Ed Bradley
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Edward Rudolph "Ed" Bradley, Jr., an American journalist best known for his 26 years on CBS News television program 60 Minutes, 1941 to 2006.
He covered the fall of Saigon and also reported on CBS Sunday Night News with Ed Bradley, who also anchored his own news broadcast.
Peabody, the National Association of Black Journalists Lifetime Achievement Award, Radio Television News Association Paul White (journalist) Award, and 19 Emmy Awards have been given for his work.
Early life and education
Bradley was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 22, 1941. When he was young and raised in a poor household by his mother, Gladys Gaston Bradley, he and his father spent summers in Detroit. Bradley attended high school at Mount Saint Charles Academy in Rhode Island and Saint Thomas More Catholic Boys School in Philadelphia, graduating from the former in 1959. In 1964, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in education from Cheyney State College. Bradley played offensive tackle for the school's football team while at Cheyney State.
Personal life
On National Public Radio, Bradley was devoted to jazz and hosted Jazz at Lincoln Center. He performed with Jimmy Buffett and the Neville Brothers, and was dubbed "the fifth Neville brother" by the group. He was an outdoorsman and used to hiking or skiing in his free time.
Bradley married three times: Diane Jefferson, Priscilla Coolidge, and Patricia Blanchet. He divided his time between New York and Colorado.
Career
Bradley started working in Philadelphia as a math instructor in 1964. While teaching, he also served as a disc jockey at WDAS. Bradley covered the 1964 Philadelphia race riot and interviewed Martin Luther King Jr., Jr., "I knew that God put me on this earth to be on the radio." Bradley began working for WCBS in New York City in 1967 to continue his reporting career. Bradley discovered that he was mainly given African American listeners' stories while at WCBS. Bradley received assignments on a variety of topics after contacting his editor about those assignments. Bradley started WCBS in 1971.
In 1971, Bradley moved to Paris, France. He was fluent in French and at a time when CBS News recruited him as a stringer. In 1972, he moved to Saigon to cover the Vietnam War and Cambodia's Civil War, as well as reporting on the Paris Peace Accords. Bradley was injured by a mortar round while reporting in Cambodia. After recovering, he returned to Asia to continue reporting on both wars. During the Fall of Saigon in 1975, Bradley was one of the last American journalists to be evacuated. For his reporting in Vietnam and Cambodia, he was awarded Alfred I. duPont and George Polk.
Bradley was sent to cover Jimmy Carter's 1976 presidential campaign, as well as the Republican and Democratic national conventions, which were covering the latter events until 1996. Bradley became the network's first African American White House correspondent, a position he held from 1976-1978, following Carter's retirement. Bradley disliked his position in the White House and being linked to the president's movements. Bradley started hosting the CBS Evening News' Sunday night broadcasts in 1976, and he remained anchoring the Sunday night broadcasts until 1981. He became one of the main correspondents for CBS News in 1978, covering the series until 1981.
At one point, Bradley received his first of 20 News and Documentary Emmy Awards in his career for his 1979 documentary "The Boat People," which focused on Vietnamese refugees fleeing the country by sea or ship, at one point wading into the sea to help with the rescue of the refugees. Bradley was also given a Edward Murrow award, a duPont citation, and a commendation from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. "Blacks in America," another Bradley film from the year "Blacks in America": With All Deliberate Speed. "Itune was broadcast." The documentary about segregation in the United States and how the treatment of African Americans in the United States had changed since Brown v. Board of Education. The 2-hour program has also received duPont and Emmy awards.
Bradley joined the CBS Evening News shortly after Dan Rather's departure to the CBS Evening News, and 60 Minutes later, he joined the CBS Evening News. Bradley's "calm, cool, and gathered" reporting style was the right match for the program, according to producer Don Hewitt. Bradley wrote several high-profile articles in the 1980s, including with Lena Horne, convicted criminal Jack Henry Abbott, and schizophrenia. For all three stories, he was rewarded Emmys.
Bradley interviewed singer Liza Minnelli and expressed an interest in wearing an earring in 1986. After the interview, Minnelli gave him a diamond stud, which Bradley also appeared on television. According to Robb Report writer Kristopher Fraser, he was the first male journalist to wear an earring on air consistently. Bradley refused bids to anchor the CBS Evening News in the late 1980s, preferring instead to continue working on 60 minutes.
Bradley's reports in the 1990s covered such topics as Chinese forced labour camps, Russian military installations, and the effects of nuclear weapons testing near Semey, Kazakhstan. Thomas Quasthoff, Muhammad Ali, and Mike Tyson enriched his profile. During the decade, he received a number of accolades for his reporting, including Emmys, duPont citations, and the Peabody Award. Bradley was also anchored CBS' Street Stories from 1992-1993. In 1995, he was named the grand prize for the CBS Reports documentary "In the Killing Fields of America."
Bradley continued to cover a variety of topics from the AIDS epidemic in Africa, sexual assault within the Catholic Church, and the 1955 murder of Emmett Till. He also interviewed Bob Dylan and Neil Armstrong, as well as conducted the first television interview with Timothy McVeigh.
During his 25-year tenure with the program, Bradley wrote approximately 500 articles for 60 Minutes, more than any other correspondent over the same time period. The National Association of Black Journalists bestowed Bradley a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005.