box office up to 10 minutes prior to the show. A question-and-answer session follows immediately after his presentation. Bernstein will also participate in a book signing and autograph session following the conclusion of the event. Earlier in the day, Misericordia University students will have an opportunity to participate in an intimate question-and-answer session with Bernstein on the topic of the current culture in Washington, D.C. Few journalists and authors in American history have had the impact on their era and their craft as Bernstein. He has written, among other works, the definitive accounts of the lives of three of the dominant figures of the past half century: President Richard Nixon, Pope John Paul II and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
What position(s) did you hold at The Star? - copyboy, dictationist, city-desk clerk, reporter
Born: February 14, 1944
Though only 28 when he began covering Watergate, Bernstein by then already had 12 years of newspaper experience. At age 16, he'd gone to work for The Washington Star as a copyboy, advanced quickly through the ranks, dropped out of college, worked 15 months as a reporter in New Jersey--where he won major prizes for investigative reporting, feature writing, and news on deadline-then joined The Washington Post in 1966 at the age of 22.
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Website: http://carlbernstein.com
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