The duo went on to write two classic best-sellers: “All the President’s Men” (also a movie starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman) and “The Final Days,” describing the last days of the Nixon presidency.įifty years after the iconic events, the two reporters answered questions about investigating the story and how they broke it. In 1973, Woodward and Bernstein were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for their Watergate coverage at The Washington Post, leading to the scores of government investigations, and eventually, the resignation of President Richard Nixon. On the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in, legendary reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were the keynote speakers at the conference. 26 to 30, attending sessions on various topics, including the principles of photojournalism, the importance of local news and ever-changing social media. The Clarion editors participated in the five-day conference from Oct. Members of the Clarion staff attended MediaFest22, the five-day convention, a journalism conference jointly presented by the Society of Professional Journalists, the Associated Collegiate Press and the College Media Association. A half-hour before the scheduled keynote address, it was hard to ignore the growing excitement of the gathering crowd.īob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were about to address the more than 800 attendees at MediaFest22. You always know pop stars are about to speak when people are clamoring for seats in overflow rooms.

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