Ben Bradlee, éditeur légendaire du Washington Post, décède à l'âge de 93 ans

Mon premier souvenir de Ben Bradlee est l'incarnation qu'en faisait Jason Robards dans l'adaptation cinématographique du livre des journalistes Woodward et Bernstein sur le scandale du Watergate (All the president's men). Bradlee a largement contribué au développement du Washington Post. Sa recette pour produire un bon journal? D'une grande simplicité:"“Hire people smarter than you are and encourage them to bloom".

 Voici l'article que lui consacre ce matin le Washington Post. "From the moment he took over The Post newsroom in 1965, Mr. Bradlee sought to create an important newspaper that would go far beyond the traditional model of a metropolitan daily. He achieved that goal by combining compelling news stories based on aggressive reporting with engaging feature pieces of a kind previously associated with the best magazines. His charm and gift for leadership helped him hire and inspire a talented staff and eventually made him the most celebrated newspaper editor of his era."

  http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ben-bradlee-legendary-washington-post-editor-dies-at-93/2014/10/21/3e4cc1fc-c59c-11df-8dce-7a7dc354d1b1_story.html?hpid=z1