Ed Bradley

Edward Bradley 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, Radio Television Digital News Association Paul White (journalist) Award and 19 Emmy Awards.

Date of birth:
22nd June, 1941
Date of death:
9th November, 2006
"And I realized that there was no sports reporter, so I started covering sporting events."
― Ed Bradley
Topic(s): Sports
"My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job."
― Ed Bradley
Topic(s): Mom
"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."
― Ed Bradley
Topic(s): Hope
"The Paris peace talks kept a roof over my head and food on the table and clothes on my back because if something was said going in or coming out, I had the rent for the month."
― Ed Bradley
Topic(s): Food
"I will not go into a story unprepared. I will do my homework, and that’s something I learned at an early age."
― Ed Bradley
Topic(s): Age

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