Stories - Life Stories
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Our stories are about how people make sense of their own lives, how they can shed light on our lives, and how we are connected to one another, to history, and to the larger human story.
Creating Murphy Brown and its groundbreaking female lead character
Relationship with the press and the 2000 New Hampshire primary victory
Jim's path to becoming a conflict journalist in Iraq
Framing All the President's Men around the reporters, not Nixon
Katharine Graham's candid feedback style and her dynamic with Ben Bradlee
Applying business and financial experience to nonprofit and philanthropic work
How recent presidents have used public opinion polls to govern
Life Magazine's role in managing the nude photo scandal early in Monroe's career
Bradlee's editorial judgment during the Watergate investigation
Henry Luce's insatiable curiosity and its demands on colleagues
“I consider mentoring a process of showing your scars instead of your successes. I've always been awed by how many people resonate when I tell the story of my life. Often it's the first time they've ever told anyone their own story.”
Loretta Ross
The Race Card Project and tracking America's racial and cultural identity over time
Pride in a follow-up generation's exposé of gender inequality at Newsweek
Competitive rivalry between The Washington Post and The New York Times
Bradlee's legacy as a model for journalistic courage and integrity
McCain's media base shifting to support Barack Obama in 2008
Early theories about who kidnapped James Foley and where he was held
Early journalism career and observing the rise of the religious right
Bradlee's commitment to truth and the impact of journalistic errors
Democratization of media and the question of storytelling quality
Life's use of staff, freelance, and amateur photographers to capture news
