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Ed Bradley
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Ed Bradley (1941–2006) was an American broadcast journalist best known for reporting with 60 Minutes and CBS News. Bradley started his television news career in 1971 as a stringer for CBS at the Paris Peace Accords. He won Alfred I. duPont and George Polk awards for his coverage of the Vietnam War and the Cambodian Civil War. Returning to the United States, he became CBS's first Black White House correspondent. Bradley joined 60 Minutes in 1981 and reported on more than 500 stories with the program during his career, the most of any of his colleagues. Known for his fashion sense and disarming demeanor, Bradley's reporting won numerous journalism awards and been credited with prompting federal investigations into psychiatric hospitals, lowering the cost of drugs used to treat AIDS, and ensuring that the accused in the Duke lacrosse case received a fair trial. He died of lymphocytic leukemia in 2006. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s): The most similar recent TFA would be June 27's feature on Arnold Bennett, in that both articles are about men who were creators, but I don't see a ton of similarity between them. Prior to that, the most similar TFA is March 16's TFA on Jamie Kalven.
- Main editors: M4V3R1CK32, Princessa Unicorn
- Promoted: May 1, 2024
- Reasons for nomination: This would be my first TFA appearance and the article is a Level 5-Vital article.
- Support as nominator. M4V3R1CK32 (talk) 20:06, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support as co-main-editor, listed, above. My thanks, again, to M4V3R1CK32 for all of the diligence and work on this one. Princessa Unicorn (talk) 02:32, 7 June 2024 (UTC)