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Bob Woodward

American investigative journalist · United States · On the map · Journalists · Born 1943 · age 83

Robert Upshur Woodward is an American investigative journalist. He started working for The Washington Post as a reporter in 1971 and now holds the honorific title of associate editor there, though the Post no longer employs him.

Bob Woodward is read about 993 times a day, in 51 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 400 days, one point a day.

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2012Elijah Parish Lovejoy AwardAward2002Pulitzer Prize for National ReportingAward2001Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in JournalismAward1992Goldsmith Prize for Investigative ReportingAward1986Worth Bingham PrizeAward1974In historyWatergate scandal & Nixon resignationWith Richard Nixon 3 more1973Pulitzer Prize for Public ServiceAwardThe Hillman Prize for Newspaper JournalismAward1972George Polk AwardAwardWorth Bingham PrizeAward1943Born26 March 1943

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Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award2012
Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting2002
Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism2001
Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting1992
Worth Bingham Prize1986
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service1973
The Hillman Prize for Newspaper Journalism1973
Worth Bingham Prize1972
George Polk Award1972

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United States
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
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Born 1943 · age 83

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