Bob Woodward

Journalist and Author

Bob Woodward

Bob Woodward is an associate editor of The Washington Post, where he has worked for 52 years. He has shared in two Pulitzer Prizes, first in 1973 for the coverage of the Watergate scandal with Carl Bernstein, and second in 2002 as the lead reporter for coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

He has authored or co-authored 21 books, all national bestsellers, covering subjects that include the past 10 presidents of the US, the CIA, and the Supreme Court. Fifteen were number one New York Times bestsellers, including his last three books on the Trump presidency: Fear (2018), Rage (2020), and Peril (2021). Woodward recently released The Trump Tapes, an audiobook bestseller of his 20 historic interviews with President Donald Trump. 

“Woodward has established himself as the best reporter of our time. He may be the best reporter of all time.”
Bob Schieffer, CBS News

He has been a recipient of nearly every major American journalism award, including the Heywood Broun award (1972), the Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Reporting (1972 and 1986), the Sigma Delta Chi Award (1973), the George Polk Award (1972), the William Allen White Medal (2000), and the Gerald R. Ford Prize for Reporting on the Presidency (2002).

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