Ed Bradley
Ed Bradley
Edward Rudolph "Ed" Bradley, Jr.was an American journalist, best known for 26 years of award-winning work on the CBS News television program 60 Minutes. During his earlier career he also covered the fall of Saigon, was the first black television correspondent to cover the White House, and anchored his own news broadcast, CBS Sunday Night News with Ed Bradley. He received several awards for his work including the Peabody, the National Association of Black Journalists Lifetime Achievement Award, and 19...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth22 June 1941
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
You can work hard to sharpen your talent, to get better at whatever it is that you do, and I think that's what it comes back to.
I will not go into a story unprepared. I will do my homework, and that's something I learned at an early age.
I taught sixth grade for three and a half years.
As a child, I loved to read books. The library was a window to the world, a pathway to worlds and people far from my neighborhood in Philadelphia.
You know, I think I still have a sense that no matter what you do, no matter what you achieve, no matter how much success you have, no matter how much money you have, relationships are important.
Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have.
I worked to save up enough money to pay off my bills and have enough money to live for a little while, and then I moved to Paris.
One panel after another found that agencies were giving conflicting information to the president.
The report has not answered all our questions.
Because when it gets to the point where it's not fun anymore, I've always hoped that I would have the courage to say goodbye and walk away from it.
Then I learned how to do wraparounds and things like that. I had no experience.
I had a lot of fun in Cambodia, much more so in Cambodia than Vietnam.