Famous Journalists

• Bly, Nellie

  Woman journalist who went around the world in 1889

• Bradley, Ed

  The black guy with the earring on 60 Minutes

• Cruse, Heloise Bowles

  The originator of the newspaper column 'Hints From Heloise'

• Curry, Ann

  The veteran newswoman who got booted from the Today show in 2012 

• Day, Dorothy

  Laywoman who co-founded The Catholic Worker

• Dowd, Maureen

  Tart-tongued New York Times columnist

• Ephron, Nora

  The writer and director of Sleepless In Seattle

• Fuller, Margaret

  The feminist who wrote 'Woman in the Nineteenth Century'

• Hersh, Seymour

  The journalist who broke the story of the My Lai Massacre

• Hewitt, Don

  Creator and executive producer of TV's 60 Minutes

• Isaacson, Walter

  The journalist/historian who wrote 'Steve Jobs' the bio

• Ivins, Molly

  Feisty columnist and liberal Texan

• Johnson, Boris

  Prime Minister of the U.K. from 2019-2022

• Kilgallen, Dorothy

  The New York journalist who died "mysteriously" while investigating JFK’s death

• Lippmann, Walter

  Influential 20th century columnist who did “Today and Tomorrow” (1931-67)

• Mackay, Charles

  Author of 1841's Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

• Morgan, Piers

  U.K. tabloid journalist who became a CNN talk show host

• Mossberg, Walter

  Creator of the Wall Street Journal column "Personal Technology"

• Murrow, Edward R.

  World War II CBS newsman and host of TV's See It Now

• Rooney, Andy

  The star of the 60 Minutes segment "A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney"

• Russert, Tim

  Host of TV's Meet the Press, 1991-2008

• Safer, Morley

  The Canadian '60 Minutes' co-host who reported on Vietnam

• Stanley, Henry Morton

  Explorer of Africa

• Surowiecki, James

  Finance journalist who wrote 2004's The Wisdom of Crowds

• Wells, Ida B.

  The woman journalist who campaigned against lynching

• Woodward, Bob

  Bernstein's Washington Post partner in Watergate

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