Ed Bradley
Ed Bradley
Edward Rudolph "Ed" Bradley, Jr.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, and 19...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth22 June 1941
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
You know, I think I still have a sense that no matter what you do, no matter what you achieve, no matter how much success you have, no matter how much money you have, relationships are important.
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.
I made the decision to come back to New York, quit my job and move to Paris.
I did anything that would get me on the air.
But you know, I always said that no one else on my block was on the radio, and it was fun.
And I realized that there was no sports reporter, so I started covering sporting events.
I would listen to how they told the story, to what elements they used, to how it sounded, and that's who I patterned myself after, the people who were on CBS News.
Probably my mother. She was a very compassionate woman, and always kept me on my feet. And I think part of it is just the way you are, the way you're raised. And she had the responsibility for raising me.
I had a lot of fun in Cambodia, much more so in Cambodia than Vietnam.
So I just got on the phone and the engineer just patched me in and I did reports. I'd get a community leader and bring him to the phone, call up the station and do an interview over the phone with the guy.
The report has not answered all our questions.
Because when it gets to the point where it's not fun anymore, I've always hoped that I would have the courage to say goodbye and walk away from it.