Journalist’s Biography

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Since the beginning of media, some journalists have had the opportunity to pioneer the news and do extraordinary things. Ed Bradley was one of those journalists. He was one of the first African American nationally known TV news broadcasters. During his long almost 40 year career, Bradley was a broadcast journalist for CBS, co-host of 60 minutes, and was the first African American to broadcast the White House. He has won countless awards for his time on television and journalism.
Edward Rudolph “Ed” Bradley, Jr. was born in Philadelphia, June 22, 1941. His parents separated when he was only two years old. He stayed with his mother, Gladys, who worked multiple jobs to be able to support him. Even though they were separated, Bradley still saw his father during the summer in Detroit. His father also worked multiple jobs in order to support him with his dreams.
Throughout his years of schooling, Bradley went to Catholic boarding schools. He started when his mother enrolled him at the holy Providence school, which was an all-black Catholic school when he was 9 years old. He then attended Mount Saint Charles Academy, and then graduated from Saint Thomas More Catholic Boys High School in 1959. After high school he went to Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, a historically black college. In college he played football. He was the center and defensive end. He graduated in 1964 with a degree in education.
Before his broadcasting career, Bradley was a teacher. He taught sixth grade at the William B. Mann Elementary. While teaching, he worked for local radio stations for free. He would disc jockey jazz at night and do play-by-plays of basketball games. His first radio news story came during the 1960’s Philadelphia riots. During these riots...

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...ger, and never really talked about his accomplishments. He was happy to be where he was. Bradley was married three times but never fathered any children. In 1994, he started the Ed Bradley Scholarship, to help and aspire rising journalists.
Bradley died on November 9, 2006 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. He died of leukemia. During his 40 year career in broadcasting he won 19 Emmy Awards. He was also given a Peabody Award for his AIDS report about Africa. In the years after his death, he was honored and given awards for the stories he did including his Duke University rape case.

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"Ed Bradley." 2014. The Biography Channel website. Feb 10 2014, 06:09http://www.biography.com/people/ed-bradley-201304.
"Ed Bradley." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 02 Nov. 2014. Web. 10 Feb. 2014
Washington Post. The Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2006. Web. 10 Feb. 2014.

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