# Ben Bagdikian

> Ben-hur Haig Bagdikian was an American journalist, news media critic and commentator, and university professor. An Armenian genocide survivor, he moved to the United States as an infant and began a journalism career after serving in World War II. He worked as a local reporter, investigative journalist and foreign correspondent for The Providence Journal. During his time there, Bagdikian won a Peabody Award and a Pulitzer Prize. In 1971, he received parts of the Pentagon Papers from Daniel Ellsberg and successfully persuaded The Washington Post to publish them despite objections and threats from the Richard Nixon administration. He later taught at the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and served as its dean from 1985 to 1988.

*American journalist and academic (1920–2016)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/ben-bagdikian

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Journalist
- **Category:** Journalists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1920-01-26
- **Died:** 2016-03-11
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 49.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 4.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 10.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1769118/ (@nm1769118)

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/1929725)
- [بن باغديكيان](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [بين باجديكيان](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [Ben Bagdikian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bagdikian)
- [Ben Bagdikian](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bagdikian)
- [بن باغدیکیان](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [Ben Bagdikian](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bagdikian)
- [Բեն Բաղդիկյան](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%A5%D5%B6_%D4%B2%D5%A1%D5%B2%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%AF%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6)
- [Պեն Պաղտիկեան](https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%A5%D5%B6_%D5%8A%D5%A1%D5%B2%D5%BF%D5%AB%D5%AF%D5%A5%D5%A1%D5%B6)
- [ბენ ბაგდიკიანი](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%92%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98)
- [Багдикян, Бен](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%8F%D0%BD%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD)
- [Бен Багдикян](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%8F%D0%BD)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4074761)
- [Ben Bagdikian](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3231537)

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